POTSDAM â Clarkson University alumna Abeer Al Bawab is one of only 12 recipients worldwide of the IUPAC 2021 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering award.
Al Bawab is a professor of physical chemistry in the University of Jordan and former general director of the Jordan Scientific Research Support Fund in the Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research.
The awards program, which celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, was created by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) to acknowledge and promote the work of women chemists/chemical engineers worldwide. The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is a global day celebrating achievement and promoting full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls.
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February 22, 2021
Anne Andrews, UCLA professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has received one of the 2021 International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry’s Distinguished Women in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering awards. The 12 awardees were selected based on excellence in basic or applied research, accomplishments in teaching or education, or demonstrated leadership or managerial excellence in the chemical sciences.
Andrews, who is also a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and senior research scientist at the Hatos Center for Neuropharmacology, leads efforts in basic and translational research on anxiety and depression, and at the nexus of neuroscience and nanoscience. Her interdisciplinary research team focuses discovering, developing, and using in vivo neurotransmitter monitoring approaches to understand how the serotonin and other neurotransmitter systems encode emotionally salient information.
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NTNU professor 1st Taiwanese to receive distinguished chemistry award
02/18/2021 09:48 PM
Chiu Mei-hung (邱美虹) / Photo courtesy of the NTNU
Taipei, Feb. 18 (CNA) Chiu Mei-hung (邱美虹), a professor at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), has become the first Taiwanese to receive the Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering award by an international scientific organization, the Taipei-based university said on Thursday.
Chiu, who currently teaches at the school s Graduate Institute of Science Education, was among the 12 awardees recognized by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) this year, the NTNU said in a statement. These 12 awardees have been 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 IUPAC said in a statement on Feb. 8.