OREANDA-NEWS. February 07, 2011. Dmitry Medvedev signed Executive Order On Awarding the Russian Federation President's Prize in Science and Innovation for Young Scientists for 2010.

The 2010 prize winners are:

Nikolai Andreyev, PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Chief of Laboratory of Popularisation and Promotion of Mathematics at Steklov Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, for his achievements in creating innovative education technologies and the promotion and dissemination of scientific knowledge;

Dmitry Gorbunov, PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, for a series of contributions in the field of elementary particle physics and fundamental problems of the evolution of the universe;

Denis Grashchenkov, PhD in Engineering, Deputy Director General of the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Aviation Materials, Natalya Uvarova, PhD in Engineering, Cheif of Department at the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Aviation Materials, and Elizaveta Simonenko, PhD in Chemistry, Associate Professor at the Lomonosov Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology, for the creation of new generation high-temperature ceramic composites for advanced propulsion equipment and hypersonic aircraft;

Maxim Mokrousov, PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Research Fellow at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Anton Sanin, PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Senior Researcher at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, for the development of LEND (Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector) space neutron detector and using it to obtain new results in the study of the Moon.