The Rollo Davidson Trustees announce the award of the 2025 Rollo Davidson Prize to:

Hao Shen (University of Wisconsin) for his deep contributions to the theory of stochastic partial differential equations and the furthering of our understanding of the stochastic Yang-Mills dynamics; and

Eliran Subag (Weizmann Institute) for his deep and influential results on the geometry of spin glasses; and

Mark Sellke (Harvard University) for his wide-ranging contributions to applications of probability, especially in the development and understanding of algorithms for high-dimensional optimization.

The Rollo Davidson Prize commemorates Rollo Davidson (1944–1970), an accomplished mathematician of remarkable potential, and Fellow-elect of Churchill College, Cambridge, who died on the Piz Bernina in 1970. Since 1976, the prize has been awarded annually to young probabilists. The prize is awarded on the basis of nominations generated by the Rollo Davidson Trustees. The Trustees welcome letters recommending potential nominees. These should be addressed to the Chair of Trustees and be received by March 1 of the year for which they are intended.