Membranes 2023, 13(3), 321; https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes13030321 - 10 Mar 2023
Best Paper Award
Membranes Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose 2 articles of exceptional quality that were published in the journal the year before the previous year and announce them online by the end of June.
The Prize:
– One research article and one review will be selected.
– Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a free voucher for article processing fees valid for one year.
Membranes Best Paper Award
Winner announcement: 30 June 2026
Eligibility and Requirements:
– All papers published in Membranes will be eligible (both regular and Special Issue submissions).
Selection Criteria:
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
The Application of Polyethersulfone Ultrafiltration Membranes for Separation of Car Wash Wastewaters: Experiments and Modelling
Recent Advances on the Fabrication of Antifouling Phase-Inversion Membranes by Physical Blending Modification Method
Membranes 2023, 13(1), 58; https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes13010058 - 2 Jan 2023
Award Committee
Prof. Spas Kolev
Chairman
The University of Melbourne
Dr. Benjamin Hsiao
Stony Brook University
Prof. Philippe Knauth
Aix Marseille University
Prof. Shiro Suetsugu
NAIST
Winner
A Critical Review on the Use of Ionic Liquids in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Membranes 2022, 12(2), 178; https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes12020178 - 2 Feb 2022
Winner
A Review on Ionic Liquid Gas Separation Membranes
Membranes 2021, 11(2), 97; https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes11020097 - 30 Jan 2021
Orodispersible Membranes from a Modified Coaxial Electrospinning for Fast Dissolution of Diclofenac Sodium
Membranes 2021, 11(11), 802; https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes11110802 - 21 Oct 2021
Winner
Muhammad Roil Bilad
Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak 32610, Malaysia
Elorm Obotey Ezugbe
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Durban University of Technology, Durban 4000, South Africa
Award Committee
Prof. Spas Kolev
Chairman
The University of Melbourne
Winner
Natalia Pismenskaya
Department of Physical Chemistry, Kuban State University, 149 Stavropolskaya st., 350040 Krasnodar, Russia
Athanasios Chatzitakis
Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, FERMiO, Gaustadalléen 21, NO-0349 Oslo, Norway
Award Committee
Prof. Spas Kolev
Chairman
The University of Melbourne
Winner
Ludwig Erik Aguilar
Department of Bionanosystem Engineering, Graduate School, Chonbuk National University, Korea
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/8/3/62
Isabel C. Escobar
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/8/2/23
Winner
Drew Marquardt
Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Biophysics Division, University of Graz, Austria
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/5/2/180
Antonino S. Aricò
CNR-ITAE Institute for Advanced Energy Technologies "N. Giordano", Italy
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/5/4/793
Tai-Shung Chung
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/5/4/722
