Córdoba scientist Sandra Díaz wins the Princess of Asturias Award

Biologists Joanne Chory of the United States, and Argentina's Sandra Myrna Díaz, received this Wednesday, June 5, the Princess of Asturias Prize for Scientific and Technical Research 2019. Pioneers in the knowledge of plant biology, transcendental in the fight against climate change and the defense of biological diversity.

The jury will read the decision at 12 o'clock at the Reconquista Hotel in Oviedo. This year, forty-six candidates from 23 different nationalities have chosen this prize, seventh of the eight international prizes awarded this year by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, and which conforms to this XXXIX edition.

The jury is composed of: Jesús A. del Álamo; Juan Luis Arsuaga Ferreras; Alicia Asín Pérez; César Cernuda Rego; Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturáin; Miguel Delibes de Castro; Pedro Miguel Echenique Landiríbar; Elena García Armada; Clara Grima Ruiz; Amador Menéndez Velázquez; Sir Salvador Moncada; Ginés Morata Pérez; Enrique Moreno González; Adriana Ocampo Uría; Peregrina Quintela Estévez, Ines Rodríguez Hidalgo, Manuel Toharia Cortés, María Vallet Regí and Santiago García Granda (Secretary).

The purpose of the Princess of Asturias Prize is to reward "the scientific, technical, cultural, social and humanitarian work done by individuals, institutions, groups of people or institutions of the international scene".

In accordance with these principles, the Princess of Asturias Prize for Scientific and Technical Research will be awarded to "work of culture and improvement of research, discovery and / or invention in mathematics, astronomy and astrophysics, physics, chemistry, life sciences, medical sciences, earth and space sciences and technological sciences, as well as the disciplines corresponding to each of these fields and the related techniques ".

The prize is endowed with a sculpture of Joan Miró – representative symbol of the prize -, a diploma, a badge and a cash amount of 50 000 euros.

DPA / Europa Press Agency