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Launched in 2021, the Forests Best PhD Thesis Award is presented annually to recognize young scholars who are judged to have completed the most outstanding PhD thesis in the field of forests and forest ecology and encourage them to continue their outstanding work and make further contributions to their field. Applications for this award are open from April to May each year, with the winners announced in July.
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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Louise Terryn
Ghent University, Belgium
Yue Wang
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Award Committee
Dr. Giacomo Gerosa
Chairman
Catholic University of Brescia
Dr. Davor Kržišnik
University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical faculty
Prof. Yang Yang
Institute of Earth Environment Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Jinda Qi
National University of Singapore
Winner
Rodrigo Balaguer-Romano
National Distance Education University (UNED), Madrid, Spain
Astra Zaluma
LSFRI, Salaspils, Latvia
Award Committee
Dr. Giacomo Gerosa
Chairman
Catholic University of Brescia
Prof. Dr. Zeki Candan
Istanbul University
Prof. Giorgos Mallinis
Laboratory of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, School of Rural & Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Dr. Susete Marques
ISA
Winner
Eun-Suk Jang
Department of Housing Environmental Design, Jeonbuk National University, Korea
Dr. Elena Larysch
Forest Growth and Dendroecology, University of Freiburg, Germany
Award Committee
Dr. Cate Macinnis-Ng
Chairman
University of Auckland
Prof. XingKai XU
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Carmen-Alice Teacă
Prof. Dr. Zeki Candan
Istanbul University
Winner
Tuomas Yrttimaa
School of Forest Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Pipiet Larasatie
Oregon State University, USA
Award Committee
Dr. Timothy A. Martin
Chairman
University of Florida
Dr. Cate Macinnis-Ng
University of Auckland
Dr. Victor Resco de Dios
Prof. Young-Seuk Park
Kyung Hee University
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