Mariangela Hungria to be honored with Women and Science Award

Researcher Mariangela Hungria, from Embrapa Soja, is among the six scientists honored with the Women and Science Award, promoted by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).

The first edition of the Award will be presented on March 12th, at the CNPq headquarters in Brasília. Mariangela will receive the Award in the Career Path category, in the area of ​​knowledge Exact Sciences, Earth Sciences and Engineering.

"I was extremely happy and honored with the news. As the title says, it refers to the trajectory, an entire life dedicated to the use of biologicals in agriculture, partially or totally replacing chemical fertilizers. It was a career that began when the recognition of the use of biologicals was minimal, but I always persisted in the same line of research and today we are reaping the results", says the researcher.

According to Mariangela Hungria, Brazil is a world leader in the use of these inputs in agriculture, so the Award is important not only for her, but for the entire research group she coordinates, for the colleagues she works with, as well as for those she currently and currently supervises.

“Each one represents a “brick” building this trajectory. I am particularly touched, because without the CNPq I would never have been able to do science. The CNPq has always supported me; more than 90% of all the equipment in the laboratory that I built from scratch was obtained through public notices. This makes the Award very special to me,” she celebrates.