{"id":16363,"date":"2020-10-19T16:30:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T20:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/?page_id=16363"},"modified":"2025-02-06T11:38:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T16:38:27","slug":"iupac-distinguished-women","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/iupac-distinguished-women\/","title":{"rendered":"IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5861\" src=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/apply-nominate-participate_lr-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/apply-nominate-participate_lr-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/apply-nominate-participate_lr-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/apply-nominate-participate_lr.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><em>Established in 2011 to acknowledge and promote the work of women chemists\/chemical engineers worldwide\u00a0<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Awardees are selected based on excellence in basic or applied research, distinguished accomplishments in teaching or education, or demonstrated leadership or managerial excellence in the chemical sciences. The Awards Committee is particularly interested in nominees with a history of leadership and\/or community service during their careers.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural presentation of the Distinguished Women in Chemistry\/Chemical Engineering awards took place during 2011 World Chemistry Congress and 23 women were recognized. A full-day award symposium featuring the awardees and a theatrical reflection on the life of Marie Curie were parts of the 2011 International Year of Chemistry. Celebrating the achievements of women in chemistry and honoring Marie Curie were only one of the objectives of IYC2011, and several international activities on this theme were initiated that year.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration and recognition of women in chemistry that was begun in 2011 has continued at each biennial IUPAC General Assembly and World Chemistry Congress since then. In addition to an awards program that is held at each meeting to present the awards, a symposium is also held to discuss the status of women in chemistry across the globe. Challenges that women can encounter in their careers and routes to navigate challenges have been addressed by the distinguished awardees. The presentations have been motivational, and have been very helpful to women who are newer in the field, to help them understand that everyone faces challenges in their careers, and, that those challenges are not unsurmountable.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&gt;&gt;&gt;\u00a0 <strong>Announcement of the <a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/awardees-of-the-iupac-2025-distinguished-women-in-chemistry-or-chemical-engineering\/\">2025 Awardees<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<em>(<\/em><em>posted 6 Feb 2025)<br \/>\n<\/em>&gt;&gt;&gt;\u00a0 <strong>Announcement of the <a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/iupac-2023-distinguished-women\/\">2023 Awardees<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<em>(posted 9 Feb 2023)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A list of recipients of the Award since its inception may be found <a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Recipients-IUPAC-Distinguished-Women-in-Chemistry-or-Chemical-Engineering_2025.pdf\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Women are recognized for their distinction and excellence in chemistry and chemical engineering,<br \/>\nwhether in research, leadership, teaching, management, industry, government, academia,<br \/>\nor whatever work sector in which the women are engaged.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>&#8230; of related interest &#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"\/project\/2017-007-1-020\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11368 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Gender-gap_cover-232x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Gender-gap_cover-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Gender-gap_cover-768x992.png 768w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Gender-gap_cover.png 791w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/project\/2020-016-3-020\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16403 size-thumbnail aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cropped-icon_scges-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cropped-icon_scges-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cropped-icon_scges-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cropped-icon_scges.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/global-womens-breakfast\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15726 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GWB_logo-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/diversity-and-inclusion\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8276 size-thumbnail aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/iupac-global-womens-breakfast-tab-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"\/project\/2017-007-1-020\"><em>Gender Gap project<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"\/project\/2020-016-3-020\"><em>Gender Equality project<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/global-womens-breakfast\/\"><em>Global Women\u2019s Breakfast<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/diversity-and-inclusion\/\">Diversity and Inclusion<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/iupac-2023-distinguished-women\/\">Announcement<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0of the <strong>IUPAC 2025 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Awards<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(released 6 Feb 2025 in sync with <a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/gwb\/2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GWB<\/a> event on Feb 11 and to celebrate he International Day of Women and Girls in Science February 11)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/iupac-2023-distinguished-women\/\">Announcement<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0of the <strong>IUPAC 2023 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Awards<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(released 9 Feb 2023 in sync with <a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/gwb\/2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GWB<\/a> event on Feb 14 