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Marie Curie Medal
The Marie Curie-Skłodowska Medal is a Polish annual science award conferred by the Polish Chemical Society (''Polskie Towarzystwo Chemiczne, PTCHEM'') to scientists working permanently abroad for contributions in the field of chemistry. Description It was named in honour of physicist Marie Curie (1867–1934) and first awarded in 1996. The winner receives a bronze medal depicting Marie Curie and on the reverse the Latin inscription ''Quo Magis Veritas Propagatur'' as well as the PTCHEM logo, year and the name of the laureate. Three laureates of the medal have also been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Roald Hoffmann (1981), Ada Yonath (2009) and Ben Feringa (2016). Laureates The winners of the award so far have been: * Karl Anker Jørgensen, (2020) *Roald Hoffmann, (2019) *Jacek Klinowski, (2018) *Krzysztof Palczewski, (2017) * Mietek Jaroniec, (2016) *Janusz Pawliszyn, (2015) *John Joule, (2014) * Bernard L. Feringa, (2013) *Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, (2012) *Roland Boese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Chemical Society
The Polish Chemical Society ( pl, Polskie Towarzystwo Chemiczne, PTCHEM) is a professional scientific society of Polish chemists. History The society was founded of 118 Charter Members on 29 June 1919 on the initiative of Leon Marchlewski, Stanisław Bądzyński and Ignacy Mościcki, future President of Poland who was a chemist himself. The initial aim of the organization was to bring together Polish chemists previously working under different partitions as well as from abroad. The Polish Chemical Society initiated a series of scientific conferences as well as founded Poland's first chemistry journal ''Roczniki Chemii''. After the Second World War, the society was reactivated in 1946 and continues its activities until today. It has 1,959 members, who work in 20 regional centres. In 2006, the Polish Chemical Society became a public benefit organization. The statute states that one of the goals of the society is ‘‘the encouragement of progress of chemical science and propagat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mietek Jaroniec
Mietek Jaroniec (born 1 January 1949) is a Polish and American chemist and an author of over 950 scientific papers which got over 127,964 citations and brings him an h-index of 155. Biography He was born in 1949 in Okrzeja, Poland. He obtained his masters and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry at the Curie-Sklodowska University in 1972 and 1976 respectively. From 1972 to 1991 he worked at the Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Marie Curie-Sklodowska University and since 1991 works at Kent State University as a professor. Prior to it, he also was a research assistant from 1972 to 1977 after which he got promoted to the assistant professor a position that he kept till 1980. From 1980 to 1985 he was an associate professor and then climbed the career ladder to become professor at which he remained till 1989. Publications From 1981 to 1986 he served as an editor of the ''Thin Solid Films'' and from 1985 to the same year was '' Journal of Colloid Interface Science'' editor. He also served ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chemistry Awards
Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the elements that make up matter to the compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, properties, behavior and the changes they undergo during a reaction with other substances. Chemistry also addresses the nature of chemical bonds in chemical compounds. In the scope of its subject, chemistry occupies an intermediate position between physics and biology. It is sometimes called the central science because it provides a foundation for understanding both basic and applied scientific disciplines at a fundamental level. For example, chemistry explains aspects of plant growth (botany), the formation of igneous rocks (geology), how atmospheric ozone is formed and how environmental pollutants are degraded (ecology), the properties of the soil on the moon (cosmochemistry), how medications work (pharmacology), and how to collect DNA evidence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian Smoluchowski Medal
The Marian Smoluchowski Medal is a Polish annual science award conferred by the Polish Physical Society (''Polskie Towarzystwo Fizyczne, PTF'') for contributions in the field of physics. Description The medal was established in 1965 and is the highest award presented by the Polish Physical Society. It was named in honour of physicist Marian Smoluchowski (1872 – 1917). It is awarded to scientists whose work significantly contributed to the advancement of one of the branches of physics irrespective of the scientific degree, place of work or nationality of the laureate. It can be given for a single published work or as a lifetime achievement award. It is conferred by the Awards Committee of the Polish Physical Society, currently, no more than once a year. Laureates The list of scientists awarded with Marian Smoluchowski Medal: * Iwo Białynicki-Birula (2021) * Józef Spałek (2019) * Jerzy Lukierski (2017) * Henryk Szymczak (2015) *not awarded (2014) * Jan Misiewicz (2013) * Doug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prize Of The Foundation For Polish Science
The Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science () is the most prestigious scientific award in Poland given every year from 1992 by a non-governmental non-profit Polish organization, Foundation for Polish Science (). The prize is widely regarded as the top scientific award in Poland. The Prizes awarded in 2013 equal PLN 200,000 (approximately $60,000). Since 2011, the Prize is awarded in four categories: Life Sciences; Chemical and Material Sciences; Mathematics, Physics and Engineering Sciences; as well as Humanities and Social Sciences. Candidates can be either Polish scientists working in Poland or abroad, foreign ones working there, provided that their achievement has been realized within the territory of the Republic of Poland, as well as foreigners dealing with matters pertaining to Poland. As of 2021, 110 individuals have been awarded the prize including 9 women. Among the notable winners are: Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Andrzej Tarkowski, Bohdan Paczyński, Timothy D. Snyde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Kocienski
