Daniel Nocera receives 2024 City of Florence Award for Molecular Sciences

Daniel Nocera, Patterson Rockwood Professor of Energy, will receive the 2024 City of Florence Award for Molecular Sciences. The award is given to molecular scientists in recognition of their contribution to the scientific progress. The winners of the past editions are prominent figures in their field of research, ranging from biophysics, to energy problems, from molecular genomics to the most modern applications of chemical research in pharmacology and diagnostics.

On May 3, Nocera will deliver his award talk "Tackling the Global Energy Challenge: Creating Food and Fuels from Sunshine, Water and Air."

The award “Premio Città di Firenze sulle Scienze Molecolari” was established in 2002 from an idea born at the Scientific Pole of the University of Florence and in particular at the Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM) by initiative of the late Prof. Ivano Bertini. It is intended as a tribute of the City of Florence to the scientific world and to the commitment of the researchers to the improvement of the future of mankind.

Since 2002 the award promotes cultural values that encourage innovative behavior, stimulating the attention and interest of the city community and bringing to its attention examples of cutting-edge scientific research, with the aim of showing how a research of excellence has direct implications in fields of common interest which may be such as sustainable energy or health, and how it contributes to the development and creation of spin-off with skilled employment in technologically advanced sectors.

It is also an occasion to solicit for the interest of the public opinion on the importance of the scientific research for the development of the Country and to the benefit of mankind.

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