The award concerns Halzen’s work on high-energy neutrinos originating from cosmic or astrophysical sources and his contribution to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, according to the consistent account provided by the available sources.
Halzen is 82 years old and is originally from Belgium, according to information reported by NPR and Clarín.
The IceCube Observatory is associated with neutrino research at the South Pole, according to information reported by the Times of India and NPR.
NPR reports that Halzen’s research into detecting or capturing neutrinos at the South Pole dates back to the 1980s.
The scientist is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison, according to NPR.
The prize is associated with a sum of 12 million Swedish kronor, a figure reported by the Times of India.