Philip Joseph Kocienski (born 23 December 1946) is a British organic chemist. He is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Leeds. Research Kocienski has made contributions to the design and development of new organometallic reagents in synthesis, and the applications of synthetic methods to complex natural products. Early work with Basil Lythgoe on the scope and stereochemistry of the Julia olefination with alpha-metallated sulphone reagents emphasised the value of this method in organic chemistry. His major contribution has been to research the synthesis and chemistry of novel metallated (lithium, copper and nickel) enol ethers, and to develop the uses of these intermediates in the synthesis of oxacyclic and geometrically defined alkene units in natural products of biological significance. Kocienski has synthesised the insecticide milbemycin beta 3, the potassium channel blocker talaromycin B, the hypotensive agent lacrimin, and the antihypertensive agent zoapatano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Amann
Anton Amann (20 June 1956 – 6 January 2015) was an Austrian chemist and Professor of chemistry at the Innsbruck Medical University. He worked in the area of physical chemistry, ECG analysis, and exhaled breath analysis. Amann was the head of the Breath Research Institute of the Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck (formerly an Institute of the Austrian Academy of Science) and editor in chief of the Journal of Breath Research. He authored more than 150 scientific articles. He died in Innsbruck in 2015. Career After studying chemistry at the ETH Zürich, he continued with a PhD in Science. The title of his dissertation 1984 with Hans Primas and Norbert Straumann was ''Observable in der W*-algebraischen Quantenmechanik'' (observables in W*-algebraic quantum mechanics). In 1991 he earned Habilitation in Physical Chemistry at the ETH Zürich. From 1987 to 1995 he was a senior research associate at the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the ETH Zürich. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Krzysztof "Kris" Matyjaszewski (; born April 8, 1950) is a Polish-American chemist. He is the J.C. Warner Professor of the Natural Sciences at the Carnegie Mellon University Matyjaszewski is best known for the discovery of atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), a novel method of polymer synthesis that has revolutionized the way macromolecules are made. Matyjaszewski was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2006 and the National Academy of Sciences in 2019 for expanding the capabilities of controlled/living polymerizations and developing ATRP, a robust catalytic process for the radical polymerization of monomers. He received the prestigious Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 2011, the Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences in 2015, and the Grand Prix de la Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie, France in 2020. Education and career Matyjaszewski began studying chemistry at Lodz University of Technology in late 1960s and later graduated from the Petrochemical Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard L
Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brave, hardy". Its native Old English reflex was ''Beornheard'', which was replaced by the French form ''Bernard'' that was brought to England after the Norman Conquest. The name ''Bernhard'' was notably popular among Old Frisian speakers. Its wider use was popularized due to Saint Bernhard of Clairvaux (canonized in 1174). Bernard is the second most common surname in France. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 42.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Bernard'' were residents of France (frequency 1:392), 12.5% of the United States (1:7,203), 7.0% of Haiti (1:382), 6.6% of Tanzania (1:1,961), 4.8% of Canada (1:1,896), 3.6% of Nigeria (1:12,221), 2.7% of Burundi (1:894), 1.9% of Belgium (1:1,500), 1.6% of Rwanda (1:1,745), 1.2% of Germany ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Joule
John Arthur Joule is a British academic and chemist. Joule took his BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees at the University of Manchester, obtaining his PhD (with George Smith) in 1961. He then undertook post-doctoral work at with Professor Richard K. Hill at Princeton University and Professor Carl Djerassi at Stanford University. In 1963 he joined the academic staff of the Chemistry Department at the University of Manchester, where he is currently an Emeritus Professor. In 1996 he received an RSC Medal for Heterocyclic Chemistry A heterocyclic compound or ring structure is a cyclic compound that has atoms of at least two different elements as members of its ring(s). Heterocyclic chemistry is the branch of organic chemistry dealing with the synthesis, properties, and .... He co-wrote the textbook Heterocyclic Chemistry, initially with George Smith, but then with other authors in later editions. External links John Joule University Homepage References Year of birth missin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krzysztof Palczewski
Krzysztof Palczewski (born 1957) is a Polish-American biochemist working at the University of California, Irvine. He is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine. In 2012 he was awarded Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science, the most prestigious scientific award for Polish scientists, for characterizing crystal structures of native and activated G protein-coupled receptor, rhodopsin, involved in eyesight. His MS and PhD, are from the University of Wroclaw and Technical University of Wroclaw, respectively (Poland). His early posts were at the University of Florida and the Oregon Health Sciences University. Dr. Palczewski completed much of his pivotal research at the University of Washington. In 2005 he moved to become the Chair and John H. Hord professor of Pharmacology at Case Western Reserve University. In 2018 he joined University of California, Irvine, where he is a Distinguished Professor and is leading the Center for Translat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Awards
This is a list of notable awards for specific areas of science and technology. Typically these lists give the country of the sponsoring organization, the award name, sponsor name and a description of the award criteria. Some of the awards have broad scope, or cover the intersection of different disciplines, so an award may appear in more than one list. A list of general awards for science and technology is followed by the lists of more specific awards. General list * List of general science and technology awards Specific lists * List of agriculture awards * List of archaeology awards * List of astronomy awards * List of aviation awards * List of biochemistry awards * List of biology awards * List of biomedical science awards * List of chemistry awards * List of computer science awards * List of computer-related awards * List of earth sciences awards * List of economics awards * List of engineering awards * List of environmental awards * List of geography awards * List of geolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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