We are pleased to announce the Membranes Best Paper Award 2022. This award not only serves to acknowledge authors’ continued support of our journal, but we believe it will encourage the publication of other high-quality papers in the journal in the coming years.

The award committee, which will be composed of Membranes Editorial Board Members, will carefully evaluate the papers according to their scientific rigor, significant contribution to the field, and originality. One research article and one review article will be selected for the award aer a thorough evaluation.

Eligibility for the awards:

– Papers published in Membranes from 1 January to 31 December 2020
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered

Selection criteria:

The papers will be selected by the journal award committee according to the following criteria:

– Originality and novelty
– Citation, download, and view rates in 2021
– Data Source: Web of Science and Database of MDPI

Prizes:

Two final winners will be selected for the Membranes Best Paper Award 2022. Each winner will receive a certificate, a cash award of 500 CHF, and the opportunity to publish a paper in Membranes free of charge.

When will the winners be announced?

The winners will be announced early in April 2022 on the journal website.

We are pleased to announce the Membranes Best Paper Award 2021. This award not only serves to acknowledge authors’ continued support of our journal, but we believe it will encourage the publication of other high-quality papers in the journal in the coming years.

The award committee, which will be composed of Membranes Editorial Board Members, will carefully evaluate the papers according to their scientific rigor, significant contribution to the field, and originality. One research article and one review article will be selected for the award aer a thorough evaluation.

Eligibility for the awards:

– Papers published in Membranes from 1 January to 31 December 2019
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered

Selection criteria:

The papers will be selected by the journal award committee according to the following criteria:

– Originality and novelty
– Citation, download, and view rates in 2020
– Data Source: Web of Science and Database of MDPI

Prizes:

Two final winners will be selected for the Membranes Best Paper Award 2021. Each winner will receive a certificate, a cash award of 500 CHF, and the opportunity to publish a paper in Membranes free of charge.

When will the winners be announced?

The winners will be announced early in April 2021 on the journal website.

We are pleased to announce the Membranes Best Paper Awards for 2020. The winners (one review paper and one research paper) were chosen from all of the research and review articles published between 1 January and 31 December 2018 on the basis of their originality and significance, as well as the number of citations and download rates in 2019.

2020 Best Paper Award Winners

Bhattarai, D.P.; Aguilar, L.E.; Park, C.H.; Kim, C.S. A Review on Properties of Natural and Synthetic Based Electrospun Fibrous Materials for Bone Tissue Engineering. Membranes 2018, 8, 62. doi:10.3390/membranes8030062.
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/8/3/62

Dong, X.; Al-Jumaily, A. and Escobar, I.C. Investigation of the Use of a Bio-Derived Solvent for Non-Solvent-Induced Phase Separation (NIPS) Fabrication of Polysulfone Membranes. Membranes 2018, 8, 23. doi:10.3390/membranes8020023.
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/8/2/23

In recognition of their accomplishment, each Best Paper Award winner will receive a certificate, 500 CHF, and an offer to publish one paper in Membranes free of charge (following peer review and acceptance).

 Dear colleagues,

Membranes has been carefully monitoring the situation regarding COVID-19, which is spreading rapidly around the world, leading to further restrictions on scientific conference activities. We have decided to postpone the 2020 Membranes Travel Awards in light of the current coronavirus pandemic. We will continue to monitor the situation closely, and a new schedule for the announcement of winners shall be determined based on how it develops.

Membranes will be awarding two Travel Awards to junior scientists. The winners will each receive 800 CHF and a certificate. The application deadline has been provisionally extended to 31 July 2020. Please submit your nominations and applications for the 2020 Travel Awards online here.

Candidate Requirements:

–– Postdoctoral researchers or Ph.D. students (supporting documentation required).
–– Plans to attend an international conference in 2020 or 2021 (oral presentation or poster).

Required Application Documents:

–– Details of the conference to be attended and the abstract that will be submitted.

–– CV and list of publications.

–– Justification letter describing the focus of your research (max. 800 words).

–– Letter of recommendation from your supervisors.

We appreciate your understanding in this sensitive matter. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Editorial Office ([email protected]).

 

 

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2019 Membranes Young Investigator Award is Dr. Jason E. Bara.

Dr. Jason E. Bara is an Associate Professor of the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University of Alabama. Jason’s research interests are in the rational design of polymer materials for gas separation membranes, with a focus on the use of ionic functional groups as a means of tailoring properties and enhancing performance. Dr. Bara is also active in shapememory/ self-healing polymers, 3-D printing, polymer depolymerization/ upcycling to value-added molecules, and “green” solvents and chemical separation processes. Jason has also received several awards for outstanding teaching and for developing educational tools. Dr. Bara received his PhD from the University of Colorado-Boulder in 2007, and has published nearly 100 peerreviewed journal articles and book chapters in addition to being an inventor on 9 US and international patents. As PI or co-PI, Dr. Bara has secured more than $6.6 M USD in funding from DOE, NSF, NASA and related industries during his independent research career. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Bara for his contributions to the advancement of membrane science.

