2023 Neuron Awards Laureates
The 2023 Neuron Award for promising scientists was awarded to Kateřina Rohlenová, Tomáš Slanina, Zuzana Kúkelová, Martin Schwarzer, Sylvie Graf, Martin Kozák and Lenka Slavíková. Among the laureates of this category, for the first time in the history of the awards ceremony, there are more female scientists than male scientists. The Neuron Foundation also presented one Neuron Award for connecting science and business, when it recognized the transfer of a scientific discovery by the spin-off company Lipidica, a.s. The highest award, the Neuron Award 2023 for lifetime contribution to science, was won by the internationally renowned Czech chemist František Švec, whose life story is the embodiment of the American scientific dream.
Laureates of the 2023 Neuron Awards
RNDr. Zuzana Kúkelová, Ph.D.
Neuron Award 2023 for Promising Scientists in Computer Science
Neuron Award 2023 for Promising Scientists in Computer Science. Awarded for research in the field of computer vision.
Mgr. Kateřina Rohlenová, Ph.D.
Neuron Award 2023 for Promising Scientists in medicine
Neuron Award 2023 for Promising Scientists in medicine. Awarded for groundbreaking research on metabolic communication between healthy and cancerous cells
RNDr. Martin Kozák, Ph.D.
Neuron Award 2023 for Promising Scientists in physics
Neuron Award 2023 for Promising Scientists in physics. Awarded for research achievements electrons and optical phenomena.
RNDr. Lenka Slavíková, Ph.D.
Neuron Award 2023 for Promising Scientists in mathematics
Neuron Award 2023 for Promising Scientists in mathematics. Awarded for the study of mathematical functions.
prof. Ing. František Švec, DrSc.
Neuron Award 2023 in chemistry
Neuron Award for the development of advanced porous polymers and their application in analytical chemistry and separation science
Mgr. Martin Schwarzer, Ph.D.
Neuron Prize 2023 for Promising Scientists in biology
Neuron Prize 2023 for Promising Scientists in biology. Awarded for research on the effect of bacteria on the growth of young mammals.
Doc. Sylvie Graf, Ph.D.
Neuron Prize 2023 for Promising Scientists
Neuron Award 2023 for Promising Scientists in social sciences. Awarded for the study of social interactions.
RNDr. Tomáš Slanina, Ph.D.
Neuron Award 2023 for Promising Scientists in chemistry
Neuron Award 2023 for Promising Scientists in chemistry. Awarded for research results in the field of chemical processes controlled by light.
Lipidica, a.s.
Neuron Award 2023 in connecting science and business
Neuron Award 2023 in connecting science and business. Awarded for the transfer of a patent for the detection of pancreatic cancer.