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U.S. Physicist Christopher Jarzynski Wins 2026 Benjamin Lee Prize

American physicist Christopher Jarzynski has been awarded the 2026 Benjamin Lee Prize. Jarzynski is known for the Jarzynski equality, a relation in statistical mechanics linking thermodynamics with microscopic dynamics. The prize, named after Korean-American physicist Benjamin Lee, honors major contributions to theoretical physics, and the award has drawn attention in international and Korean media coverage.

Why now: The announcement of a major physics prize honoring a prominent statistical physicist has just been made.

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