ArmInfo. Professor Yuri Oganessian, Head of the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russian Federation, will be awarded the first UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Basic Sciences.
Recognized for his breakthrough discoveries that extend the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements and for his promotion of the basic sciences at global scale.
Professor Oganessian's work played a leading role in the synthesis and study of new chemical elements of the periodic table. He has driven major developments in international scientific cooperation that led, inter alia, to the discovery of superheavy elements like the one with atomic number 118 named after him as Oganesson.
The laureates will receive the Prize at a ceremony at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris on 15 November, during the 41st session of the Organization's General Conference.
"We congratulate a renowned representative of our nation on being awarded the UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize," reads a report by the Russian Embassy in Armenia