Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Molecules 2022 Best PhD Thesis Award. This award is for two PhD students or recently qualified PhDs who have produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential.

The award has been granted to:

“Development of Modern Sample Preparation Techniques Utilizing Novel Materials Combined with Chromatographic and Spectrometric Methods for the Determination of Environmental Pollutants in Food and Environmental Samples”
By Dr. Natalia Manousi, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

“Studying Protein Function with Fluorescent Nanoantennas”
By Dr. Scott G. Harroun, University of Montreal, Canada

Each winner will receive CHF 800, an electronic certificate, and an offer to publish a featured paper in Molecules with the article processing charge (APC) waived before the end of 2023.

On behalf of the evaluation committee, we would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the applicants for submitting their exceptional theses and the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Kind regards,
Molecules Award Team