Since the creation of the fund, the Yves LASNE Prize has been attributed to the following researchers:
2024 : Leoni Bonamin
Leoni (born in 1965) is a Veterinarian from the University of São Paulo (USP, 1987), with a Master degree (1990) and a PhD (1995) in Experimental and Comparative Pathology from the same university. In 2015, she completed her post-doctorate in Environmental and Experimental Pathology at the University Paulista (UNIP, São Paulo), where she has been a professor since 1991. During her PhD program, she completed a “sandwich” internship at the École Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon – ENVL – France (1992-1993) with financial support from a Brazilian government entity (CAPES).
She is a Full Professor of Pathology in the undergraduate program in Veterinary Medicine and a permanent professor in the Graduate Program in Environmental and Experimental Pathology since 2003, both offered by UNIP, São Paulo.
She has been involved in basic research in homeopathy and high dilutions since 1997, when she met her main scientific mentor, Prof. Madeleine BASTIDE, from the University of Montpellier I. In 1998, she was accepted as a member of the scientific society GIRI (“Groupe International de Recherche sur l´infinitésimal”), founded in 1986. She later served as President (2002-2008) and Vice-President (2008-2014) of GIRI and has since served as Editor of this society. She has edited two books on the most relevant topics addressed at GIRI conferences, the first published in 2008 (Springer, ISBN: 978-1-4020-8534-5) and the second published in 2019 in partnership with Prof. Silvia Waisse (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-5275-3252-6). Since 2015, she has been Deputy Editor of the “Homeopathy” journal (Thieme Publishers), maintained by the Faculty of Homeopathy in London. Since 2017, she has been Editor-in-Chief of the “International Journal of High Dilution Research” – IJHDR, maintained by GIRI and partner institutions. In 2024, Leoni had a significant scientific production with 136 articles published in scientific journals, 4 organized books and 12 book chapters, resulting in Factor H = 12 (according to Web of Science).
Leoni’s research topics are varied. At the beginning of her career, she studied the systemic effects of dynamized high dilutions in rodents, then went on to study the cellular and molecular effects in vitro. Currently, she is researching bio-resilience as the main mode of action of dynamized high dilutions. For this, she uses alternative animal models, such as Artemia spp. Recently, besides the TERRA project, Leoni has dedicated herself to field studies on the traceability of the physical-chemical signals of dynamized high dilutions in lakes and watercourses, enabling their rational and large-scale use in agriculture, livestock, and environmental management. This initiative consolidated a new line of research called “environmental homeopathy.” In 2016, she organized an educational website about the research that has existed in this area since the 1980s (www.biodilutions.com).
2022 : Alex Tournier
Alex holds a BSc (Hons) in Physics from Imperial College and an MSc in Advanced Studies in Theoretical Physics (aka Part III) from the University of Cambridge. He wrote his PhD on the biophysics of water-protein interactions at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. Alex also trained in homeopathy at the Centre for Homeopathic Education in London and is a registered homeopath.
Alex worked for 10 years at Cancer Research UK (the world’s 5th largest institute for molecular biology) as a researcher working on problems at the interface between biology, physics and mathematics. Alex founded the Homeopathy Research Institute in 2007. Dr Tournier moved to Switzerland in 2021 to continue his fundamental research at the Institute for Research in Complementary Medicines (IKIM).
2020 : Marc Henry
Marc HENRY is an University Professor since 1993, and his scientific research gave rise to 140 000 publications which were quoted over 10 000 times. His lectures are about chemistry, material science, and quantum physics.
Chemical engineer (1980), doctor of science (1988), qualified to supervise research (1993), Marc HENRY is a researcher trying to understand water in all its aspects: physical, chemical, biological in relation to electromagnetic phenomena, but also a science historian and epistemologist as well as a philosopher trying to understand the emergence of the phenomenon of consciousness in relation to quantum physics. Prof. Marc Henry’s contribution to the DynHom project, coordinated by Dr Michel Van Wassenhoven, to which the FUND actively assists, was decisive in the processing and interpretation of NMR data and helped to raise awareness of the methodology recommended by Rolland Conte for the analysis of time series such as homeopathic dilutions or macroeconomic parameters.
Thanks to the perseverance of Marc Henry and that of the entire team of researchers, the first work on the Theory of High Dilutions and experimental aspects published in 1996 at Polytechnica could be referenced in the two articles published in a scientific committee journal of reading in 2017 and 2020. As such, it is a first step towards the recognition of the work carried out by Rolland Conte and his “spiritual son” Yves Lasne to which the FMRC devotes all its efforts.
2018 : Pierre DORFMAN
Born in 1955, living in Paris, he has a doctorate in Homeopathy. He worked with Rolland CONTE in 1993-1997, as Director of Research at Dolisos, He then conducted a lot of research in High Dilutions, he is currently chairman of the Fund’s Scientific Council.
2016 : John BENNETH
John Benneth is one of the world´s leading researchers and journalists in Fundamental Homeopathic Research. He lives and works in Portland, Oregon. He received a honorary post graduate degree from the London based Hahnemann College of Homeopathy in 2010. His achievements included treating the Ebola virus with homeopathic medication and presently the Zika virus, in cooperation with the U.S. Dept. of Health. He cooperated closely with Rolland Conte during many years.
2013 : Enzo NASTATI
Born in 1948, living in Udine (Italy), he is a specialist in Biodynamic Agriculture.
He especially worked onto homoeopathic preparations for plants treatment, in place of pesticides,
with world-class success recognition.
He is now working on promoting this system, and building low-energetic footprint homes.