Albert Einstein World Award of Science
Annual award
Albert Einstein World Award of Science Awarded for Recognition and encouragement for scientific and technological research and development. Country Mexico Presented by World Cultural Council Reward(s) Diploma, Commemorative Medal and US$10,000 First awarded 1984 Website World Cultural Council
The Albert Einstein World Award for Science is an annual award given by the World Cultural Council "as a means of recognition and encouragement for scientific and technological research and development", with special consideration for researches which "have brought true benefit and wellbeing to mankind".[1] Named for physicist and theoretician Albert Einstein , the award includes a diploma, a commemorative medal, and US$10,000.[2]
The recipient of the award is evaluated and elected by an Interdisciplinary Committee, which is composed of world-renowned scientists, among them 25 Nobel laureates.[1]
Award recipients
Year
Recipient
Recipient's Institution
Field of Research
Ceremony Host
Ceremony Site
Ceremony Host Country
Ceremony Date
Ref.
2022
Victoria Kaspi
McGill University
Astrophysics
University of Coimbra
University of Coimbra , Lisbon
Portugal
29 November 2022
[4]
2019
Zhong Lin Wang
Georgia Institute of Technology
Nanoenergy
University of Tsukuba
University of Tsukuba , Tsukuba
Japan
4 October 2019
[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
2018
Jean-Pierre Changeux
Pasteur Institute
Neuroscience
City University of Hong Kong
City University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong
China
8 November 2018
[12]
[13]
[14]
[15]
2017
Omar M. Yaghi
University of California, Berkeley
Chemistry
Leiden University
Pieterskerk , Leiden
Netherlands
8 November 2017
[16] [17] [18]
2016
Edward Witten
Princeton University
Physics , Mathematics
Riga Technical University
National Library of Latvia , Riga , Latvia
Latvia
14 October 2016
[19] [20]
2015
Ewine van Dishoeck
Leiden University
Astrophysics
University of Dundee
Caird Hall , Dundee , Scotland
United Kingdom
19 November 2015
[21] [22] [23]
2014
Philip Cohen
University of Dundee
Enzymology
Aalto University
Otakaari 1 Building, Aalto University , Espoo
Finland
17 November 2014
[24] [25]
2013
Paul Nurse
Rockefeller University
Genetics
Nanyang Technological University
Nanyang Auditorium, Nanyang Technological University , Singapore
Singapore
2 October 2013
[26] [27] [28] [29]
2012
Michael Grätzel
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Solar energy
Aarhus University
The Main Hall, Aarhus University , Aarhus
Denmark
18 April 2012
[30] [31] [32] [33] [34]
2011
Geoffrey Ozin
University of Toronto
Nanochemistry
University of Tartu
Assembly Hall, University of Tartu , Tartu
Estonia
10 November 2011
[35] [36] [37]
2010
Julio Montaner
British Columbia Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Biomedicine
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
Aula Magna Adolfo López Mateos, UAEM , Toluca
Mexico
8 December 2010
[38] [39] [40] [41]
2009
John T. Houghton
John Ray Initiative
Environmental Research
University of Liège
Salle Académique, University of Liège , Liège
Belgium
25 November 2009
[42] [43] [44] [45]
2008
Ada Yonath
Weizmann Institute of Science
Crystallography
Princeton University
Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall , Princeton University , Princeton, New Jersey
United States
11 November 2008
[46] [47]
2007
J. Fraser Stoddart
University of California, Los Angeles
Chemistry and Molecular Nanotechnology
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Teatro Universitario, Campus Mederos, Monterrey
Mexico
24 November 2007
[48] [49] [50]
2006
Ahmed Zewail
California Institute of Technology
Femtochemistry
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Sala Manuel M. Ponce, Palacio de Bellas Artes , Mexico City
Mexico
28 October 2006
[51] [52] [53] [54]
2005
John Hopfield
Princeton University
Life Sciences
Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro
Teatro de la Ciudad Fernando Soler, Saltillo
Mexico
12 November 2005
[55] [56] [57]
2004
Ralph J. Cicerone
University of California, Irvine
Atmospheric Chemistry
University of Liège
Amphithéâtres de l’Europe, University of Liège , Liège
Belgium
8 November 2004
[58] [59] [60]
2003
Martin Rees
Cambridge University
Astrophysics
University of Helsinki , Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
National Library of Finland , University of Helsinki , Helsinki
Finland
17 November 2003
[61] [62]
2002
Daniel H. Janzen
University of Pennsylvania
Biology
Trinity College Dublin
Examination Hall, Trinity College Dublin , Dublin
Ireland
14 November 2002
[63] [64]
2001
Niels Birbaumer
University of Vienna
Neurobiology
Utrecht University
nl:Academiegebouw (Utrecht) , Utrecht
Nederlands
21 November 2001
[65]
2000
Frank Fenner
Australian National University
Biology
University of the Witwatersrand
Great Hall, University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg
South Africa
1 November 2000
[66]
1999
Robert Weinberg
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Medical Sciences
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Main Building, Norwegian University of Science and Technology , Trondheim
Norway
11 November 1999
[67] [68]
1998
Charles R. Goldman
University of California, Davis
Environmental Sciences
Victoria University of Wellington
Hunter Building , Wellington
New Zealand
19 November 1998
[69] [70]
1997
Jean-Marie Ghuysen
University of Liège
Biochemistry
Chulalongkorn University
Main Auditorium, Chulalongkorn University , Bangkok
Thailand
12 November 1997
[71] [72]
1996
Alec Jeffreys
University of Leicester
Molecular Biology
University of Oxford
Voltaire Room, Taylor Institution , Oxford
United Kingdom
23 November 1996
[73]
1995
Herbert H. Jasper
University of Montreal
Brain Research
INBA , CONACULTA
Palacio de Bellas Artes , Mexico City
Mexico
16 December 1995
[74]
1994
Sherwood Rowland
University of California, Irvine
Environmental Sciences
CODATA , ICSU , UNESCO
Le Manège Convention Center, Chambéry
France
19 September 1994
[75] [76]
1993
Ali Javan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Optical Physics
Presidencia de la República
Palacio de Bellas Artes , Mexico City
Mexico
19 December 1993
[77]
1992
Raymond U . Lemieux
University of Alberta
Organic Chemistry
National Research Council (Canada)
Lester B. Pearson Building , Ottawa
Canada
1992
[78]
1991
Albrecht Fleckenstein
University of Freiburg
Physiology
Australian National University
Chancellor's Building, ANU , Canberra
Australia
1991
[79]
1990
Gustav Nossal
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Immunology
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Cupola Room, ETH Zürich , Zürich
Switzerland
1990
[80]
1989
Martin Kamen
University of Southern California
Biochemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Edgerton Hall, MIT , Cambridge
United States
8 November 1989
[81]
1988
Margaret Burbidge
University of California, San Diego
Astrophysics
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Palacio de Bellas Artes , Mexico City
Mexico
19 November 1988
[82] [83]
1987
Hugh Huxley
Brandeis University
Molecular Biology
University of Heidelberg
de:Aula der Alten Universität (Heidelberg) , University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg
Germany
26 November 1987
[84]
1986
Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan
International Rice Research Institute
Agriculture
University of Guadalajara
Teatro Degollado , Guadalajara
Mexico
6 November 1986
[85]
1985
Werner Stumm
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Environmental Sciences
Royal Institute of Technology
Kollegiesalen, Stockholm
Sweden
21 November 1985
[86]
1984
Ricardo Bressani
Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP)
Nutrition
World Cultural Council
Auditorio San Pedro, San Pedro Garza García
México
29 November 1984
[87]
See also
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