Academician Éva Kondorosi receives the most prestigious award of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova
The full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences has been awarded the Dimitrie Cantemir Medal for her support of the European integration of Moldovan researchers, her significant contribution to the training of young researchers and her high quality lectures and scientific activities.
The Dimitrie Cantemir MedalThe Dimitrie Cantemir Medal, named after the Moldavian prince and scientist (1673-1723), is the highest award of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Éva Kondorosi received the award at the Academy of Sciences of Moldova in Chisinau on 14 June, together with fellow recipient Sierd Cloetingh, Professor at Utrecht University, from Ion Tiginyanu, President of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.
The two laureates each gave a scientific lecture before the award ceremony; Kondorosi on “The Nitrogen Crisis and the Road to Sustainable Agriculture”, Sierd Cloetingh on “Geodynamics and Continental Topography”.
Éva Kondorosi with Ion Tiginyanu, President of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova Photo: asm.md Éva Kondorosi is a Széchenyi and Balzan Prize-winning biologist, academic, member of the European Commission’s Group of Chief Scientific Advisors Group and member of the governing board of Academia Europaea (AE). For many years she has been a key player in European science policy. Her research focuses on plant peptides produced in symbiotic cells, several of which repesent promising new antibiotic candidates. Her research group is a leading international centre for plant molecular biology research.