Dear Colleagues,

As the Editors-in-Chief of Nutrients, it is our great pleasure to announce the winner of the Nutrients 2021 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award. The aim of this prize was to grant it to a Ph.D. student or a doctor who produced a highly anticipated academic potential thesis.

The award has been granted to:

“Gut microbiota, its modifications and the gut-brain axis”

By Dr. Julia Rode, Örebro University, Sweden.

The winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate and a chance to publish a paper in Nutrients in 2022.

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, I congratulate the winner on her accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the nominated research groups of the above exceptional thesis for their contributions to Nutrients, and thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Prof. Dr. Maria Luz Fernandez and Prof. Dr. Lluis Serra-Majem
Editors-in-Chief, Nutrients