Vietnamese professor honoured with IUPAC award for women
Prof. Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh, a lecturer at University College London (UCL) in the UK, has been honoured with the Distinguished Women in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Awards of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), together with other 11 woman scientists from various countries.
Hanoi (VNA) – Prof. Nguyen ThiKim Thanh, a lecturer at University College London (UCL) in the UK, hasbeen honoured with the Distinguished Women in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Awards ofthe International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), together with other11 woman scientists from various countries.
An awarding ceremony will be held duringthe IUPAC World Chemistry Congress slated for August this year.
Established in 2011, the awards aim toacknowledge and promote the work of women chemists/chemical engineers worldwide.
Awardees are selected based on excellencein basic or applied research, distinguished accomplishments in teaching oreducation, or demonstrated leadership or managerial excellence in the chemicalsciences. The Awards Committee is particularly interested in nominees with ahistory of leadership and/or community service during their careers.
Prof. Mary Garson, President of the IUPAC Committee on Ethics, Diversity,Equity and Inclusion, said that the 12 awardees are chosen from an impressivelist of female chemists and chemical engineers with outstanding achievementsand creativity around the world.
In their personal stories, each of the 2023nominees has demonstrated a willingness to share expertise and experience withother chemists as well as a passion for science. Their outreach work andactivities advance chemical science and chemical engineering in a variety ofways, she said, expressing her belief that the awardees will inspire woman scientistsin the world.
Speaking to Vietnam News Agency correspondents in the UK, Prof. Thanh said thatshe hopes the rewards will inspire female scientists and girl children to pursue theirdreams of contributing to science development and the community. For Vietnam,she hopes that the award will contribute to improving the prestige ofVietnamese intellectuals and scientists in the world scientific community,encouraging Vietnamese scientists to confidently step out and integrate withthe advanced science of the world.
Based in Zurich, theSwitzerland, the IUPAC was formed in 1919 by chemists from industry andacademia, who recognised the need for international standardisation inchemistry.
Prof. Thanh is one of the world-renownedVietnamese intellectuals, who is the first Vietnamese professor at UCL since2013, and an academician of four specialised scientific institutes in the UK.With a long history of prestigious scientific achievements, Prof. Thanh has wonmany noble awards in the fields of research from prestigious scientific organisationsand academies in the world./.
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Prof. Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh (Photo: baodantoc.vn) 
