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Nomination deadline: 31 December 2025
Winner announcement: 31 March 2026
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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Yongliang Qiao
The University of Adelaide, Australia
Award Committee
Prof. Leslie Ann Weston
Chairman
Charles Sturt University
Prof. Dr. Christos G. Athanassiou
Prof. Dr. Junliang Fan
Northwest A&F University
Prof. ILIAS TRAVLOS
Agricultural University of Athens
Winner
Baohua Zhang
Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Award Committee
Prof. Leslie Ann Weston
Chairman
Charles Sturt University
Prof. Essaid Ait Barka
Biology and Biochemistry
Prof. Youssef Rouphael
University of Naples Federico II
Prof. Dr. Zhengqin Xiong
College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University
Winner
Lenotina Lipan
Universidad Miguel Hernández, Spain
Award Committee
Prof. Peter Langridge
Chairman
University of Adelaide
Prof. Dr. Christos G. Athanassiou
Prof. Leslie Ann Weston
Charles Sturt University
Dr. Gianni Bellocchi
French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment
Prof. Dr. Junliang Fan
Northwest A&F University
Winner
Mike Mulvaney
University of Florida, United States of America
Award Committee
Prof. Peter Langridge
Chairman
University of Adelaide
Dr. Jeffrey A. Coulter
University of Minnesota
Dr. Cornelia Rumpel
CNRS
Prof. Youssef Rouphael
University of Naples Federico II
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