Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Biosensors, I am pleased to announce the winner of the Biosensors 2024 Travel Award. The award has been granted to Dr. Shichao Ding, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA.

As the awardee, Dr. Shichao Ding will receive an honorarium of CHF 800 and an electronic 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 his accomplishments.

Prof. Dr. Giovanna Marrazza
Editor-in-Chief, Biosensors

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Biosensors 2023 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Biosensors Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Biosensors. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

Dr. Chathura S. Abeywickrama
Department of Structural Biology, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, USA
Research Interests: fluorescent probes; organic synthesis; fluorescence microscopy; cellular imaging; dyes; sensors; imaging probes; method development; biosensors

The Prize:

• CHF 500;
• An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Biosensors in 2024 after peer review;
• A certificate.

Kind regards,
Biosensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Biosensors 2023 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Paolo Bollella.

Dr. Paolo Bollella is a tenure-track assistant professor at the Department of Chemistry, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy. Dr. Bollella’s research interests are in the field of wearable biosensors, conductive inks, edible biosensors, printing electrodes, electrode modification, and enzyme-based ultra-sensitive amperometric biosensors. Dr. Bollella received his PhD in 2017 and has an outstanding publication record, having garnered a substantial number of citations (Hirsch index 28, Scopus) with broad applications in bio-electrochemical sciences. He has been included among the top 100,000 (top 2%) most influential scientists and engineers for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 (according to statistics provided by Stanford University). He is clearly a rising star in the field of biosensors. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Bollella for his outstanding achievements.

As an awardee, Dr. Bollella will receive an honorarium of CHF 2000, the opportunity to publish a paper free of charge before 31 December 2024 in Biosensors following peer review, and an electronic certificate.

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

Prof. Dr. Giovanna Marrazza
Editor-in-Chief, Biosensors

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Biosensors, I am pleased to announce the winner of the Biosensors 2023 Travel Award. The award has been granted to Dr. Dmitry Kireev, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA.

As the awardee, Dr. Dmitry Kireev will receive an honorarium of CHF 800 and an electronic certificate.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were incredibly 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 would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate the winner on his accomplishment.

Prof. Dr. Giovanna Marrazza
Editor-in-Chief, Biosensors

Kind regards,
Biosensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Biosensors 2022 Best Paper Award. All papers published in 2022 in Biosensors were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, two winners were selected.

One Review:
Recent Advances of Point-of-Care Devices Integrated with Molecularly Imprinted Polymers-Based Biosensors: From Biomolecule Sensing Design to Intraoral Fluid Testing
By Rowoon Park, Sangheon Jeon, Jeonghwa Jeong, Shin-Young Park, Dong-Wook Han, and Suck Won Hong
Biosensors 2022, 12(3), 136; doi:10.3390/bios12030136

One Article:
Detection of Unamplified E. coli O157 DNA Extracted from Large Food Samples Using a Gold Nanoparticle Colorimetric Biosensor
By Emma Dester, Kaily Kao, and Evangelyn C. Alocilja
Biosensors 2022, 12(5), 274; doi:10.3390/bios12050274

Each winner will receive CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper in Biosensors in 2024 after peer review.

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Biosensors 2022 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support of Biosensors.

Kind regards,
Biosensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Biosensors 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Biosensors Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Biosensors. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

Prof. Dr. Carlos Torres-Torres
Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
Research Interests: sensors; optics; nanoparticles; nonlinear optics

The Prize:
– CHF 500;
– A 50% discount on the APC for one paper published in 2023 in Biosensors after peer review;
– An electronic certificate.

Kind regards,
Biosensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Biosensors 2022 Young Investigator Award is Prof. Dr. Stefano Cinti.

Prof. Dr. Stefano Cinti is an Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy. Prof. Dr. Stefano Cinti’s research interests include the development of electrochemical sensors, paper-based devices, nanomotors, and nanomaterials, applied to user-friendly analytical chemistry in the clinical, pharmaceutical, environmental, and agri-food sectors. Prof. Dr. Stefano Cinti received his PhD in 2015 and has an outstanding publication record, comprising 70 articles, 6 chapters in books, and 2 proceedings, with an H-Index of 31. He is clearly a rising star in the field of biosensors. As a single applicant, Prof. Stefano Cinti has secured funding of more than EUR 752k since 2017. This is an outstanding achievement in today’s competitive environment. Please join us in congratulating Prof. Dr. Stefano Cinti on his outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, Prof. Dr. Stefano Cinti will receive an honorarium of CHF 2000, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before the end of 2023 in Biosensors after peer-review, and an electronic certificate.

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

Biosensors 2022 Young Investigator Evaluation Committee

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the award committee, it is our pleasure to announce the winners of the Biosensors 2022 Travel Awards.

