Tuesday, February 27th 2024, professor Mihai Ducea, PhD, teaching staff at the Faculty of Geology and Geophysics of the University of Bucharest and corresponding member of the Romanian Academy, received the “Grigore Cobălcescu” prize in the field of Earth Sciences, environment and climate change, at the Gala of Romanian Research 2024, organized by the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization.
The Gala of Romanian Research is an initiative designed to promote the results of Romanian researchers in society. For the first time, we will offer financial compensation for the most important 11 projects of science and technology generated by Romania’s elite researchers. We will grant a total of 3,3 million lei for substantial contributions in fields such as computer science, medicine, biotechnologies or physics, said the Minister for Research, Bogdan Ivan.

This Gala is not so much an event about winners or participants, but a celebration of the entire Romanian scientific community, declared professor Mihai Ducea at the Gala of Romanian Research 2024.
In 2023, according to the Top World Ranking of Scientists 2%, one of the 17 top researchers in Romania was professor Mihai Ducea. He also created a team of research at UB and developed one of the most important isotopic laboratories in the world, which started functioning in 2023. Professor Ducea has also published more than 220 articles in scientific magazines, as well as over 700 papers in co-authorship.
I want to thank the University of Bucharest and the Faculty of Geology and Geophysics, which have welcomed me with arms wide-open, continued professor Mihai Ducea in his speech at the Gala of Romanian Research 2024.
The Gala of Romanian Research – the 2024 edition, awarded excellence in research in 11 scientific domains, each being granted a prize of 300.000 lei: Engineering sciences – “Henri Coandă” Prize; Mathematics and Computer Science – “Grigore Constantin Moisil” Prize; Earth Sciences, environment and climate change – “Grigore Cobălcescu” Prize; Life Sciences – “George Emil Palade” Prize; Chemistry – “Raluca Rîpan” Prize; Energy and advanced materials – “Nicolae Vasilescu Karpen” Prize; Physics – “Șerban Țițeica” Prize; Biotechnologies – “Gheorghe Ionescu-Șișești” Prize; Humanities – “Dimitrie Cantemir” Prize; Medicine – “Ana Aslan” Prize; Social Sciences and economy – “Mattei Dogan” Prize.




