Skip to content

Neuron Awards 2019

For the tenth time, the Neuron Endowment Fund for the Support of Science presented the Neuron Awards to seven scientists and one scientist of international standing on 6 November 2019 in the hall of the National Museum. The highest honour — the Neuron Award for Lifetime Contribution to Science — went to the plant biologist Jiří Friml; the Neuron Award for Major Scientific Discovery was received by the mathematician Jan Nekovář. Six young talented scientists were honoured as well.

Laureates

  • prof. Jan Nekovář, Ph.D.

    Mathematics

    prof. Jan Nekovář, Ph.D.

    Neuron Award for Major Scientific Discovery 2019 – mathematics Honoured for discoveries in number theory.

  • Dr. Vladimir Lotoreichik

    Mathematics

    Dr. Vladimir Lotoreichik

    Neuron Award for Young Promising Scientists 2019 – mathematics Honoured for his research in spectral theory and shape optimisation.

  • Mgr. Petr Kohout, Ph.D.

    Biology

    Mgr. Petr Kohout, Ph.D.

    Neuron Award for Young Promising Scientists 2019 – biology Honoured for his research into the mycorrhizal symbiosis between fungi and plants.

  • Lucie Kalousová, Ph.D., M.A.

    Social sciences

    Lucie Kalousová, Ph.D., M.A.

    Neuron Award for Young Promising Scientists 2019 – social sciences The Neuron Award for Young Promising Scientists for research into the relationship between social inequality and population health, 2019, in social sciences

  • Mgr. Ondřej Pejcha, Ph.D.

    Physics

    Mgr. Ondřej Pejcha, Ph.D.

    Neuron Award for Young Promising Scientists 2019 – physics Honoured for enriching our knowledge of the behaviour of supernovae and of other stellar deaths and transformations.

  • RNDr. Michal Šimíček, Ph.D.

    Medicine

    RNDr. Michal Šimíček, Ph.D.

    Neuron Award for Young Promising Scientists 2019 – medicine Honoured for investigating the processes that cause malignant diseases and their drug resistance.

  • RNDr. Martin Balko, Ph.D.

    Computer science

    RNDr. Martin Balko, Ph.D.

    Neuron Award for Young Promising Scientists 2019 – computer science Honoured for solving mathematical problems in combinatorics.

Videos and medallions

  • Watch the debate with the Neuron Awards 2019 laureates

Photo gallery from the awards ceremony

Be informed

Discoveries lie waiting all around, do not let them slip by! Every month we will send you a fresh batch of information about the world of science and Neuron.