24-Nov-2007
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. November 24th 2007. The World Cultural Council presented the 2007 "Albert Einstein" World Award of Science to Sir Prof. Fraser Stoddart Professor of Chemistry and the Fred Kavli Chair in NanoSystems Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
28-Oct-2006
The "Albert Einstein" World Award of Science has been established as a means of recognition and as an incentive to scientific and technological research and development. It takes into special consideration research that has brought true benefit and well- being to mankind.
This recognition is made by the members of the Interdisciplinary Committee of the World Cultural Council to Prof. Ahmed Zewail for his pioneering development of the new field femtoscience and for his seminal contributions to the revolutionary discipline of physical biology, creating new ways for better understanding the functional behavior of biological systems by directly visualizing them in the four dimensions of space and time.
12-Nov-2005
SALTILLO, COAHUILA, MEXICO. NOVEMBER 2005. The World Cultural Council presented the 2005 "Albert Einstein" World Award of Science to Prof. John J. Hopfield, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, USA. The Award Ceremony took place at Saltillo, Coahuila, México, with the host of Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro.
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08-Nov 2004
LLIEGE, BELGIUM. NOVEMBER 2004. The World Cultural Council presented the 2004 "Albert Einstein" World Award of Science to Prof. Ralph J. Cicerone, Professor, Department of Earth System Science, and Chancellor of the University of California, Irvine. The Award Ceremony took place in Liège, Belgium with the host of the University of Liège, on November 8th 2004.
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17-Nov 2003
HELSINKI, FINLAND. NOVEMBER 2003. The World Cultural Council presented
the 2003 “Albert Einstein” World Award for Science to Prof. Martin Rees,
Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics and Master of Trinity College at
the University of Cambridge, UK. The Award Ceremony took place in
Helsinki, Finland, the host being The University of Helsinki and the
Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters at the National Archives of
Finland.
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14-Nov
2002
DUBLIN, IRELAND. NOVEMBER 2002. The World
Cultural Council presented the 2002 "Albert Einstein" World
Award for Science to Prof. Daniel Janzen, Professor of
Biology, Department of Biology at University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, USA. The Award Ceremony took place in Dublin,
Ireland, the host being Trinity College of the University
of Dublin.
The “Albert Einstein” World
Award for Science has been established as a means of
recognition and as an
incentive to scientific and technological research and
development. It takes into special consideration research
that has brought true benefit and well-being to mankind.
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21-Nov
2001
UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, NOVEMBER 2001. The
World Cultural Council presented the 2001 "Albert
Einstein" World Award of Science to Prof. Niels
Birbaumer, Professor of Medical Psychology and Behavioral
Neurobiology at the University of Tübingen, Germany.
The Award Ceremony took place at Utrecht, The Netherlands,
hosted by Utrecht University.
The "Albert
Einstein" World Award of Science has been
established as a means of
recognition
and as an incentive to scientific and technological research
and development.
It takes into special consideration research that has brought true benefit
and well-being to
mankind.
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1-Nov
2000
Prof. Frank Fenner, Professor at the John Curtin
School at the Australian National University, Canberra,
Australia. The members of the Interdisciplinary Committee
of the World Cultural Council make this recognition for
his valuable and pioneering contributions in the Biological
Sciences field. This is a Prize offered to Prof. Fenner for
his productive trajectory related to the work done in the
medical sciences and his continue labour in the smallpox
eradication campaign in connection to the World Health
Organisation.
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11-Nov
1999
Dr. Robert Weinberg, “Daniel K. Ludwing” Professor
for Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
received the “Albert Einstein” Award in
Trondheim, Norway at the Norwegian University of Science
and Technology.
Dr, Weinberg major research consists in the discovery of the first human cancer-causing
gene, his contributions in the field of Biomedical Sciences are related to
the genetic and molecular basis of neoplastic disease.
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19-Nov
1998
New Zealand, the Victoria University of Wellington
and the World Cultural Council presented the 1998 “Albert
Einstein” World Award of Science to Prof. Charles
R. Goldman, Professor of Limnology, due to remarkable
and diverse contributions to scientific research and conservation
during his 40 year professional career.
In
particular Prof, Goldman’s research of 39
years on Lake Tahoe, and the environmental research program
he created and sustained, that prompted members of the
international sciences community to honour him.
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12-Nov
1997
Her Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
representing the World Cultural Council recognised Prof. Jean-Marie
Ghuysen with the “Albert Einstein” World
Award of Science during the Award Ceremony of the World
Cultural Council in Bangkok, Thailand for his valuable
and pioneering contributions in the field of antibacterial
chemotherapy.
His
research has been decisive in opening avenues of scientific
exploration both in Liege and internationally and his
capital discovery: the structure of the bacterial cell
wall.
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23-Nov
1996
The University of Oxford hosted the 1996 Award
Ceremony. Prof. Alec Jeffreys who was the discoverer
of DNA fingerprinting received the “Albert Einstein” World
Award of Science. This award was delivered to him in
recognition of his valuable and pioneering contributions
to Biological Sciences specifically in the field of Genetics.
