2011 EDITION

President of the Jury
Professor Ahmed ZeWAiL
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1999
California Institute of Technology, CA, USA
founding President
Professor Christian de duVe
Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1974
Institut de Pathologie Cellulaire, BELGIUM
honorAry President
irina BoKoVA
Director-General, UNESCO
AfriCA And ArAB stAtes
Professor Jehane rAgAi
Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences and Engineering,
The American University in Cairo (AUC), EGYPT
Professor gabriel ogunMoLA (for l’UNESCO)
Chairman, Board of Trustees, and Chancellor, Lead City University, Ibadan,
Chairman, Institute of Genetic Chemistry & Laboratory of Medicine, Ibadan, NIGERIA
Professor Malik MAAZA
iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation of South Africa, Somerset West,
Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
AsiA - PACifiC
Professor Chun-Li BAi
Executive Vice President and President of the Graduate University,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, CHINA
Professor Margaret BriMBLe (Laureate 2007)
Chair of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Auckland, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
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Professor Christian AMAtore
Département de Chimie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, FRANCE
Professor Majed Chergui
Professor of Physics and Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Honorary Professor, University of Lausanne, SWITZERLAND
Professor Julia King
Vice Chancellor, Aston University, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM
doctor Laurent giLBert (for L’OREAL)
Director, International Development of Advanced Research, L’Oréal FRANCE
LAtin AMeriCA
Professor Beatriz BArBuy (Laureate 2009)
Professor, Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences University
of São Paulo, BRAZIL
Professor sylvio CAnuto
Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, Brazil, BRAZIL
Professor A. roBLedo
Senior Research Scientist, Physics Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM),
Mexico City, MEXICO
north AMeriCA
Professor Mitchell WinniK
University Professor, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Arts and Science University of Toronto,
CANADA
Professor h. eugene stAnLey
University Professor, Professor of Physics; Professor of Physiology,
and Director, Center for Polymer Studies, Boston University, USA
2 PAST LAUREATES JOIN
THE 2011 PHYSICAL SCIENCES JURY
Beatriz
Barbuy
Member of the Jury and 2009 Laureate
“ After winning the L’Oréal-UNESCO Award
For Women in Science, I had the incredible
chance to share my research with the general
public. By highlighting the contributions
of each laureate, For Women in Science
undoubtedly creates leverage for women
researchers.
As a result, it is now a true source of
motivation in the ongoing quest for
excellence which shows that with
perseverance and tenacity,
we can overcome any obstacle. ”
Margaret
Brimble
Member of the Jury and 2007 Laureate
“ One of the numerous challenges facing
women scientists is to strike the right balance
to successfully handle a multi-faceted career.
Women researchers are generally asked to
teach and serve as mentors in addition to their
high-level research.
The importance of an award like
L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science
is to highlight outstanding women who can
become veritable role models for future
generations. After receiving my For Women in
Science award, I was named president of the
Rutherford Foundation of the Royal Society of
New Zealand, which aims to support young
researchers as they start their careers. ”