Highlights from the 2021 Ceremony of the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists, UK

Описание: The Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences celebrated the nine honorees of 2021 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the United Kingdom at an awards ceremony and gala dinner on October 25, 2021. For the second time, the ceremony was held at the spectacular Banqueting House in Whitehall, London. Renowned astrophysicist, Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Chancellor of the University of Dundee and Winner of the 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics served as the 2021 Presenter. With COVID restrictions eased throughout the UK, this was the first Blavatnik Awards gathering in London since March 2020.

2021 Blavatnik Awards UK Laureates

· Professor Sinéad Farrington (Physical Sciences & Engineering)—The University of Edinburgh
· Professor Stephen L. Brusatte (Life Sciences)—The University of Edinburgh
· Professor Daniele Leonori (Chemistry)—The University of Manchester

2021 Blavatnik Awards UK Finalists

· Professor Artem Mishchenko (Physical Sciences & Engineering)—The University of Manchester
· Professor Themis Prodromakis (Physical Sciences & Engineering)—University of Southampton
· Dr. John Marioni (Life Sciences)—The European Bioinformatics Institute and University of Cambridge
· Professor Edze Westra (Life Sciences)—University of Exeter
· Professor David P. Mills (Chemistry)—The University of Manchester
· Professor Matthew Powner (Chemistry)—University College London

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