The Abdus Salam Medal (Official: Abdus Salam Medal for Science and Technology), is an award presented by TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world in Trieste. The Abdus Salam Medal was instituted in 1995 to honour the Academy's founder and first president, Nobel Laureate Professor Abdus Salam and is awarded to highly distinguished personalities who have served the cause of science in the Developing World.[1][2]

Abdus Salam Medal
LocationTrieste
Country Italy
Presented byThird World Academy of Sciences
First awarded1995
Last awarded2015
Currently held byJacob Palis

Recipients

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Year Name Country
1995 Federico Mayor Zaragoza   Spain
1996 M. G. K. Menon   India
1998 Thomas R. Odhiambo   Kenya
2000 José I. Vargas [Wikidata]   Brazil
2002 Paolo Budinich   Italy
2005 Lu Yongxiang   People's Republic of China
2008 C. N. R. Rao   India
2012 Mohamed H.A. Hassan   Sudan
2015 Jacob Palis   Brazil
2018 Fernando Quevedo   Guatemala  Spain

References

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  1. ^ Abdus Salam Medal. "Abdus Salam Medal". Third World Academy of Sciences. Third World Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 2013-12-04.
  2. ^ "Abdus Salam Medal for Science and Technology". Archived from the original ((html)) on 2011-07-07.
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