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The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is the premier award for environmental science, energy and medicine conferring great benefit upon mankind.
This year’s Tyler Laureates are Sir Richard Doll, Dr. Hans R. Herren and Dr. Yoel Margalith.
Sir Richard Doll is Emeritus Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford. Doll is being awarded the Prize to honor him for his extensive contributions and epidemiological studies on the association between a range of environmental agents and cancer. His seminal work established beyond question the link between lung cancer and cigarette smoking.
Dr. Hans Herren is Director General and CEO of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology in Nairobi, Kenya. Herren is being awarded the Prize to honor him for is life-saving work developing a natural biological control agent, a predatory wasp, to wipe out the mealybugs which were attacking the cassava plant and threatening millions with famine.
Dr. Yoel Margalith, Professor of Entomology and Director of the Center for Biological Control at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Margalith is being awarded the Prize to honor him for his discovery of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti), a natural microbial agent lethal to species of mosquitoes and black flies. The introduction of Bti has led to the control of many fly- and mosquito- borne diseases, such as river blindness and malaria, saving millions of lives, with minimal environmental impact.
Through their work, Tyler Laureates have focused worldwide attention on environmental problems by their discoveries and the solutions that resulted.
Tyler Laureates receive a $200,000 annual prize and are presented a gold medallion at ceremonies in Los Angeles. The Tyler Prize, administered by USC College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences, was established by the late John and Alice Tyler in 1973.
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