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16-Dic
1995
One of the founder of modern neuroscience, Prof.
Herbert H. Jasper received the “Albert Einstein” Award.
His entire research career has been characterised by a
succession of innovative discoveries, has served to start
unveiling the mysteries of the brain and has also contributed
to the understanding of the specificity of normal cortical
functions in the control of the motricity.
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19-Sep
1994
During the celebration of the 14th International
Conference on Environmental and Computer Science of CODATA/ICSU
in Chambery, France. The “Albert Einstein” World
Award of Science was delivered to Prof. Sherwood
Rowland for his remarkable contributions to the environmental
sciences, specially his discovery that chlorofluorocarbons
(CFC’s) deplete stratopheric ozone presented hard
evidence that chemical pollutants in the atmosphere can
induce changes in the environment on global scale. One
year later he was awarded with the Nobel Prize.
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18-Dic
1993
Prof. Ali Javan received the “Albert
Einstein” World Award of Science at the Palace
of Fine Arts in México City in recognition to his
more than 30 years of research into the physics of lasers
he received the Award. His work has been remarkable for
his pioneering contributions to the field of stimulated
emission of light, especially for his invention of the
gas laser, an optical device of unparalleled applicability
to scientific research and to a myriad of practical applications.
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1992
The Interdisciplinary Committee of the World
Cultural Council selected Prof. Raymond U . Lemieux Professor
Emeritus of the University of Alberta, as the winner of
the “Albert Einstein” World Award of Science for
his contributions for more than 40 years of research into
the chemistry of carbohydrates. His work has been the key
factor in converting this area of research from and academic
specialisation to one of great practical significance in
important fields as blood typing and medical chemistry.
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14-Nov
1991 / 27-Nov 1991
The Australian National University in Canberra,
Australia acted as host to recognise Prof. Albert Fleckenstein for
his work in the field of cardiovascular physiology, specifically
his pioneering investigations of transmembrane calcium channels
in heart and vascular smooth muscle fibres, led him to discover
the new pharmacological family of “calcium antagonists” he
received the “ Albert Einstein “ World Award
of Science in this occasion.
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22-Nov1990
Prof. Gustav Nossal, Professor of Medical Biology
at the University of Melbourne, Australia was granted with
the “Albert Einstein” World Award of Science.
Many contributions to immunology, his discovery of the
cellular basis of antibody formation proved to be the keystone
for the general framework of thinking about the immune
response now accepted by immunologists world wide.
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8-Nov1989
The Official Awarding Ceremony took place at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge,
Massachusetts. Among the many pioneering contributions
to biochemistry done by Dr. Martin Kamen, winner
of the “Albert Einstein” World Award of Science,
the best know is his 1940 discovery, in collaboration with
S. Ruben at the Radiation Laboratory of the University
of California at Berkeley, of the Long-lived radioactive
carbon isotope 14C. The availability of this isotope, and
its use as a tracer was one of the most important single
factors in the development of the field of molecular biology.
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19-Nov
1988
In 1988 the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City
and the National Polytechnic Institute acted as host to
the World Cultural Council, Prof. Margaret Burbidge,
was selected as the recipient of the “Albert Einstein” World
Award in recognition to her fundamental contributions
to several areas of astrophysics, namely: the stellar composition
of stars spectroscopy of normal galaxies, properties, rotations,
and masses of stars and the physical properties, energy
sources and radiation mechanisms of quasars. Prof. Burbidge
is widely acknowledged for her work on the theory of quasars.
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26-Nov
1987
Prof. Hugh Huxley, from England received the “Albert
Einstein” World Award of Science at the
University of Heidelberg, Germany for his contributions
to molecular biology, notably his classic work in the field
of muscle biology.
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6-Nov
1986
The University of Guadalajara in Guadalajara,
México works together with the World Cultural Council
to honour Dr. Monkombu S. Swaminathan as the winner
of the “Albert Einstein”World Award of Science he
received the award for his contributions to plant genetics
and his influence on international agricultural development.
By many he is regarded as the co-author of the Green Revolution
in Asia together with Dr. Norman Borlaug Founder Member
of the World Cultural Council.
21-Nov
1985
The World Cultural Council celebrated with the
host of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm,
Sweden the Award Ceremony. Prof. Werner Stumm received
the “Albert Einstein” World Award of Science in
recognition to his contributions to environmental science
and his significant influence to the implementation of
water pollution control measures in Switzerland as well
as in other countries.
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29-Nov
1984
The
“Albert Einstein” World Award
of Science is delivered by first time,
in 1984 in Monterrey, México.
The price is granted to Dr. Ricardo Bressani,
a Guatemalan research scientist at the Instituto de Nutrición
de Centro America y Panama for his contributions to the
improvement of human nutrition in Latin America as well
as for his efforts to increase agricultural production
in
the same region.
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