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The UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Field of Fundamental Sciences presented the first awards to the laureates. They were Russian academician Yuri Oganesyan and professor from Italy Vincenzo Balzani, according to website the presentation of the award took place at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on 15 November.
“The decision was made on the recommendation of an authoritative international jury chaired by Professor Jean-Pierre Sauvage, laureate of the 2016 Nobel Program in Chemistry,” the message says.
Honorary Professor of Chemistry at the University of Bologna, Vincenzo Balzani, was awarded the prize for scientific achievements in the field of basic chemical sciences. He was a pioneer in inorganic photochemistry and supramolecular photochemistry, made major contributions to science education and vision as a driving force for achieving sustainable development goals.
Professor Yuri Oganesyan from the N.N. G.N. Flerov of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna) was awarded for breakthrough discoveries and the advancement of fundamental sciences on a global scale.
The work of Professor Hovhannisyan played a leading role in the synthesis and study of new chemical elements of the periodic table. He was instrumental in achieving great advances in international scientific collaboration that led to the discovery of superheavy elements such as the element with atomic number 118, named after him by Oganeson.
The UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in Basic Sciences was established in 2019 to guide scientific progress, popularization and international cooperation in the basic sciences. It is also dedicated to the scientific heritage of D.I. Mendeleev, whose work played a leading role in the future of chemistry, physics, biology, astronomy and geochemistry, as well as in what is now called sustainable development.
The prize is awarded annually to two representatives of science for their breakthrough discoveries, innovations and active promotion of fundamental sciences that contribute to socio-economic transformation and the development of human society. Each winner is awarded a cash prize of $ 250,000, a Gold Medal and a Laureate Diploma.
“Any such prize is important in terms of what attracts young people to science. 2021 is the year of science and technology, and one of the priority goals for this year is to attract young people to science. Receiving this kind of services for researchers is, of course, good incentives to go into science, “- leadsRIA News»Words of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Valery Falkov.
The announcement announces the Nobel Prize winners in chemistry. The award was given “for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis” – new methods for the synthesis of molecules, which were engaged in by the German chemist Benjamin Liszt and the American chemist David Macmillan. Asymmetric organocatalysis studies the performance of complex asymmetric functions with catalysts in the form of small molecules that act as amino acids, some amines and their derivatives.