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Passed away Jan 16, 2026

Olena Hrechanina

Olena Yakovlevna Hrechanina was a Ukrainian geneticist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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Passed away Jan 16, 2026

Gregory Gregoriadis was a Greek-born British biochemist who pioneered the use of liposomes in drug targeting and vaccine development. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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Passed away Jan 14, 2026

Jean Rossier

Jean Rossier was a Belgian biologist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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Passed away Jan 14, 2026

Mieczysław Mąkosza

Mieczysław Józef Mąkosza was a Polish chemist who specialised in organic synthesis and investigation of organic mechanisms. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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Passed away Jan 12, 2026

Mario Rigutti

Mario Rigutti was an Italian astronomer and science communicator. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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Passed away Jan 11, 2026

Louis E. Brus

Louis Eugene Brus was an American chemist, and the Samuel Latham Mitchell Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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Passed away Jan 10, 2026

Orazio Svelto

Orazio Svelto was an Italian physicist, academic and author. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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Passed away Jan 08, 2026

Nelly Chatué Diop

Nelly Chatué Diop was a Cameroonian computer scientist.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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Passed away Jan 07, 2026

Raj Kumar Pathria

Raj Kumar Pathria was an Indian theoretical physicist, a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at University of Waterloo, and an Urdu poet.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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Passed away Jan 06, 2026

Richard Hynes

Richard Olding Hynes was a British biologist, who was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, and the Daniel K. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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Passed away Jan 06, 2026

Edith M. Flanigen

Edith Marie Flanigen was an American chemist, known for her work on synthesis of emeralds. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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Passed away Jan 02, 2026

Stephen E. Haggerty

Stephen E. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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Passed away Jan 01, 2026

Hessy Levinsons Taft

Hessy Levinsons Taft was a German Jew who was featured as an infant in Nazi propaganda after her photo won a contest to find "the most beautiful Aryan baby" in 1935. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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Passed away Jan 01, 2026

Volodymyr Marchenko

Volodymyr Olexandrovych Marchenko was a Ukrainian mathematician who specialised in mathematical physics.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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Passed away Jan 01, 2026

Imants Freibergs

Imants Freibergs was a Latvian computer scientist and professor. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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Passed away Jan 09, 2025

Hind Al-Abadleh

Hind Al-Abadleh was a professor of chemistry at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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