Kimmy Wu and Vesselin Dimitrov honored for physics and math research Two Caltech professors were awarded 2026 New Horizons Prizes as part of the Breakthrough Foundation's annual prize ceremony, known colloquially as the "Oscars of Science." Wai Ling (Kimmy) Wu, assistant professor of physics at Caltech, has received a New Horizons in Physics prize for her "advances in cosmic microwave background and supernovae cosmology," according to the foundation. Vesselin Dimitrov, professor of mathematics,