A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | CH | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
TWAS Prize
...
This is a list of recipients of the TWAS Prize, awarded annually by The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).
Summary
| Category | Year started | Total recipients | First recipient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Sciences | 2003 | 19 | Fu Ting-Dong |
| Biology | 1986 | 40 | Mysore A. Viswamitra |
| Chemistry | 1985 | 41 | Leopoldo De Meis Salimuzzaman Siddiqui[note 1] |
| Earth Sciences | 2003 | 18 | Kaigala Venkata Subbarao |
| Engineering Sciences | 2003 | 20 | Mayra de la Torre |
| Mathematics | 1985 | 35 | Liao Shantao |
| Medical Sciences | 1988 | 37 | Manuel Elkin Patarroyo |
| Physics | 1985 | 39 | E. C. G. Sudarshan |
| Social Sciences[note 2] | 2014 | 6 | Ayşe Buğra Zheng Xiaoying[note 1] |
| Gender | Number |
|---|---|
| Male | 225
|
| Female[note 3] | 30
|
| Country | Number of Agricultural Sciences TWAS laureates | Number of Biology TWAS laureates | Number of Chemistry TWAS laureates | Number of Earth Sciences TWAS laureates | Number of Engineering Sciences TWAS laureates | Number of Mathematics TWAS laureates | Number of Medical Sciences TWAS laureates | Number of Physics TWAS laureates | Number of Social Science TWAS laureates | Total Number of TWAS laureates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 India |
2 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 64 |
 China |
6 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 50 |
 Brazil |
0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 42 |
 Argentina |
0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
 Taiwan |
2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
 Mexico |
1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
 Chile |
0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
 Turkey |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
 Pakistan |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Agricultural Sciences
.jpg)
| Year | Recipient | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Fu Ting-Dong | China |
| 2004 | Mohammad J. Malakouti | Iran |
| 2005 | Alex E. Bustillo Pardey | Colombia |
| 2006 | Heong Kong-Luen | Philippines |
| 2007 | Muhammad Arshad | Pakistan |
| 2008 | Jei-Fu Shaw | Taiwan |
| 2009 | Huey Lang Yang | Taiwan |
| 2010 | Francisco Alfonso Larqué Saavedra[note 4] | Mexico |
| 2010 | Ibrokhim Abdurakhmonov[note 4] | Uzbekistan |
| 2011 | Segenet Kelemu[note 4] | Ethiopia |
| 2011 | Zeyaur Rahman Khan[note 4] | India |
| 2012 | Jun Yu[note 4] | China |
| 2012 | Egamberdieva Dilfuza[note 4] | Uzbekistan |
| 2013 | Yong-Guan Zhu | China |
| 2014 | Fusuo Zhang | China |
| 2015 | Jagdish Ladha | India |
| 2015 | Feng-Min Li | China |
| 2016 | Ismail Cakmak | Turkey |
| 2018 | Dabing Zhang[1] | China |
Biology
| Year | Recipient | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Mysore A. Viswamitra | India |
| 1987 | Adolfo Martinez-Palomo | Mexico |
| 1988 | Francisco José Barrantes | Argentina |
| 1990 | Eduardo H. Rapoport | Argentina |
| 1991 | Ramon R. Latorre | Chile |
| 1992 | Tsou Chen-Lu | China |
| 1993 | Luis Rafael Herrera-Estrella | Mexico |
| 1994 | Armando J. Parodi | Argentina |
| 1995 | Carlos S. Andreo[note 5] | Argentina |
| 1995 | Carlos Eduardo G. da Rocha Miranda[note 5] | Brazil |
| 1996 | Juan Carlos Castilla Zenobi[note 5] | Chile |
| 1996 | Asis Datta[note 5] | India |
| 1997 | Francisco Bolívar Zapata | Mexico |
| 1998 | Gabriel Guarneros | Mexico |
| 1999 | Raghavendra Gadagkar | India |
| 2000 | Alberto C. Frasch | Argentina |
| 2001 | Avadhesha Surolia | India |
| 2002 | Wang Zhizhen | China |
| 2003 | Rafael Palacios de la Lama | Mexico |
| 2004 | Jorge Kalil | Brazil |
| 2005 | Yang Huanming[note 5] | China |
| 2005 | Jerson L. Silva[note 5] | Brazil |
| 2006 | Pedro E. León Azofeifa | Costa Rica |
| 2007 | Lúcia Mendonça Previato | Brazil |
| 2008 | Carlos Arias Ortiz[note 5] | Mexico |
| 2008 | Susana López Charretón[note 5] | Mexico |
| 2009 | Lin He[note 5] | China |
| 2009 | Partha Pratim Majumder[note 5] | India |
| 2010 | Satyajit Mayor[note 5] | India |
| 2010 | Soo-Chen Cheng[note 5] | Taiwan |
| 2011 | Ana Belén Elgoyhen[note 5] | Argentina |
| 2011 | Valakunja Nagaraja[note 5] | India |
| 2012 | Ann-Shyn Chiang | Taiwan |
| 2013 | Xu Guoliang[note 5] | China |
| 2013 | Sue Duan Lin-Chao[note 5] | Taiwan |
| 2014 | Marcelo Rubinstein | Argentina |
| 2015 | Maria Isabel Colombo | Argentina |
| 2016 | Amitabha Chattopadhyay[note 5] | India |
| 2016 | Zhou Qi[note 5] | China |
| 2018 | Luisa Lina Villa[1] | Brazil |
