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The winners of the "Woman of Science" award
fourth edition 2022
In 2022, 6 contestants submitted their candidacy.
The winner of the Prize was Giulia Manca, Associate Professor at the University of Cagliari.
As part of the competition, the Young Woman of Science Award was assigned by the Department of Equal Opportunities of the Municipality of Cagliari to Maura Pilia, researcher at the Sardinia Radio Telescope.
A special mention by the jury was assigned to Claudia Caltagirone, associate professor at the Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences of the University of Cagliari.
Special mention for young people to Irene Sechi, from Cagliari, PhD candidate in Oncology, at the Department of Oncology, University of Oxford (United Kingdom).
The 2022 Young Woman of Science Prize is awarded to Dr. Maura Pilia as an example for future generations of Sardinian female scientists as, after a course of study in various Italian and European univ…
Mention Woman of Science Award 2022
Claudia Caltagirone, from Cagliari, associate professor at the Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences of the University of Cagliari.
Special mention for th…
Mention Young Woman of Science Award 2022
Irene Sechi, thirty-one years old from Cagliari, PhD candidate in Oncology, at the Department of Oncology, University of Oxford (United Kingdom).
Special men…
third edition 2021
In 2021, 17 competitors presented their candidacy, of which 6 were born in Cagliari.
The winner of the Prize was Donatella Spano, from Sassari, full professor at the University of Sassari.
As part of the competition, the Councilorship for Equal Opportunities of the Municipality of Cagliari awarded the Young Woman of Science Award to Francesca Dordei, 35 years old, INFN researcher from Cagliari, in the Cagliari section.
The special jury prize was awarded to Maria Del Zompo, until April 2021 rector of the University of Cagliari.
Donatella Spano, from Sassari, full professor at the University of Sassari. The motivation for the award reads "For the important contribution that his research of absolute international level has giv…
As part of the competition, the Young Woman of Science Award was assigned by the Department of Equal Opportunities of the Municipality of Cagliari to Francesca Dordei, 35 years old, INFN researcher fr…
Again as part of the competition, this year the special jury prize was awarded to Maria Del Zompo, until April 2021, rector of the University of Cagliari with the following motivation: For the tireles…
second edition 2020
In 2020, 18 competitors presented their candidacy, of which 7 were born in Cagliari.
The winner of the Prize was Micaela Morelli, born in Brindisi but residing in Cagliari, neurobiologist and pro-rector of research at the University of Cagliari.
As part of the competition, the Department of Equal Opportunities of the Municipality of Cagliari awarded the Young Woman of Science Award to Raffaella Mulas, 28 years old, researcher from Cagliari
Born in Brindisi, but lives in Cagliari, neurobiologist and pro-rector of research at the University of Cagliari.
The motivation for the award reads "For the important contribution that her research …
As part of the 2020 competition, by the Department of Equal Opportunities of the Municipality of Cagliari, the Young Woman of Science Award was assigned to Raffaella Mulas, 28 years old, researcher fr…
first edition 2019
In 2019, 43 candidates presented their candidacy, 21 of whom were born in Cagliari and trained at the University of Cagliari.
Of the 43 competitors, 12 candidates carried out their research abroad: between Zurich, Lausanne (3), Marseilles, Warsaw, Nantes, Darmstadt, York, San Diego, Lyon and Cambridge.
The prevailing disciplines were biology, chemistry, biomedical sciences, information technology, astrophysics, medicine, physics.
Among the candidates were 4 full professors, 4 associate professors, but also a lawyer expert in legal informatics and a graduate in communication sciences.
The winner was Giovanna Puddu from Cagliari, former full professor of the Physics Department of the University of Cagliari.
Born in Cagliari, first woman, and still the only one, full professor of the Physics Department at the University of Cagliari. She carried out important research work at CERN in the field of nuclear p…
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