Dear Colleagues,

As the Editor-in-Chief of Particles, it is my great pleasure to announce the winner of the Particles 2022 Best PhD Thesis Award. This award is for a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential. 

The award has been granted to:

“Probing Physics beyond the Standard Model with Heavy Hadron Decays”
By Francesco Loparco, The University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy 

The winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Particles in 2023. 

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

Prof. Dr. Armen Sedrakian
Editor-in-Chief, Particles