Gerhard Börner wins CAS Award

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced that Professor Dr. Gerhard Börner from MPA won the CAS Award for International Cooperation in Science and Technology for 2009 together with space astrophysicist Professor Roger Bonnet (France) and botanist Professor Peter Raven (USA). The award was bestowed at the CAS’ annual conference held 25-27January 2010 in Beijing.

Lu Yongxiang (left), the President of CAS, presented the awards to Dr. Gerhard Börner (second from right), Professor Peter H. Raven (right), and Professor Roger-Maurice Bonnet (second from left).
Image: Duan Xu

Established in 2007, the CAS Award for International Cooperation in Science and Technology honours eminent international experts with outstanding contributions to China’s global cooperation in science and technology, in order to encourage more efforts in this respect.


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