The awards have been granted to Dr. Giacomo Valle, a postdoctoral researcher in the Laboratory for Neuroengineering, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, as well as Dr. Mahmoud Amouzadeh Tabrizi, a postdoctoral researcher in the Electronic Technology Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Madrid, Spain.

With the numerous high-quality applicants considered for this award, there were challenges faced in the evaluation process and in making the final decision. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, we congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.

Kind regards,
Biosensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Biosensors 2021 Best Paper Award. All papers published in 2021 in Biosensors were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, two winners were selected.

One Review:
Wearable Biosensors for Non-Invasive Sweat Diagnostics
By Jing Xu, Yunsheng Fang, and Jun Chen
Biosensors 2021, 11(8), 245; doi:10.3390/bios11080245

One Article:
Synthesis of Mesoporous CuO Hollow Sphere Nanozyme for Paper-Based Hydrogen Peroxide Sensor
By Dong Cheng, Jing Qin, Youyou Feng and Jing Wei
Biosensors 2021, 11(8), 258; doi:10.3390/bios11080258

Each winner will receive CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Biosensors in 2023 after peer review.

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Biosensors 2021 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for their continued support of Biosensors.

Kind regards,
Biosensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winners of the Biosensors 2021 Early-Career Women Award. The Evaluation Committee was very impressed with the high quality of the work presented for consideration for this award. After careful evaluation, we can now announce the following:

The first prize has been awarded to:

Dr. Jayoung Kim
College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Two second prizes have been awarded to:

Dr. Ieva Plikusiene
NanoTechnas - Center of Nanotechnology and Material Science, Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

Dr. Sevinc Kurbanoglu
Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

As the awardees, Dr. Jayoung Kim will receive an honorarium of CHF 2000 (Swiss francs) and an offer to publish a paper, free of charge, in Biosensors before the end of 2022, after peer review; Dr. Ieva Plikusienė and Dr. Sevinc Kurbanoglu will receive an honorarium of CHF 800 (Swiss francs) and a CHF 800 discount to publish a paper in Biosensors in 2022, following peer review. All the winners will receive engraved plaques.

We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation, as well as all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations.

Biosensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Biosensors 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Biosensors Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers to checking the manuscripts submitted to Biosensors. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround have been maintained.

The award has been granted to:

Dr. Amir Hatamie

Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Research Interest: nano/microscale sensors; nanopore electrode; single-cell analysis; intracellular analysis; sensors for cell and brain tissue engineering; bioelectrochemistry; 2D materials for sensing applications; wearable (bio) sensors; flexible electrochemical sensors; (bio) sensors in plant science.

The winner will receive CHF 500 (Swiss francs), a 50% discount on the APC for one paper published in 2022 in Biosensors, and an electronic certificate.

Kind regards,
Biosensors Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Biosensors 2021 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Amay J. Bandodkar.

Dr. Amay J. Bandodkar is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA. His research interests are in non-traditional, tissue-integrated biosensors for wearable, implants, and organoids applications, next-generation energy harvesters and energy storage systems for wearable and implantable biosensors, stretchable electronics, and unconventional fabrication processes. He received his PhD in 2016 and has an outstanding publication record, comprising 57 publications in peer-reviewed international journals and 6 international patents. His Hirsch index is 41. He is clearly a rising star in the field of biosensors. This is an outstanding achievement in today’s competitive environment. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Amay J. Bandodkar for his outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, Dr. Amay J. Bandodkar will receive an honorarium of 2000 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before the end of 2022 in Biosensors after peer review, and an engraved plaque.

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

Biosensors 2021 Young Investigator Evaluation Committee

Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the winner of the Biosensors 2021 Travel Awards. The Evaluation Committee was very impressed with the high quality of the work presented for consideration. After careful evaluation, we can now announce that the award has been granted to Ms. Mengdi Bao, a Ph.D. student from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and Dr. Yichi Su, a post-doctoral fellow from the School of Medicine, Stanford University.

Both of them will receive 800 Swiss Francs, which they can use to attend academic conferences in 2021.

We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, we congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.

Kind regards,
Biosensors Editorial Office

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Biosensors 2020 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Run Zhang.

Dr. Zhang is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow at the University of Queensland. Dr. Zhang’s research interests are biosensors, bionanoprobes, chemosensors, bioimaging, theranostic nanomaterials, and bio-/nanointerface.

Dr. Zhang received his Ph.D. in 2012 and has an outstanding publication record, comprising over 100 publications in peer-reviewed international journals and one international patent. Dr. Zhang’s Scopus Scientific Citations number is 3230 and his Hirsch index is 31. He is clearly a rising star in the field of biosensors. As a single applicant, Dr. Zhang has secured over AUD 2 million since 2011. This is an outstanding achievement in today’s competitive  environment. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Zhang for his outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, Dr. Zhang will receive an honorarium of CHF 2000, an offer to publish a paper free of charge in Biosensors after peer-review before the end of 2021, as well as an engraved plaque.

