UK-based Bosnian mathematician Mahir Hadzic is among the recipients of this year's Adams Prize, one of the oldest and most prestigious prizes the University of Cambridge awards to researchers for their contributions in mathematical sciences.

The Adams Prize is awarded each year by the Cambridge University Faculty of Mathematics and St John’s College to researchers under the age of 40.

According to the Cambridge University website, this year’s topic was “Evolution Equations” and the prize has been awarded jointly to Professor Hadzic and Professor Jeffrey Galkowski, both from the University College London.

“Prof Hadzic works on the rigorous analysis of nonlinear partial differential equations focusing mainly on inviscid compressible fluid dynamics. He has been instrumental with his collaborators (e.g. Jang) in the development and application of new tools to study the existence of global-in-time solutions (such as existence theory of expanding compressible flows) and the formation of finite-time singularities (such as finite-time gravitational collapse of stars),” said Professor Richard Kerswell, Chair of the Adams Prize Adjudicators.

The Adams Prize, named after the mathematician John Couch Adams to commemorate his role in the discovery of the planet Neptune, is currently worth about £15,000.