The International Commission for Optics (ICO) and the ICTP established the Award in 2000. In September 2007, the ICTP and ICO agreed to dedicate the Award to the memory and legacy of the late Prof. Gallieno Denardo, who greatly contributed to the development of optics research within ICTP and in developing countries.

The ICO/ICTP Gallieno Denardo Award is given to researchers from developing countries who are under 40 years of age on 31 December of the year for which the Award is given, and who are active in optics and photonics research and have contributed to the promotion of research activities in their own or another developing country.

 
Omnia Hamdy Abdelrahman NEMATALLAH, from the National Institute of Laser Enhanced Sciences, Cairo University (Egypt), has been awarded the 2025 ICO/ICTP award “for her groundbreaking work in biophotonics and the development of innovative optical technologies for biomedical applications having important implications for public health, and for her strong mentorship of young scientists, encouraging interdisciplinary approaches that strengthen the field, especially across developing regions.”
 
Gustavo GRINBLAT, from the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, and the Argentine Research Council - CONICET (Argentina), “for his important contributions to nonlinear and ultrafast optics in dielectric nano-resonators with potential applications in telecommunication and information processing, his active leadership within the Argentine optics and physics communities, and outreach activities aimed at high school students”.

The Ceremony will be livestreamed from the ICTP website at the following link: ictp.it/livestream

More information about the ICO/ICTP Gallieno Denardo Award can be found at the following links:

https://www.ictp.it/prize/icoictp-gallieno-denardo-award

https://www.e-ico.org/blog/awards/ictp-award/