Nobel Prize winner gets honorary doctorate from Azerbaijan State Economic University

Baku, June 12, AZERTAC Nobel Prize laureate, professor at the University of North Carolina Aziz Sancar has received an honorary doctorate from Azerbaijan State Economic University (UNEC). The decision of the university`s Science Council was announced by rector Adalat Muradov at a conference devoted to Aziz Sancar. The rector also said that the university instituted "Aziz Sancar" Award for the best researchers that will be given starting from the next academic year. “UNEC will also set up a food engineering laboratory after Aziz Sancar,” rector Muradov said.