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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Carolina Allievi
Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Award Committee
Dr. Clive Julian Phillips
Chairperson
Retired
Prof. Agnieszka WACLAWIK
Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Prof. Eduardo Rocha
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Prof. Alejandro Pérez-Écija
University of Cordoba, Spain
Dr. Xing-Quan Zhu
Shanxi Agricultural University, China
Winner
Elisa Rampacci
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy
Award Committee
Dr. Clive Julian Phillips
Chairperson
Retired
Prof. Vera Baumans
Utrecht University
Dr. Carlie Driscoll
University of Queensland
Dr. Guillermo Ripoll
CITA de Aragón
Prof. Dr. Tomás Landete Castillejos
Winner
Rafaella Fernandes Carnevale
University of São Paulo
Award Committee
Dr. Clive Julian Phillips
Chairperson
Retired
Prof. Dr. Ilias Giannenas
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Prof. Cinzia Benazzi
UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA
Prof. Stanisław Dzimira
Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathology,
Prof. Vera Baumans
Utrecht University
Winner
Nikol Kmentova
Hasselt University, Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Belgium
Award Committee
Dr. Clive Julian Phillips
Chairperson
Retired
Dr. Martin Krøyer Rasmussen
Aarhus University, Department of Food Science
Dr. Zoltan M. Varga
Prof. Jagmeet S. Kanwal
Georgetown University
Prof. Dr. Xiaolei Huang
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Winner
Angie Johnston
Yale University
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