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Long Ran

Institution
University of Science and Technology of China

Country
China

Field
Chemistry

Long won the 2017 L’Oréal UNESCO For Women in Science International Rising Talent award for her research on photocatalysts for carbon dioxide reduction.

(Photo: L’oréal Foundation)

AWARDS
  • 2017 LOréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Rising Talent Award

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