and to celebrate he International Day of Women and Girls in Science February 11)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2022<\/strong> A second collection of Awardees&#8217; contribution has been published in a <a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/etoc-alert-pure-and-applied-chemistry-august-2022\/\">special issue of\u00a0<em>Pure and Applied Chemistry<\/em> (Aug 2022)<\/a>. In these papers, the awardees provided short technical reviews, career advice and insight for future scientists and engineering, or simple examples of how they have navigated the many challenges and opportunities they have encountered in their own careers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/iupac-2021-distinguished-women\/\">Announcement<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0of the <a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/iupac-2021-distinguished-women\/\"><strong>IUPAC 2021 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Awards<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<em>(released 8 Feb 2021\u00a0in sync with <a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/gwb\/2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GWB<\/a> event on Feb 9 and to celebrate he International Day of Women and Girls in Science February 11)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/iupac-2019-distinguished-women\/\">Announcement<\/a><\/strong> <em>(release 7 Feb 2019 in sync to celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science February 11)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Presentation at the Congress in The Hague, NL, August 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023WO-Awardees_pres20230820.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25092 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023WO-Awardees_pres20230820-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023WO-Awardees_pres20230820-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023WO-Awardees_pres20230820-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023WO-Awardees_pres20230820-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023WO-Awardees_pres20230820-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023WO-Awardees_pres20230820.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25093\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25093\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/133745586@N03\/53152475345\/in\/album-72177720310847838\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25093 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023WO-Awardees_0pres20230820-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023WO-Awardees_0pres20230820-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023WO-Awardees_0pres20230820-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023WO-Awardees_0pres20230820-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023WO-Awardees_0pres20230820-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023WO-Awardees_0pres20230820.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2023 Distinguished Women in Chemistry recognized in The Hague during the Opening Ceremony: (off stage, from L to R): Tatjana Parac-Vogt (Belgium), Marcia Foster Mesko (Brazil), Annette G. Beck-Sickinger (Germany), Laura McConnell (USA), Marinda Wu (USA), Nguy\u1ec5n Th\u1ecb Kim Thanh (UK), Gill Reid (UK), Lidia Armelao (Italy), Mikiko Sodeoka (Japan), and Chunying Chen (China) [not shown Jyotirmayee Mohanty (India); not present in NL, Bin Liu (Singapore)]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Presentation at the Congress in Paris, July 2019<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15583\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15583\" style=\"width: 1474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2019WO-Paris.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15583 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2019WO-Paris.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1474\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2019WO-Paris.png 1474w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2019WO-Paris-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2019WO-Paris-1024x423.png 1024w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2019WO-Paris-768x317.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1474px) 100vw, 1474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2019 Distinguished Women in Chemistry recognized in Paris during the World Chemistry Leadership Meeting and pictured with the WCLM panelist (see CI July 2020 for a report) (WCLM): (L to R): Chris Willis, Martin Brudermu\u0308ller (BASF SE, WCLM panelist), Luisa Torsi, Elizabeth Ann Nalley, Guest Ben Feringa (NP 2016), Otilia M\u00f3 Romero, Janine Cossy, Ilham Kadri (Solvay, WCLM panelist), Andrey Grigoryevich Guryev (PhosAgro, WCLM panelist), Susan Bourne, Donna Blackmond, (unidentified), Molly Shoichet, Carolyn Ribes (Award presentation and Women in Chemistry Special Symposium coordinator), Kim Baldridge, Guest Jean-Pierre Sauvage (NP 2016), Angela Wilson (co-coordinator), Guest Jean-Marie Lehn (NP 1997), and on the far right, IUPAC President Qi-Feng Zhou.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Also in 2019, in celebration of the International Year of the Periodic Table and the 100th anniversary of IUPAC, a number of the women who received the IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Award have contributed to\u00a0a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.degruyter.com\/view\/journals\/pac\/91\/2\/pac.91.issue-2.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">special issue of\u00a0<em>Pure and Applied Chemistry<\/em><\/a>, in which they provided short technical reviews, career advice and insight for future scientists and engineering, or simple examples of how they have navigated the many challenges and opportunities they have encountered in their own careers. This PAC issue was released in time with the International Day for Women and Girls in Sciences, Feb 11, and also coincided with the announcement of the Awardees of the IUPAC 2019 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering. The Preface co-authored by Fabienne Meyers, Carolyn Ribes and Angela K. Wilson is reprint in <em>Chem Int<\/em>\u00a0April 2019;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/ci-2019-0213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/ci-2019-0213<\/a>. (See earlier <a href=\"\/project\/2015-007-1-020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">project<\/a> for additional reference and details)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/iupac-2017-distinguished-women\/\">Announcement<\/a><\/strong> <em>(7 March 2017)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Presentation at the Congress in S\u00e3o Paulo, July 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16367\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16367\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16367 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2017-Wo-group-1024x534.