mathematics olympiad by v k grover regional coordinator of math olympiad pu march 23 handson laboratory sessions for physics chemistry and zoology march 26 display of innovative ideas by students at science exhibition whos john mather john c mather was jointly awarded the nobel prize in physics 2006 with george f smoot for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation his work was crucial in reinforcing the big bang theory and was said to have found the missing link in cosmology a 1992 discovery by nasas cosmic background explorer cobe satellite team that helped calculate precise measurements of the first moments of the universe was behind the 2006 physics nobel mather is senior astrophysicist in the observational cosmology laboratory at nasas goddard space flight center greenbelt he is also senior project scientist on the james webb space telescope