We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the award committee members for their evaluation of the abundant excellent nominations.

Kind regards,

Biosensors Editorial Office
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Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Biosensors, I am pleased to announce the winner of the Biosensors Travel Award for 2020.

The award has been granted to Dr. Fabio Di Nardo, who was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship by University of Torino, Torino, Italy.

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

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Giovanna Marrazza

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Biosensors, I am very pleased to announce that the winner of the 2019 Travel Award, sponsored by Biosensors, is Ulri Lee, a Ph.D. student from University of Washington, who will be supported with 800 Swiss Francs towards travel expenses to attend international conferences in 2019.

Ulri has already published her work on fabricating microfluidic channels using rapid injection molding and biphasic open microfluidic systems for liquid– liquid extraction. Her current PhD work focuses on applying microfluidic principles to technology development to a novel 3D printing method and capturing microbial volatiles and bioaerosols. The aim of her work is to develop advanced devices that enable the advancement of our understanding of the natural world without some of the limitations of current standardized platforms.

Yours sincerely,
Dr. Jeff D. Newman
Editor-in-Chief, Biosensors

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Biosensors, I am very pleased to announce that the winner of the 2018 Travel Award for a PhD Student, sponsored by Biosensors, is Mr. Alain Lombard, who is in the first year of his doctoral studies at the University of Grenoble in France. He will be supported with 800 Swiss Francs towards travel expenses to attend the “International Meeting on Optical Biosensors” in Ghent in November 2018, where he will present his work.

The goal of his PhD is to understand the signal processing in mechanotransduction in magneto-active substrates combined with FRET biosensors. He aims to use these devices as a new tool to study mechanotransduction in single cells by exerting a local and dynamic stimulation and reading the response of the signalling pathway.

Also, I am very pleased to announce that the winner of the 2018 Travel Award for a Postdoctoral Scientist, sponsored by Biosensors, is Dr. Jaione Etxebarria, who is an early-career scientist working in the microfluidics group at the UPV/EHU Research Group, located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. She will be supported with 800 Swiss Francs towards travel expenses to attend the “22nd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems in Chemistry and the Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2018)” in Taiwan in November 2018, where she will present the latest work on this project.

Her work investigates a new design concept to solve the limitations of generating packed particle supports inside microfluidic devices, rendering reproducible volumes of the packed structures confined to a precise area. The architecture features an easyto- use design for generation of silica bead supports, similar to the columns typically used in chromatography, where a variety of materials such as biosensors can be easily retained, showing minimal influence in flow conditions.

Dr. Etxebarria has already been the recipient of several grants and awards, has presented her work at international conferences, and published over 10 scientific papers.

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Jeff D. Newman
Editor-in-Chief, Biosensors

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Biosensors, I am very pleased to announce that the winner of the 2017 Travel Award, sponsored by Biosensors, is Ke Du, a Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, who will be supported with 800 Swiss Francs towards travel expenses to attend international conferences in 2017.

Dr. Du has developed and evaluated an automated microfluidic sample preparation multiplexer for Ebola virus detection. Combined with amplification-free counting of single molecules using an optofluidic chip, a limit of detection of 0.21 pfu/mL for clinical samples was achieved. To advance the technology closer to clinical trials, the research was extended to detect Ebola virus in whole blood samples, which, combined with a virus processor, allowed automatic processing of 80 samples on a single chip. The technique is compatible with a finger prick blood test and satisfies the requirements for POC detection of Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus (HFV) and other infectious diseases.

Less than three years after completing his PhD, Ke has already co-authored 23 publications, and has presented his work at many conferences via oral presentations and posters. He has also been the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships.

Yours sincerely,
Dr. Jeff D. Newman
Editor-in-Chief, Biosensors

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Biosensors, I am pleased to announce that the winner of the 2016 Travel Award, sponsored by Biosensors, is Peng Zheng, a PhD student at West Virginia University, USA, who will be supported with 800 Swiss Francs towards travel expenses to attend international conferences in 2016.

Originally inspired by pollution issues in his native China, Peng pursued a goal of developing biosensors using nanotechnology to detect heavy metals—water resources in West Virginia suffer from heavy metal pollution due to mining activities. Training in nanofabrication and chemical synthesis enabled Peng to create a biosensor which detected silver and mercury ions in water and human saliva fluid, resulting in two first-authored publications. His efforts in advocating environmental protection as well as developing sustainable energy and biosensors gained him a SNO Student Award and a SURE Symposium Award. Still to complete his PhD, Peng has already co-authored 11 publications, as well as presenting his work at many conferences via oral presentations and posters. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a prestigious Chinese Government Fellowship of Western Development Project, 2007–2011.

Yours sincerely
Dr. Jeff D. Newman, Cranfield University