To mark the International Year of Chemistry, 23 women scientists received the Distinguished Women in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Award at the IUPAC World Chemistry Congress during a symposium entitled “Are women still underrepresented in science?” on 2 August in Puerto Rico. The award was designed to acknowledge and promote the work of women chemists and chemical engineers worldwide.
As part of the overall project supported by an ACS Challenge Grant, the Award recipients will share information on their research and roles in web-based interviews.
Award Recipients
Brazil
1. Vanderlan Bolzani (Symposium Speaker)
Canada
2. Linda F. Nazar
France
3. Nicole J. Moreau (Symposium Speaker)
Germany
4. Luisa De Cola-Germany (picture, right; see also news on award)
5. Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus
Hungary
6. Magdolna Hargittai
7. Klára Tóth
Israel
8. Ada E. Yonath (IUPAC World Chemistry Congress Key Note Speaker)
Japan
9. Yoshie Souma
Kuwait
10. Nouria A. Al-Awadi
11. Faizah Mohammed Abdel Mohsin Al-Kharafi
The Netherlands
12. Carolyn Ribes (Symposium Speaker)
Poland
13. Izabela Nowak (Symposium Speaker)
Russia
14. Natalia Tarasova (Symposium Speaker)
Sweden
15. Sara Snogerup Linse
Thailand
16. H.R.H. Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol (Symposium Speaker)
Turkey
17. Ayse Aroguz (Symposium Speaker)
United Kingdom
18. Véronique Gouverneur (picture left; see also ChemViews Interview)
19. Lesley J. Yellowlees
United States of America
20. Novella Bridges
21. Joanna Fowler
22. Nancy B. Jackson (Symposium Speaker)
23. Susan M. Kauzlarich
- Distinguished Women in Chemistry / Chemical Engineering, chemistry2011.org webpage
- ChemViews magazine IYC interview series Women in Chemistry