Vera Serganova and Valery Fokin are named Laureates of 2019 George Gamow Prize
The 2019 RASA-America G. A. Gamow Award
The G.A. Gamow Award is founded by the Russian-American Science Association (RASA-America) in memory of the outstanding Russian-American physicist, Professor George Antonovich Gamow (1904-1968), to recognize members of the Russian-speaking scientific diaspora for outstanding contributions to science, which are recognized by the broad scientific community.
We are pleased to announce that the 2019 Gamow Awardees are
Vera Serganova Valery Fokin
1. Vera Serganova, Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley
«for outstanding work on the representation theory of superalgebras Lie»
2. Valery Fokin, Professor of Chemistry, University of Southern California
«for pioneering chemical research and the development of the efficient methods of the design of chemical compounds»
Chair of the 2019 Gamow Award Committee
Professor Konstantin Sonin
University of Chicago
RASA-America President
Professor Alexander Kabanov
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Congratulations to Drs. Vera Serganova and Valery Fokin!
The 2019 Gamow Awards will be presented on November 9, 2019, at the RASA-America Conference in Chapel Hill, NC.