National Prize for Natural Sciences (Chile) explained

National Prize for Natural Sciences
Subheader:	Part of the National Prize of Chile
Sponsor:	CONICYT
Country:	Chile
Year:	1992

The National Prize for Natural Sciences (Spanish; Castilian: '''Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales''') was created in 1992 as one of the replacements for the National Prize for Sciences under Law 19169.^[1] The other two prizes in this same area are for Exact Sciences and Applied Sciences and Technologies.

It is part of the National Prize of Chile.

Winners

• 1992, Jorge Allende (biochemistry)^[2]
• 1994, Humberto Maturana (neurobiology)^[2]
• 1996, (hydrobiology)^[2]
• 1998, Juan Antonio Garbarino Bacigalupo (chemistry)^[2]
• 2000, (biophysics)^[2]
• 2002, Ramón Latorre (biophysics)^[3]
• 2004, Pedro Labarca Prado (biophysics)^[2]
• 2006, Cecilia Hidalgo Tapia (biochemistry)^[4]
• 2008, (neurobiology)^[2]
• 2010, Mary Kalin Arroyo (botany)^[5]
• 2012, (marine biology)^[2]
• 2014, Ligia Gargallo (chemistry)^[6]
• 2016, Francisco Rothhammer Engel (genetics)^[7]
• 2018, (ecology)^[8]

See also

• List of biology awards
• List of earth sciences awards
• List of chemistry awards
• List of medicine awards
• List of neuroscience awards
• List of psychology awards
• CONICYT

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ley 19169: Establece normas sobre otorgamiento de Premios Nacionales . Law 19169: Establishes Rules on Granting National Prizes . . Spanish . 26 September 1992 . 8 December 2017 . Library of the National Congress of Chile.
2. News: Bernabé Santelices recibe el Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales . Bernabé Santelices Receives the National Prize for Natural Sciences . . Santiago . Spanish . 31 August 2012 . 11 December 2017.
3. Web site: Ramón Latorre de la Cruz . . Spanish . 11 December 2017.
4. News: Cecilia Hidalgo es la primera mujer en ganar el Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales . Cecilia Hidalgo is the First Woman to Win the National Prize for Natural Sciences . Angel . Eliette . Esteffan . Gabriel . . Santiago . Spanish . 26 August 2006 . 11 December 2017.
5. News: Mary Kalin Arroyo, premio nacional de Ciencias: 'Los eucaliptus son árboles gasolina' . Mary Kalin Arroyo, National Prize for Sciences: 'The Eucalyptus are Gasoline Trees' . El Desconcierto . Spanish . 1 February 2017 . 11 December 2017.
6. Web site: Doctora Ligia Gargallo recibe Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales . https://archive.today/20161010091443/http://www.uc.cl/component/content/article/16709-doctora-ligia-gargallo-recibe-premio-nacional-de-ciencias-naturales . dead . October 10, 2016 . Doctor Ligia Gargallo Receives National Prize for Natural Sciences . . Spanish . 27 August 2014 . 11 December 2017 .
7. News: Francisco Rothhammer recibe Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales 2016 . Francisco Rothhammer Receives 2016 National Prize for Natural Sciences . Scarpa . Marié . . Spanish . 29 August 2016 . 11 December 2017.
8. News: Fabián Jaksic recibe el Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales 2018 . Daniela . Silva . . Spanish . 27 August 2018 . 11 January 2019.