PROFESSORS BALZANI AND OGANESSIAN TO RECEIVE FIRST UNESCO-RUSSIA MENDELEEV INTERNATIONAL PRIZE IN THE BASIC SCIENCES

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.

He is recognized for his breakthrough discoveries that extend the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements and for his promotion of the basic sciences at global scale.

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.