Xiaohua Zhu, Professor at School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China, has won the 2005 ICTP Prize. Xiaohua Zhu is being honoured for making fundamental contributions to complex differential geometry. At 37, he is one of the world’s foremost young geometers, a mathematician who attacks and solves tough problems in geometric analysis. His excellent papers have been published in front-line journals. The ICTP Prize carries a cash award of $3,000, a medal and a certificate. The 2005 Prize is named after Armand Borel, who was a professor at the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton and lectured at ICTP. The award ceremony will take place in 2006.