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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Yu Fu
Southwest University, China
Lucía Victoria Cassani Menéndez
University of Vigo, Campus Auga, Spain
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Arun K Bhunia
Chairperson
Purdue University
Prof. Dr. Theodoros Varzakas
UNIVERSITY OF THE PELOPONNESE
Prof. Dr. Susana Casal
LAQV/Requimte, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto
Prof. Antonello Santini
University of Napoli Federico II
Dr. Silvia Pichardo
Universidad de Sevilla
Dr. Antonio Cilla
Winner
Matthew D. Moore
University of Massachusetts Amherst,USA
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Arun Bhunia
Chairperson
Purdue University
Prof. Antonello Santini
University of Napoli Federico II
Prof. Joe Vinson
University of Scranton
Dr. Luís R. Silva
FFUP/REQUIMTE
Dr. Ricard Boqué
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Winner
Raúl González-Domínguez
Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica de Cádiz,Spain
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Arun Bhunia
Chairperson
Purdue University
Prof. Joana Amaral
Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
Prof. Michelle Colgrave
Dr. Silvia Pichardo
Universidad de Sevilla
Prof. Dr. José Antonio Beltrán
Zaragoza University
Prof. Gian Carlo Tenore
University of Naples
Dr. Esther Sendra
Universidad Miguel Hernández
Winner
Xiaonan Lu
McGill University,Canada
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Arun Bhunia
Chairperson
Purdue University
Prof. Antonello Santini
University of Napoli Federico II
Prof. Dr. Theodoros Varzakas
UNIVERSITY OF THE PELOPONNESE
Prof. Joana Amaral
Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
Dr. Koushik Adhikari
University of Georgia
Dr. Han-Seok Seo
University of Arkansas
Winner
Goudong Zhang
University of Massachusetts, USA
Award Committee
Prof. Christopher J. Smith
Chairperson
n/a
Prof. Joana Amaral
Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
Dr. Koushik Adhikari
University of Georgia
Dr. Cristina L. M. Silva
Dr. Han-Seok Seo
University of Arkansas
Prof. Dr. Theodoros Varzakas
UNIVERSITY OF THE PELOPONNESE
Prof. Dr. Youn Young Shim
Department of Food and Bioproduct Sciences
Prof. Antonello Santini
University of Napoli Federico II
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