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Institutional development · Research, innovation and assessment · Argentina

UNLP says its physicist María Teresa Dova is the only Argentine in TWAS's 2027 cohort

Argentina's Universidad Nacional de La Plata says its physicist María Teresa Dova has been elected to The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) as part of the 2027 cohort.

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Why it matters: Universidad Nacional de La Plata reports that one of its physics professors is the only Argentine scientist in TWAS's 2027 cohort.

Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) said its physicist María Teresa Dova was elected a member of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).

According to the university, she is the only Argentine scientist in the academy's 2027 cohort.

UNLP said the election recognises her fundamental contributions to experimental high-energy physics and to international research.

The university describes Dova as a professor in one of its departments and called her election historic.

Editor’s view

Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor

According to Universidad Nacional de La Plata, one of its professors is the only scientist from Argentina in TWAS's 2027 cohort, a recognition the university has described as historic.

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