Albert Einstein World Award of Science

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]

Albert Einstein World Award of Science
Obverse of a golden medal with the image of Albert Einstein facing right, the name Albert Einstein at the lower left and the dates 1835-1955 below the name.
Awarded forRecognition and encouragement for scientific and technological research and development.
CountryMexico
Presented byWorld Cultural Council
Reward(s)Diploma, Commemorative Medal and US$10,000
First awarded1984
WebsiteWorld Cultural Council

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

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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]

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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]

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References

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