We are pleased to announce the winner of the Entropy 2024 Young Investigator Award, Dr. Stefano Martiniani.

Dr. Martiniani is an Assistant Professor of physics, chemistry, mathematics, and neural science at New York University, USA. He leads an interdisciplinary research group focused on developing advanced statistical, analytical, and computational methods to uncover the principles governing complex systems. His current research centers on AI for scientific discovery in chemistry, materials, and biology, in addition to the theoretical foundations of natural and artificial intelligence.

He holds a Ph.D. in chemistry and an M.Phil in scientific computing from the University of Cambridge and a B.Sc. in chemistry from Imperial College London. Prior to joining NYU, Dr. Martiniani was an assistant professor of chemical engineering and materials science at the University of Minnesota (2019–2021). Awards he has received include the AFOSR YIP Award, the NSF CAREER Award, the Chan–Zuckerberg Initiative Neuroscience Pair Pilot Award, the inaugural Interdisciplinary Early Career Scientist Prize from the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), a Simons Foundation Faculty Fellowship (NYU), a Gates Cambridge Scholarship, and the Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award from the University of Cambridge. He has been an NSF investigator since 2020 and an NIH investigator since 2022.

As an awardee, Dr. Martiniani will receive an honorarium of CHF 2000, a voucher to cover applicable article processing fees (valid for one year), and an electronic certificate.

We would like to thank all of the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all of the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the numerous excellent nominations.

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