Applied Sciences Awards
To acknowledge all of you who have generously given your time and effort to review manuscripts submitted to Applied Sciences, on behalf of the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Takayoshi Kobayashi, we plan to dedicate this award to those who have provided dedication, professionalism, and timeliness when reviewing manuscripts.
Anonymous peer-reviewing guarantees the quality and integrity of scholarly communication. Applied Sciences Editorial Office is extremely grateful to reviewers for the time, energy and devotion that they have given to peer-reviews.
What are the pre-requisites to be eligible for this award?
All the reviewers for Applied Sciences in 2019 will be included automatically.
What do the winners receive?
- A certificate
- 500 Swiss Francs (CHF)
- A free publication chance in Applied Sciences in 2020.
When will the winners be announced?
The winners will be announced on the journal website early in 2020.
How to be in with a chance to win?
For those of you who have not yet reviewed papers for the journal but would like to do so, you could easily register as a reviewer at https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/profile/edit.
Winner Announcement - Travel Award in Applied Nanosciences 2019
Dear Colleagues,
As Editor-in-Chief of Applied Sciences, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Applied Sciences Travel Awards in Nanosciences field for 2019.
It has been granted to Dr. Giuseppe Cavallaro from the University of Palermo, who has demonstrated mobility in the field of Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences.
It was a difficult decision with such high-quality applications for the award, and we would like to thank all applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winner for his accomplishments. We are proud to support these young scientists and wish him further success in his career.
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Takayoshi Kobayashi
Winner Announcement - Travel Award in Applied Optics Field 2019
ear Colleagues,
As Editor-in-Chief of Applied Sciences, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Applied Sciences Travel Awards in Optics field for 2019.
It has been granted to Dr. Juan Sebastian Totero Gongora, a Helena Normanton Research Fellow in Quantum Technology, University of Sussex, United Kingdom.
It was a difficult decision with such high-quality applications for the award, and we would like to thank all applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winner for his accomplishments. We are proud to support these young scientists and wish him further success in his career.
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Takayoshi Kobayashi
The Applied Sciences Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy given by reviewers in checking manuscripts submitted to the journal. It is thanks to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick submission to publication process are maintained. The median time to first decision is 15.5 days and the median time to publication is 37 days.
The following referees have been selected by the Editor-in-Chief of Applied Sciences, Prof. Dr. Takayoshi Kobayashi, to receive “Applied Sciences 2018 Outstanding Reviewer Awards” for the quantity, timeliness and quality of their reviews in 2018. Each of them would receive 500 CHF and a certificate for their outstanding review work:
- Dr. Ali Behnood
Purdue University, USA - Prof. Antonio D’Andrea
University of Rome, Italy - Dr. Antolino Gallego
Universidad de Granada, Spain - Dr. Carmelo Militello
Italian National Research Council, Rome (CNR), Italy - Dr. Cheng-Tien Chiang
Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Winner Announcement - Young Investigator Award in Biosciences and Bioengineering 2018
Dear Colleagues,
As Editor-in-Chief of Applied Sciences, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Applied Sciences 2018 Young Investigator Award in “Biosciences and Bioengineering” field:
It has been granted to Dr. Thanh Duc Nguyen, an assistant Professor in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, USA.
Dr. Thanh Duc Nguyen was nominated by Prof. Cato T. Laurencin (Chief Executive Officer, Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational Science). Dr. Nguyen is a very impressive and innovative young investigator with outstanding research works focused on biodegradable polymers and technologies of transforming materials into “smart” structures at small scales without compromising their excellent biocompatibility and biodegradability for significant applications in vaccine delivery and medical devices.
It was a difficult decision with such high-quality applications for the award, and we would like to thank all applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winner for his accomplishments. We are proud to support young scientists and wish his further success in his career.
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Takayoshi Kobayashi
Winner Announcement - Young Investigator Award in Environmental and Sustainable Fields 2018
Dear Colleagues,
As Editor-in-Chief of Applied Sciences, I am pleased to announce the winner of the Applied Sciences 2018 Young Investigator Award in “Environmental and Sustainable” field.
