5 female scientists won the 2011 L'Oréal-UNESCO award

On November 9, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced the list of the five best female scientists in the world to win the 2011 L'Oréal-UNESCO award.

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This is also the 13th year UNESCO and the L'Oréal Foundation awarded this award to female scientists.

Professor Ahmed Zewail, owner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, said the president of the jury of L'Oréal-UNESCO said that five award-winning female scientists in 2011 were selected among more than 1,000 candidates from Five continents across the globe.

The year 2011 coincided with the 100th anniversary of the birth of the chemist Marie Curie, so the 2011 L'Oréal-UNESCO prize focused on female chemists.

Their pioneering outstanding research achievements have contributed to finding solutions to the planet's major challenges.

The African and Arab female scientist who won the 2011 L'Oréal-UNESCO prize was a professor of chemistry Faiza Al-Kharafi of Kuwait University with research on corrosion - an issue of importance in trial water and oil industry. She is currently serving as Vice Chair of the developing World Academy of Science.

The Asia-Pacific female scientist who won the 2011 L'Oréal-UNESCO award was chemistry and energy professor, Ms. Vivian Wing-Wah Yam of the University of Hong Kong, China, with research on materials glowing and innovative ways of collecting solar energy.

The 2011 European female scientist who won the prize was Anne L'Huillier , a professor of atomic physics at Lund University, Sweden, with a research on developing ultra-fast cameras, with a speed of shooting 1 billions / 1 billionth of a second.

The female scientist Silvia Torres-Peimbert , emeritus professor of the Institute of Astronomy, University of Mexico, represented the Latin American region, with research on the chemical composition of nebulae in the universe, contributing to enhance understanding of the origin of the universe.

Jillian Banfield , professor of Earth science and planets at the University of California, USA, represented North America to win the prize for the study of microbial and material reactions in extreme conditions. The environment and the Earth.

The L'Oréal-UNESCO award aims to honor the outstanding contributions of female scientists in scientific research, their strong commitment to science and their far-reaching impact on society.

The L'Oréal-UNESCO Prize in 2011 will be awarded at the ceremony at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France on March 3, 2011, each prize worth USD 100,000.

For 13 years, the L'Oréal-UNESCO award honors the 67 outstanding female scientists of the world, including two scientists who won the Nobel Prize and 864 scholarships awarded to young female scientists in 93 country.

This award has become a prestigious international scientific award recognizing the scientific talent of female scientists every year.