Dear Colleagues,

As the Section Editor-in-Chief of Separations, I am pleased to announce the winner of the Separations 2023 Travel Award. The award has been granted to: Dr. Natalia Manousi, a post-doctoral fellow at the Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece, and the Department of Technical Chemistry, Technischen Universität Wien, Austria. Dr. Natalia Manousi will attend ANAKON 2023 held in Vienna, Austria to share her research entitled “Titania-based second-generation fabric phase sorptive extraction media: Synthesis, characterization, and preliminary evaluation of their performance”.

As the awardee, she will receive an honorarium of CHF 800 and a certificate.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winner on her accomplishments.

Frank L. Dorman
Editor-in-Chief, Separations