Within the framework of Konex Award 2023the list of the hundred personalities who stood out during the last decade in the field of Science and Technology. The delivery ceremony will take place on Tuesday, September 12 at Ciudad Cultural Konex and exceptionally includes the special category “Pandemic-Covid 19”which recognizes the struggle of professionals against the disease.
The list was presented by the president of the institution, doctor Luis Ovsejevich and the Grand Jury of the 2023 Konex Awards, chaired by Alberto Kornblihtt (Konex Brilliant Award 2013) and is made up of 20 prominent figures.
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According to the methodology, one hundred outstanding personalities of the last decade (2013-2022) were designated in the area of Science and Technology, selecting five for each of the 20 disciplines. Additionally, the “Pandemic-Covid 19” category was created, so this time there will be 21 and, in this sense, six professionals will be distinguished with the respective diplomas of merit.
The ceremony will take place on Tuesday, September 12, where 20 personalities will receive the Platinum Konex. The Grand Jury will select the most outstanding of all to be awarded the Konex of Brilliant, the highest award given by the Foundation. This act will take place on Tuesday, October 31.
Meanwhile, different special distinctions, Special Mentions to the Trajectory -for Dr. in Biochemistry Juan José Cazzulo and surgeon Juan Carlos Parodi- and the Konex of Honor to a prominent personality who died in the last decade.
1 – Mathematics
2 – Physics and Astronomy
3 – Physicochemistry and Inorganic Chemistry
4 – Organic Chemistry
5 – Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
6 – Paleontology
7 – Ecology and Environmental Sciences
8 – Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology
9 – Microbiology and Immunology
10 – Basic Biomedical Sciences
11 – Internal Medicine
12 – Surgery
13 – Public Health
14 – Biotechnology
15 – Nanosciences and Analytical Chemistry
16 – Technological development
17 – Agricultural and Food Sciences
18 – Engineering
19 – Energy and Sustainability
20 – Information Sciences and Artificial Intelligence
21 – Pandemic – COVID19
Also, it has been decided to honor some personalities who died during the 2013-2022 decade with the Unforgettable category. Some had already received the Konex Award in previous editions. Is about: Patricia Alvarado, Alejandro Arvía, José La Torre, Arturo López Dávalos, Ángel Ramón Mínguez, Elsa Moreno, Héctor Otheguy, Alberto Pignotti, Edmund Ruveda and Elsa Safe.
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