National Prize for Natural Sciences (Chile)

Award
National Prize for Natural Sciences
Part of the National Prize of Chile
Sponsored byCONICYT
CountryChile
First awarded1992
Currently held byFabián Jaksic [es]

The National Prize for Natural Sciences (Spanish: Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales) was created in 1992 as one of the replacements for the National Prize for Sciences under Law 19169.[1] The other two prizes in this same area are for Exact Sciences and Applied Sciences and Technologies.

It is part of the National Prize of Chile.

Winners

  • 1992, Jorge Allende (biochemistry)[2]
  • 1994, Humberto Maturana (neurobiology)[2]
  • 1996, Nibaldo Bahamonde [es] (hydrobiology)[2]
  • 1998, Juan Antonio Garbarino Bacigalupo (chemistry)[2]
  • 2000, Mario Luxoro [es] (biophysics)[2]
  • 2002, Ramón Latorre (biophysics)[3]
  • 2004, Pedro Labarca Prado (biophysics)[2]
  • 2006, Cecilia Hidalgo Tapia (biochemistry)[4]
  • 2008, Nibaldo Inestrosa Cantin [es] (neurobiology)[2]
  • 2010, Mary Kalin Arroyo (botany)[5]
  • 2012, Bernabé Santelices [es] (marine biology)[2]
  • 2014, Ligia Gargallo (chemistry)[6]
  • 2016, Francisco Rothhammer Engel (genetics)[7]
  • 2018, Fabián Jaksic [es] (ecology)[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ley 19169: Establece normas sobre otorgamiento de Premios Nacionales" [Law 19169: Establishes Rules on Granting National Prizes] (in Spanish). Ministry of Education. 26 September 1992. Retrieved 8 December 2017 – via Library of the National Congress of Chile.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Bernabé Santelices recibe el Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales" [Bernabé Santelices Receives the National Prize for Natural Sciences]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Ramón Latorre de la Cruz" (in Spanish). University of Chile. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  4. ^ Angel, Eliette; Esteffan, Gabriel (26 August 2006). "Cecilia Hidalgo es la primera mujer en ganar el Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales" [Cecilia Hidalgo is the First Woman to Win the National Prize for Natural Sciences]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Mary Kalin Arroyo, premio nacional de Ciencias: 'Los eucaliptus son árboles gasolina'" [Mary Kalin Arroyo, National Prize for Sciences: 'The Eucalyptus are Gasoline Trees']. El Desconcierto (in Spanish). 1 February 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Doctora Ligia Gargallo recibe Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales" [Doctor Ligia Gargallo Receives National Prize for Natural Sciences] (in Spanish). Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. 27 August 2014. Archived from the original on October 10, 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  7. ^ Scarpa, Marié (29 August 2016). "Francisco Rothhammer recibe Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales 2016" [Francisco Rothhammer Receives 2016 National Prize for Natural Sciences]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  8. ^ Silva, Daniela (27 August 2018). "Fabián Jaksic recibe el Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales 2018". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2019.