York. It was initially proposed as a four-dimensional theory. The theory of supergravity generalizes Einstein's general theory of relativity by incorporating the principles of supersymmetry. In 2019 the three were awarded a special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics of $3 million for the discovery. Black-Hole Attractors In 1995, with Renata Kallosh and Andrew Strominger, he formulated the theory of Black Hole attractors, a dynamical mechanism which determines the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy for extremal Black-Holes in term of their charges. Awards Prix Scientifique de l'UAP, 1991, Paris. "For contributions to Conformal Field Theory and to the discovery of Supergravity" Dirac Medal, 1993, ICTP, Trieste. (with Daniel Z. Freedman, and Peter van Nieuwenhuizen) "For their discovery of supergravity theory in 1976 and their major contributions in the subsequent developments of the theory. Their discovery led to an explosion of interest in quantum gravity and it transformed the subject, playing a significant role in very important developments in string theory as well as Kaluza-Klein theory" Honorary Laurea in Physics, 2005, from the University of Rome "Tor Vergata". Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, 2006, American Physical Society. (with Daniel Z. Freedman, and Peter van Nieuwenhuizen) "For constructing supergravity, the first supersymmetric extension of Einstein's theory of general relativity, and for their central role in its subsequent development." Enrico Fermi Prize, 2005, Società Italiana di Fisica. (with Gabriele Veneziano and Bruno Zumino) "He honoured italian physics with his discoveries, substantially contributing to the discoveries leading to the development of modern gravity theories. For his contribution to the discovery of supergravity theory." Amaldi medal, 2008, SIGRAV (Italian Society for General Relativity and Gravitational Physics), "For his relevant contributions to supergravity models, their matter couplings and their implications for black hole physics, such as the attractor mechanism" Avogadro Medal (Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, February 2008) Miller visiting professorship award (U.C. Berkeley, Fall 2008) ERC Advanced Grant Award ”Superfields”, n.226455 (2008 call) Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana, 2009. "For services in Theoretical Physics." Margherita Hack Prize for Science (INAF and Italian Ministry of Culture, Spoleto, 2015) JINR Medal of Honour (Dubna, 2015) Ettore Majorana Medal (EMFCSC, Erice, 2016) (with Daniel Z. Freedman, and Peter van Nieuwenhuizen) Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2016) Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (with Daniel Z.Freedman and Peter van Nieuwenhuizen), 2019 "For the invention of Supergravity, in which quantum variables are part of the description of the geometry