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Application deadline: 31 December 2025
Winner announcement: 31 March 2026
– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students; – Plans to attend an international conference in 2026 (oral presentation or poster).
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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Mingyan Chuai
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Igor V. Alabugin
Chairman
Prof. Dr. George O'Doherty
Dr. Narcis Avarvari
Prof. Dr. Huan Pang
Yangzhou University
Prof. Dr. Matthias Lehmann
University of Würzburg
Winner
Mesias Orozco-Ic
Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Igor V. Alabugin
Chairman
Dr. Felix Plasser
Loughborough University
Prof. Bartolo Gabriele
Prof. Dr. Matthias Lehmann
University of Würzburg
Prof. Dr. Craig Rice
Department of Chemical Sciences
Dr. Tomás R. Reina
Winner
Zihao (Rei) Gao
Institute of Materials Science of Madrid, Spanish National Research Council (ICMM, CSIC)
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Edwin Charles Constable
Chairman
University of Basel
Prof. Dr. George O'Doherty
Prof. Dr. Huan Pang
Yangzhou University
Prof. José Antonio Odriozola
Winner
Maria Antonietta Casulli
Department of Materials and Life Science, Sophia University Yotsuya Campus, 7-1 Kioi-Cho, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 102-8554 Japan
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Edwin Charles Constable
Chairman
University of Basel
Prof. Catherine Housecroft
University of Basel
Dr. Michael Ward
University of Warwick
Prof. Dr. George O'Doherty
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