Abdus Salam Medal
| Abdus Salam Medal | |
|---|---|
| Location | Trieste |
| Country | Italy |
| Presented by | Third World Academy of Sciences |
| First award | 1995 |
| Final award | 2015 |
| Currently held by | Jacob Palis |
The Abdus Salam Medal (Official: Abdus Salam Medal for Science and Technology), is an award presented by The World Academy of Sciences in Trieste. The Abdus Salam Medal was instituted in 1995 to honour the Academy's founder and first president, Nobel Laureate Professor Abdus Salam and is awarded to highly distinguished personalities who have served the cause of science in the Developing World.[1][2]
Recipients
| Year | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Federico Mayor Zaragoza | Spain |
| 1996 | M. G. K. Menon | India |
| 1998 | Thomas R. Odhiambo | Kenya |
| 2000 | José I. Vargas | Brazil |
| 2002 | Paolo Budinich | Italy |
| 2005 | Lu Yongxiang | People's Republic of China |
| 2008 | C. N. R. Rao | India |
| 2012 | Mohamed H.A. Hassan | Sudan |
| 2015 | Jacob Palis | Brazil |
| 2018 | Fernando Quevedo | Guatemala Spain |
| 2022 | Chunli Bai | People's Republic of China |
References
- ^ Abdus Salam Medal. "Abdus Salam Medal". Third World Academy of Sciences. Third World Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 2013-12-04.
- ^ "Abdus Salam Medal for Science and Technology". Archived from the original ((html)) on 2011-07-07.