Zafra M. Lerman
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Zafra M. Lerman is an American chemist, educator, and humanitarian. She is the President of the Malta Conferences Foundation, which aims to promote peace by bringing together scientists from otherwise hostile countries to discuss science and foster international scientific and technical collaboration.
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Zafra M Lerman students dancing to illustrate chemistry 2001 Gordon Conference (photo by David Morton)
Malta V Conference at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, December 4, 2011; His Royal Highness Prince Hassan of Jordan (center-left), Irina Bokova (center-right, Director-general of UNESCO), and Dr. Zafra M. Lerman (right, President of the Malta Conferences Foundation). (Photo by Cynthia Warren Mentz)Awards 7
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Martyn PoliakoffAlso won Nyholm Prize for EducationOmid KokabeeAlso won Andrei Sakharov PrizeBoris AltshulerAlso won Heinz R. Pagels Human Rights of Scientists Award
Norman HackermanAlso won Charles Lathrop Parsons Award
Jeannette E. BrownAlso won ACS Award for Encouraging Underrepresented and Economically Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical SciencesErnest L. ElielAlso won George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical EducationAbout this person
Zafra M. Lerman is an American chemist, educator, and humanitarian. She is the President of the Malta Conferences Foundation, which aims to promote peace by bringing together scientists from otherwise hostile countries to discuss science and foster international scientific and technical collaboration. From 1986 to 2010, she chaired the American Chemical Society's Subcommittee on Scientific Freedom and Human Rights. She has been successful in preventing executions, releasing prisoners of conscience from jail and bringing dissidents to freedom. She is the recipient of many awards for education and science diplomacy, including the 1999 Presidential Award from U.S. President Clinton, the 2005 Nyholm Prize for Education from the Royal Society of Chemistry (England), the 2015 Science Diplomacy Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the 2016 Andrei Sakharov Award for human rights from the American Physical Society (APS), the 2016 United Nations NOVUS Award for the 16th Sustainable Development Goal: Peace and Justice, the 2017 International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Award, and the 2025 Cardozo School of Law’s 24th International Advocate for Peace Award.
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