Congratulations to Professor Yakov Sinai, who has been awarded the Abel Prize by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. The award will be presented by the HRH The Crown Prince of Norway at a ceremony to be held on May 20, 2014 at the University of Oslo.
Professor Sinai was awarded this prize “for his fundamental contributions to dynamical systems, ergodic theory, and mathematical physics.” 
For the full citation, click here.