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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Apostolia Tsiasioti
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Ajay Mittal
University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Arun K Bhunia
Chairman
Purdue University
Prof. Dr. Theodoros Varzakas
UNIVERSITY OF THE PELOPONNESE
Prof. Dr. Susana Casal
LAQV/Requimte, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto
Dr. Ricard Boqué
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Winner
Ana López Moreno
University of Granada, Spain
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Arun Bhunia
Chairman
Purdue University
Prof. Dr. Theodoros Varzakas
UNIVERSITY OF THE PELOPONNESE
Prof. Michelle Colgrave
Prof. Dr. Susana Casal
LAQV/Requimte, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto
Dr. Luís R. Silva
FFUP/REQUIMTE
Dr. Ricard Boqué
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Winner
Beatriz Quintanilla Casas
University of Copenhagen,Denmark
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Arun Bhunia
Chairman
Purdue University
Dr. Silvia Pichardo
Universidad de Sevilla
Prof. Dr. José Antonio Beltrán
Zaragoza University
Dr. Esther Sendra
Universidad Miguel Hernández
Prof. Dr. Theodoros Varzakas
UNIVERSITY OF THE PELOPONNESE
Winner
Kinga Gawlińska
Maj Institute of Pharmacology Polish Academy of Sciences,Poland
Amin Nikkhah
Ghent University,Belgium
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Arun Bhunia
Chairman
Purdue University
Dr. Juana Fernández López
Miguel Hernández University
Prof. Dr. Theodoros Varzakas
UNIVERSITY OF THE PELOPONNESE
Prof. Dr. Susana Casal
LAQV/Requimte, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto
Prof. Joana Amaral
Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
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