Young Investigator Award

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Nanomaterials 2023 Young Investigator Award, chosen by a selection committee chaired by the Editorin-Chief, Prof. Dr. Shirley Chiang. Following a review process by the Award Evaluation Committee, three winners were selected.

The First Award is presented to Dr. Robert Hoye, Associate Professor of Materials Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, UK. His main research interest is the use of optoelectronic nanomaterials for renewable energy applications, including photovoltaic, LEDs, energy harvesting, and photocatalysis.

The Second Awards are presented to Dr. Deblina Sarkar and Dr. Zhen Wen. Dr. Deblina Sarkar is an Assistant Professor at the MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Her research interests involve integrating nanomaterials, applied physics, and biology to develop nano-electronic devices for sustainable Artificial Intelligence and exploring their integration with biological systems to transform healthcare.

Dr. Zhen Wen is a Full Professor at the Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, China. His research focuses on nanomaterials and nanogenerators for micro-nano devices, encompassing flexible energy harvesting, energy storage devices, smart sensors, and selfpowered sensing systems.

As the awardees, Dr. Hoye will receive an honorarium of CHF 2000, while Dr. Sarkar and Dr. Wen will each receive an honorarium of CHF 800. They will each be offered the opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Nanomaterials before 31 December 2024 after peer review, along with an electronic certificate. We would like to thank all the nominators for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the excellent nominations.

Nanomaterials 2023 Young Investigator Evaluation Committee

 
Nanomaterials 2023 Young Investigator Award
 
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Zhen Wen
Soochow University
Robert Hoye
University of Oxford
Deblina Sarkar
MIT

Award Committee

Dr. Shirley Chiang Chairman
University of California Davis
Dr. Filippo Giannazzo
CNR-IMM
Prof. Dennis K.P Ng
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Dr. Fabien Grasset
Prof. Michael Saliba
Institute for Photovoltaics, University of Stuttgart

Winner

Liang Huang
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Aiping Chen
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Leonardo Ricotti
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Award Committee

Prof. Predrag Putnik
University North
Dr. Filippo Giannazzo
CNR-IMM
Dr. Béla Pécz
Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science, Energy Research Centre, EK MFA
Prof. Dr. Bin Zhu
Prof. Dennis K.P Ng
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Yurii Gun'ko
Dr. Antonios Kelarakis

Winner

Ya Yang
Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Loredana Protesescu
University of Groningen
Joao Conde
Nova Medical School - Universidade NOVA de Lisboa

Award Committee

Dr. Shirley Chiang Chairman
University of California Davis
Prof. Werner Blau
Prof. Dr. Detlef W. Bahnemann
Leibniz Universitaet Hannover
Prof. Diego Cazorla-Amorós
Universidad de Alicante
Prof. Paul Mcmillan
University College London
Dr. Christian M. Julien
Prof. Ladislav Kavan
J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry
Dr. Nikos Tagmatarchis
Dr. Paolo Scrimin
University of Padova, Department of Chemical Sciences

Winner

Deep M. Jariwala
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania U.S.A.
Jiajia Zhou
Dr.
Dr. Edoardo Albisetti
CUNY Science Research Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA

Award Committee

Dr. Shirley Chiang Chairman
University of California Davis
Prof. Jordi Sort
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Prof. Yogendra Mishra
University of Southern Denmark
Dr. Vijay Kumar Thakur
Scotland's Rural College
Dr. Yuan Chen
The University of Sydney
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