An Argentinean scientist awarded the Princess of Asturias Award – Telam

The American Joanne Chory and Argentina's Sandra Myrna Diaz, plant biology specialists and specialists in the impact of the climate crisis, were rewarded today with the Princess of Asturias Award for the scientific and technical research 2019.

The works developed separately by the two biologists have placed them at the forefront of new lines of research on the climate crisis and its effects, as well as on the defense of biodiversity.

The jury decided to distinguish the two biologists for their "pioneering contributions" to the knowledge of plant biology, which are "transcendent for the fight against climate change and the defense of biological diversity," reported EFE.

Joanne Chory, born in Methuen (United States) in 1955, focused her research on the mechanisms that regulate plant function from the molecular to the cellular level, as well as their responses to environmental conditions. . of stress.