As the awardee, Dr. Bara will receive an honorarium of 2000 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge without a fixed deadline in Membranes, and an engraved plaque.

We would like to thank all the applicants from the various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee members for their evaluation of the numerous excellent applications we received.

Prof. Dr. Spas D. Kolev
Editor-in-Chief, Membranes

Dear Colleagues,

As the Editor-in-Chief of Membranes, I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Membranes Travel Awards: Gaetan Blandin (Post-doctoral fellow at the University of Girona, Spain) and Anna Siekierka (Ph.D. student at the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland). Each Awardee will receive 800 Swiss Francs to attend an international conference in 2019.

Dr. Gaetan Blandin’s research focuses on the development of osmotic membrane bioreactors for water recycling. He will present his research “Forward osmosis for wastewater concentration: Lab and pilot case studies” at the 9th IWA Membrane Technology Conference & Exhibition for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, which will be held on 23–27 June 2019 in Toulouse, France.

Ms. Anna Siekierka’s research focuses on the use of the membraneassembly electrochemical technology for selective removal of lithium salts from aqueous solutions. She will present her research “The influence of anion-exchange membranes for the adsorption capacity of lithium ions and their energetic factors during hybrid capacitive deionization” at the VI PVVPGSMD 2019, which will be held on 14–17 May 2019 in Toruń, Poland.

It was a difficult decision, given the high-quality applications for the awards. On behalf of the award committee, I would like to thank all applicants and to congratulate Dr. Gaetan Blandin and Ms. Anna Siekierka for their accomplishments.

Prof. Dr. Spas D. Kolev
Editor-in-Chief
The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce the winner of the Membranes Travel Award for 2018:

The recipient of the Travel Award is Ms. Edyta Rynkowska, a PhD student at the Faculty of Chemistry of Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland.

Ms. Edyta Rynkowska’s main research interests focus on separation membrane materials containing polymerizable and reactive ionic liquids.

On behalf of the Membranes team, I would like to congratulate Ms. Edyta Rynkowska for her research achievements!

Prof. Dr. Spas D. Kolev
Editor-in-Chief
The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Membranes established a Best Paper Award in order to afford recognition to the authors of its best published articles this year. Nominations were selected by the Editorial Office of Membranes from papers published in 2015–2016, with a selection process based on the number of citations and downloads from the website. The selection committee was chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Spas D. Kolev, and supported by Prof. Dr. Dionysios (Dion) Demetriou Dionysiou, Prof. Dr. Terry Hébert, Prof. Dr. Arwyn Tomos Jones, Prof. Dr. Annarosa Gugliuzza, Prof. Dr. Chu Yang Tang and Prof. Dr. Jega Veeriah Jegatheesan. Each examined a paper and expressed their preferences in the ranking of the “Membranes Best Paper Award” 2017.

We are pleased to announce the top three winners of the Best Paper Award of Membranes for 2017 are:

Original Research Article Award:

1st Prize

Asymmetric Lipid Membranes: Towards More Realistic Model Systems
Drew Marquardt, Barbara Geier and Georg Pabst
Membranes 2015, 5(2), 180–196; doi:10.3390/membranes5020180
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/5/2/180

2nd Prize

Selectivity of Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Membranes
Antonino S. Aricò, David Sebastian, Michael Schuster, Bernd Bauer, Claudia D’Urso, Francesco Lufrano and Vincenzo Baglio
Membranes 2015, 5(4), 793–809; doi:10.3390/membranes5040793
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/5/4/793

3rd Prize

Hollow Fiber Membrane Dehumidification Devices for Air Conditioning System
Baiwang Zhao, Na Peng, Canzeng Liang, Wai Fen Yong and Tai-Shung Chung
Membranes 2015, 5(4), 722–738; doi:10.3390/membranes5040722
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/5/4/722

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce the winner of the Membranes Travel Award for 2017:

The Travel Award has been granted to Dr. Ludovic Dumee, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Frontier Materials, at Deakin Univeristy, Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australia.

Dr. Ludovic Dumee’s main research interests focus on the coalescence of metal and metal oxide nano-particles to form nano-porous metal frameworks with enhanced plasmonic, catalytic and photo-catalytic properties for application in wastewater treatment and mixed solvent separation.

On behalf of the Membranes team, I would like to congratulate Dr. Ludovic Dumee for all his achievements!

Prof. Dr. Spas D. Kolev
Editor-in-Chief
The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia