Chulabhorn

Awards & Honours

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Princess Chulabhorn's scientific achievements have earned her a place among the world's most respected chemists. She was the third person ever to receive the UNESCO Einstein Medal, and the first Asian to be made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Her work has focused on natural products and environmental health, and she has held patents and published extensively. Her honors reflect not just her research, but her role in promoting science in developing countries.

AwardsPrincess Chulabhorn has won numerous awards for her scientific contributions, including the UNESCO Einstein Medal in 1986, the Environmental Mutagen Society-Hollaender International Fellow Award in 2002, the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety Special Recognition Award in 2006, and the Merit Award of the International Union of Toxicology in 2013. She has also been honored with the World Outstanding Scientist Award and a Royal Medal in 2019.

Honours & Distinctions

UNESCO Einstein Medal

UNESCO·1986

Third person in the world to receive this award for promoting scientific collaboration in Asia and the Pacific.

Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Royal Society of Chemistry

First Asian to be invited as an Honorary Fellow.

Royal Medal

Thailand·2019

Awarded in May 2019 for her service to the nation.

Records & Feats

Third person in the world to receive the UNESCO Einstein Medal

Awards·1986

Received in 1986 for promoting scientific collaboration in Asia and the Pacific.

First Asian invited as Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Historic First

Honorary fellowship from the Royal Society of Chemistry, a first for an Asian.