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Lebanese woman among the laureates of UNESCO 2019 International Awards
26-2-2019
The L’Oreal Foundation-UNESCO announced on February 11 the names of laureates of the 21st International Awards for Women in Science which annually honors five women scientists from all over the world. These exceptional women, who represent world continents, are chosen for their distinguished research in the fields of material science, mathematics and computer science. The winners are: The Lebanese Najat Aoun Saliba, chemistry professor and director of the Nature Conservation Center at AUB (for Africa and Arab countries); professor Maki Kawai, chemistry (Asia); professor Karen Hallberg, physics (Latin America); professor Ingrid Daubechies, mathematical physics (North America) and Claire Voisin, Algebraic geometry, mathematics (Europe). Noting that, each laureate will receive 100,000 euros during a ceremony to be held on March 14 at the UNESCO Paris headquarters. (Al Akhbar, February 26, 2019)
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