The
L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science
aims to improve the position of
women
in science by recognizing outstanding women researchers who
have contributed to scientific progress.
The awards are a
result of a partnership between the French
cosmetics company L'Oréal and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) and carry a grant of $100,000 USD for each laureate.
Each year an international jury alternates between
life and
material
sciences and selects a winner from each of the following
regions:
The same partnership awards the
UNESCO-L'Oréal
International Fellowships, providing up to $40,000
USD in funding over two years to fifteen young
women scientists engaged in exemplary and promising research
projects.
Recipients
1998 Laureates:
2000 Laureates:
2001 Laureates:
2002 Laureates:
2003 Laureates :
2004 Laureates:
2005 Laureates:
2006 Laureates:
2007 Laureates:
- Ameenah
Gurib-Fakim (Mauritius
): "For her exploration and analysis of plants from
Mauritius and their bio-medical applications."
- Ligia Gargallo
(Chile
): "For her contributions to understanding solution
properties of polymers."
- Mildred
Dresselhaus (USA
): "For her
research on solid state materials, including conceptualizing the
creation of carbon nanotubes."
- Margaret
Brimble (New
Zealand
): "For her contribution to the synthesis of complex
natural products, especially shellfish toxins."
- Tatiana
Birshtein (Russia
): "For her
contribution to the understanding of the shapes, sizes and motions
of large molecules."
2008 Laureates:
2009 Laureates:
- Tebello Nyokong (Africa and the
Arab States): "for her work on harnessing light for cancer therapy and for environmental
clean-up".
- Akiko Kobayashi (Asia-Pacific):
"for her contribution to the development of molecular conductor and the design and synthesis
of a single-component molecular metal".
- Athene M. Donald (Europe): "for her work in
unraveling the mysteries of the physics of messy materials, ranging
from cement to starch".
- Beatriz Barbuy (Latin America):
"for her work on the life of stars from the
birth of the Universe to the present
time".
- Eugenia Kumacheva (North
America): "for the design and development of new materials with
many applications including targeted drug delivery for cancer treatments and materials for high
density optical data
storage".
2010 Laureates:
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Notes
): Biochemistry
): Microbiology
): Molecular biology
): Molecular
biology
): Molecular
biology
): Reproductive
biology
): Molecular
biology
): Genetics applied to the prevention of mental
diseases
): The
treatment of leprosy
): Methods for the observation of cell structures
): Prevention
of blindness.
, USA
): Electron microscopy
): Condensed matter physics
): Computational condensed matter
physics
): "For experiments and models in infrared spectroscopy and its
applications to pollution, detection and
medicine."
): "For the genetic investigation of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative
diseases."
): "For her contributions to the characterization of
inherited disorders."
): "For her
structural studies of the protein
biosynthesis system and its disruption by antibiotics."
): "For the discovery of the nature and maintenance
of chromosome ends and their roles in
cancer and aging."
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