Winners of Oganesson Prize 2025 announced
On September 15, 2025 at the 138th session of JINR Scientific Council the names of the Oganesson Prize winners were announced. The Prize was organized at the suggestion and the expense of Academician Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian transferred to JINR in 2023.
The winners of Oganesson Prize in 2025 are:
Michel Spiro, Paris-Saclay University (France), President of The Earth-Humanity Coalition, Past President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), member of the JINR Scientific Council.
He was awarded the prize for outstanding research in high energy and nuclear physics, along with passionate leadership in global initiatives supporting fundamental science.
Natalia Tarasova, RAS Corresponding Member at the Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Professor, Doctor of Chemistry, Director of the Institute of Chemistry and Sustainable Development Problems at the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia.
She received the award for outstanding contribution to cooperation with international organizations and scientific unions (UNESCO, IUPAC, ISC), aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Arutyun Avetisyan, RAS Academician, mathematician, system programming specialist, Director of the RAS Institute for System Programming, Head of the Department of System Programming at the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics at Moscow State University, Department of Management and Applied Mathematics at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and the Faculty of Computer Science at Higher School of Economics.
The award recognises his outstanding contribution to the creation of trustworthy artificial intelligence in scientific and applied fields and the training of highly qualified young specialists in modern information technology.
Alexei Semikhatov, Chief Researcher at the Division of Theoretical Physics at the RAS Lebedev Physical Institute, host of the Question of Science programme on the Nauka TV channel, host of the Universe Plus YouTube channel, lecturer, and author of popular science films.
He was awarded for outstanding contribution to the popularisation of scientific knowledge in Russia, particularly in quantum physics.