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Women in science 2009 L’Oreal Unesco Awards
Tebello Nyokong, Akiko Kobayashi, Athene M. Donald, Beatriz Barbuiz, Eugenia Kumacheva
All over the world, scientific and technological training is too often just not available to women, including informal training. Less women than men have scientific careers and when they do, professional progress is slower. Women rarely hold high-level scientific decisional jobs. Five women researchers in life sciences received L’OREAL-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science. The ceremony took place at the Institut de France in March 2009. Listen to the broadcast.
L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards Laureates
Palmarès 2009 du prix L’Oréal-UNESCO Pour les Femmes et la Science
1. Pr. Tebello Nyokong, laureate for Africa & the Arab States
in Physical Sciences
Professor Nyokong has spent her scientific career working on the synthesis and characterisation of a group of related chemical compounds called phthalocyanines, which are most commonly usedas dyes for blue jeans. Two other interesting features, however, have led Professor Nyokong to grasp the medical importance of these compounds: when administered to patients, they tend to build up in cancerous tissues, and they react very strongly to light.
Afrique et Pays Arabes : Pr Tebello Nyokong
Professeur au Département de Chimie de l’Université de Rhodes en Afrique du Sud, elle est récompensée pour sa contribution à l’utilisation du potentiel des lumières dans le traitement du cancer ou pour remédier aux nuisances causées à l’environnement.
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2. Pr. Akiko Kobayashi, laureate for Asia & the Pacif ic in Physical Sciences
Professor Kobayashi studies the design, synthesis, and production of various types of molecular conductors and superconductors. Particularly, she has succeeded in preparing the first metallic crystal consisting of a single kind of neutral molecule (that is, the first single-component molecular metal) a Crystal of Molecular Nickel – Ni(tmdt)2.
Asie-Pacifique : Pr Akiko Kobayashi
Professeur et Président du Département Chimie, Facultés des lettres et des sciences à la Nihon University au Japon, pour sa contribution au développement de conducteurs moléculaires et à la conception et synthèse d'un métal moléculaire à un seul composant.
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3. Pr. Athene M. Donald, laureate for Europe in Physical Sciences
Athene M. Donald's experimental work focuses on soft condensed matter, incorporating polymer and colloidal physics, as well as biological physics. She has used microscopy techniques, X-ray scattering and neutron(...)
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