It has been granted to Dr. José Marcos Ortega, who is now an Associate Professor in the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Alicante, Spain.
Dr. José Marcos Ortega was nominated by the Head of the research group “Durability of materials and constructions in Engineering and Architecture” of the University of Alicante, Professor Miguel Ángel Climent Llorca. Dr. Ortega has continued working in the “Durability of materials and constructions in Engineering and Architecture” research group of the University of Alicante. Recently, he attained a position as an associate professor at the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Alicante, where he is also the secretary of the PhD program “Materials, Structures and Soil Engineering: Sustainable Construction”.
It was a difficult decision with such high-quality applications for the award, and we would like to thank all applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winner for his accomplishments. We are proud to support young scientists and wish him further success in his career.
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Takayoshi Kobayashi
Travel Awards 2018
Dear Colleagues,
As Editor-in-Chief of Applied Sciences, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Applied Sciences Travel Awards for 2018.
They have been granted to: Dr. Riccardo Frisenda, who was awarded a Rubicon postdoctoral fellowship by NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research); and Dr. Matthias Benjamin Jungfleisch, a postdoctoral researcher in the Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, USA.
Dr. Riccardo Frisenda is working at the Material Science Institute of Madrid (ICMM), Spain, researching two-dimensional layered semiconductors for applications in optoelectronics. In particular, his activity focuses on the study of the electronic structure of these materials and the changes induced by different external stimuli, such as strain or temperature.
Dr. Matthias Benjamin Jungfleisch has worked with Dr. Axel Hoffmann in the Magnetic Films Group at Argonne National Laboratory since 2014. His research resulted in an honorary mention of the 2016 Argonne Outstanding Postdoc Award. Dr. Jungfleisch’s research interest lies in the area of spintronics and magnetization dynamics. In particular, his work focuses on design, fabrication and characterization of nanoscaled magnonic elements and novel spin-torque devices.
It was a difficult decision with such high quality applications for the awards and we would like to thank all applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winners for their accomplishments.
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Takayoshi Kobayashi
The competition for 2019 Applied Sciences Travel Awards will be open for applications in early June.
The Applied Sciences Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy given by reviewers in checking manuscripts submitted to the journal. It is thanks to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick submission to publication process are maintained. The median time to first decision is 19 days and the median time to publication is 48 days.
The following referees have been selected by the Editor-in-Chief of Applied Sciences, Prof. Dr. Takayoshi Kobayashi, to receive “Applied Sciences 2017 Outstanding Reviewer Awards” for the quantity, timeliness and quality of their reviews in 2017. Each of them will receive 500 CHF and a certificate for their outstanding review work:
Augusto Cannone Falchetto
Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
Daniele Codetta-Raiteri
Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy
Francesco Aletta
University of Sheffield, UK
Giuseppe Lazzara
University of Palermo, Italy
Xavier Chiementin
Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France
Travel Awards 2017
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the winners of the Applied Sciences Travel Awards for 2017.
The Travel Awards were granted to: Dr. Urcan Guler, a postdoctoral researcher in the joint research group of Professor Alexandra Boltasseva, Professor Alexander Kildishev, and Professor Vladimir Shalaev at Purdue University, USA; and Dr. Davide Bossini, who was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship for overseas researchers by the JSPS (Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science). Dr. Bossini is working in the research group led by Prof. Junji Yumoto and Prof. Makoto Kuwata-Gonokami at the University of Tokyo, Japan.
Dr. Urcan Guler works in the areas of nanophotonics and nanofabrication with a focus on design, development and characterization of material systems for utilization as plasmonic and metamaterial components in harsh environment applications.
Dr. Davide Bossini is researching the ultrafast manipulation of the magnetic order in solid state compounds. In particular, his activity focuses on the study of laser-induced coherent and incoherent spin dynamics on the femtosecond timescale in antiferromagnets.
Editor-in-Chief Prof.
Dr. Takayoshi Kobayashi