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2017-Wo-group-1024x534.png 1024w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2017-Wo-group-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2017-Wo-group-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2017-Wo-group.png 1521w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2017 Distinguished Women in Chemistry recognized in S\u00e3o Paulo (L to R): Vanderlan Bolzani (Women in Chemistry Special Symposium coordinator), Ingrid Montes, Misako Aida, Veronika Meyer, Yvonne Mascarenhas, Angela Wilson (Symposium co-chair), Zafra Lerman, Frances Separovic, Carolyn Ribes (Symposium co-chair), Concepcion Gimeno, Thisbe Lindhorst, Lifeng Chi, and on the far right, IUPAC President Natalia Tarasova. The gentleman in the back row is IUPAC Secretary General Richard Hartshorn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>See Congress report in <em>CI<\/em>\u00a0Oct 2017 &lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/ci-2017-0424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/ci-2017-0424<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>2015 Announcement<\/strong> <em>(1 May 2015)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Awardees of the IUPAC 2015 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering announced\u00a0<\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Professor Lucia Banci, University of Florence, Florence, Italy<br \/>\nProfessor Margaret Brimble, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand<br \/>\nProfessor Ewa Bulska, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Warsaw, Poland<br \/>\nProfessor Karen Gleason, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA<br \/>\nProfessor Janet Hering, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science &amp; Technology, Dubendorf, Switzerland<br \/>\nProfessor Nadia G. Kandile, Ain Shams University, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt<br \/>\nProfessor Maki Kawai, RIKEN &amp; The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan<br \/>\nProfessor Hyunjoo Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea<br \/>\nProfessor Carmen Najera, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain<br \/>\nProfessor Helga R\u00fcbsamen-Schaeff, AiCuris GmbH &amp; Co. KG, Wuppertal, Germany<br \/>\nProfessor Roberta Sessoli, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy<br \/>\nProfessor Livia Simon Sarkadi, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary<\/p>\n<p><em>Presentation at the Congress in Busan, Korea in August 2015<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6265\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6265\" style=\"width: 941px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6265 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/women2015_Busan_crop.jpg\" width=\"941\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/women2015_Busan_crop.jpg 941w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/women2015_Busan_crop-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/women2015_Busan_crop-768x371.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 941px) 100vw, 941px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Presentation of the Awards during the IUPAC General Assembly\/Congress in Busan, Korea in August 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>2013 Announcement <\/strong><em>(31 May 2013)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The awardees of the IUPAC 2013 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering are as follows<\/em>:<br \/>\nProfessor Irina P. Beletskaya, Moscow State University, Russia<br \/>\nDr Annette Doherty, Senior VP Product Development, GlaxoSmithKline Plc, UK<br \/>\nProfessor Mary Garson, University of Queensland, Australia<br \/>\nProfessor Evamarie Hey-Hawkins, University of Leipzig, Germany<br \/>\nProfessor Kazue Kurihara, Tohoku University, Japan<br \/>\nProfessor Liliana Mammino, University of Venda, South Africa<br \/>\nProfessor Elsa Reichmanis, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA<br \/>\nProfessor Concepcio Rovira, Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona, Spain<br \/>\nProfessor Maria Vallet-Regi, Universidad Complutense, Spain<br \/>\nProfessor Angela Wilson, University of North Texas, USA<br \/>\nProfessor Yi Xie, University of Science &amp; Technology of China, China<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Presentation at the Congress in August 2011, in Istanbul, Turkey<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16365\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16365\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16365 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2013_groupPhoto_CIMay204-1024x702.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2013_groupPhoto_CIMay204-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2013_groupPhoto_CIMay204-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2013_groupPhoto_CIMay204-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2013_groupPhoto_CIMay204.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured above are recipients of the IUPAC 2013 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Award. From left to right, Yi Xie, Kazue Kurihara, Mary Garson, Liliana Mammino, Elsa Reichmanis, Concepcio Rovira, Angela Wilson, Evamarie Hey-Hawkins. Additionally in the picture on the right are Gulcin Erem Berkel, The Dow Chemical Company, sponsor of the presentation, and Professor Nicole Moreau, former IUPAC President.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>2011\u00a0Announcement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The awardees were<\/em>: Nouria A. Al-Awadi (Kuwait); Faizah Mohammed Abdel Mohsin Al-Kharafi (Kuwait); Ayse Aroguz (Turkey); Vanderlan Bolzani (Brazil); Novella Bridges (USA); Luisa De Cola (Germany); Joanna Fowler (USA); V\u00e9ronique Gouverneur (UK); Magdolna Hargittai (Hungary); Nancy B. Jackson (USA); Susan M. Kauzlarich (USA); Katharina Kohse-H\u00f6inghaus (Germany); H.R.H. Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol (Thailand); Nicole J. Moreau (France); Linda F. Nazar (Canada); Izabela Nowak (Poland); Carolyn Ribes (Netherlands); Sara Snogerup Linse (Sweden); Yoshie Souma (Japan); Natalia Tarasova (Russia); Kl\u00e1ra T\u00f3th (Hungary); Lesley J. Yellowlees (UK); and Ada E. Yonath (Israel)<\/p>\n<p><em>Presentation at the Congress in August 2011, in San Juan, Puerto Rico<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16364\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16364\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16364 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2011_groupPhoto_TuesdayAwards_IMG_1492-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2011_groupPhoto_TuesdayAwards_IMG_1492-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2011_groupPhoto_TuesdayAwards_IMG_1492-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2011_groupPhoto_TuesdayAwards_IMG_1492-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2011_groupPhoto_TuesdayAwards_IMG_1492-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2011_groupPhoto_TuesdayAwards_IMG_1492-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured are a number of the awardees and organizers of the 2011 program, pictured with Susan M. Frontczak, who enacted Marie Curie in a play performed in honor of the International Year of Chemistry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>See account in\u00a0 <em>Chem Int<\/em> Nov 2011, <a href=\"http:\/\/publications.iupac.org\/ci\/2011\/3306\/5_montes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/publications.iupac.org\/ci\/2011\/3306\/5_montes.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Established in 2011 to acknowledge and promote the work of women chemists\/chemical engineers worldwide\u00a0 Awardees are selected based on excellence in basic or applied research, distinguished accomplishments in teaching or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"parent":668,"menu_order":27,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-16363","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering - IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/iupac-distinguished-women\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering - IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Established in 2011 to acknowledge and promote the work of women chemists\/chemical engineers worldwide\u00a0 Awardees are selected based on excellence in basic or applied research, distinguished accomplishments in teaching or [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/iupac-distinguished-women\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-06T16:38:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/apply-nominate-participate_lr.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"9 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/iupac-distinguished-women\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/iupac-distinguished-women\/\",\"name\":\"IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering - IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/iupac-distinguished-women\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/iupac-distinguished-women\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/apply-nominate-participate_lr-300x200.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-19T20:30:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-06T16:38:27+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/iupac-distinguished-women\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/iupac-distinguished-women\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/iupac-distinguished-women\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/apply-nominate-participate_lr.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/apply-nominate-participate_lr.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":667},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/iupac-distinguished-women\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What We Do\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Awards\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/\",\"name\":\"IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry\",\"description\":\"International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/iupac.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering - IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/iupac-distinguished-women\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering - IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry","og_description":"Established in 2011 to acknowledge and promote the work of women chemists\/chemical engineers worldwide\u00a0 Awardees are selected based on excellence in basic or applied research, distinguished accomplishments in teaching or [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/iupac-distinguished-women\/","og_site_name":"IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry","article_modified_time":"2025-02-06T16:38:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":667,"url":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/apply-nominate-participate_lr.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"9 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/iupac-distinguished-women\/","url":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/iupac-distinguished-women\/","name":"IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering - IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/iupac-distinguished-women\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/iupac-distinguished-women\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/apply-nominate-participate_lr-300x200.jpg","datePublished":"2020-10-19T20:30:51+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-06T16:38:27+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/iupac-distinguished-women\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/iupac-distinguished-women\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/iupac-distinguished-women\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/apply-nominate-participate_lr.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/apply-nominate-participate_lr.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/iupac-distinguished-women\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What We Do","item":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Awards","item":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/what-we-do\/awards\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/","name":"IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry","description":"International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16363\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}