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L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards

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The L'Oreal/UNESCO Awards for Women in Science aims to improve the position of women in science by recognizing, every year, outstanding women researchers who have contributed to scientific progress. The awards are a result of a partnership between the French cosmetics company L'Oréal and UNESCO. The same partnership awards research fellowships to young women scientists engaged in exemplary and promising projects (UNESCO-L’ORÉAL Fellowships).

Recipients

1998 Laureates:

2000 Laureates:

2001 Laureates:

2002 Laureates:

2003 Laureates :

2004 Laureates:

2005 Laureates:

2006 Laureates:

2007 Laureates:

  • Ameenah GURIB-FAKIM (Mauritius): "For her exploration and analysis of plants from Mauritius and their bio-medical applications."
  • Ligia GARGALLO (Chile): "For her contributions to understanding solution properties of polymers."
  • Mildred DRESSELHAUS (USA): "For her research on solid state materials, including conceptualizing the creation of carbon nanotubes."
  • Margaret BRIMBLE (New Zealand): "For her contribution to the synthesis of complex natural products, especially shellfish toxins."
  • Tatiana BIRSHTEIN (Russia): "For her contribution to the understanding of the shapes, sizes and motions of large molecules."

Statistics

Women from the following countries received the awards:

  • USA: 7 times
  • France and Brazil: 3 times each
  • Japan, China, Mexico, Chile, Australia, Egypt, Nigera, South Africa and Tunisia: 2 times each
  • South Korea, Canada, Spain, Ecuador, Argentina, UK, Turkey, Belgium, Mauritius, New Zealand, Russia and India: 1 time each
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