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Launched in 2022, the Polymers Best PhD Thesis Award is to recognize young scholars for producing outstanding PhD theses in the field of polymer science, and to encourage the continuation of their outstanding work and further contribution to their field. The application process for this award is open from November to May every year and winners are announced in July.
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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Ignacio Collado Ropero
Materials Science and Engineering Area, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología (ESCET), Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipán s/n, Móstoles (Madrid) 28933, Spain
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Alexander Böker
Chairperson
Fraunhofer IAP
Dr. Zhong-Ming Li
Sichuan University
Prof. Dr. Giulio Malucelli
Politecnico di Torino
Prof. Martin Kröger
ETH Zurich
Prof. Antonio Pizzi
University of Lorraine
Prof. Dr. Sixun Zheng
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Winner
Christos Mytafides
University of Ioannina, Greece
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Alexander Böker
Chairperson
Fraunhofer IAP
Prof. Antonio Pizzi
University of Lorraine
Prof. Miguel Angel Lopez-Manchado
CSIC
Prof. Hyeonseok Yoon
Chonnam National University
Prof. Dr. Giulio Malucelli
Politecnico di Torino
Winner
Juan Ivorra-Martinez
Universitat Politècnica de València,Spain
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Alexander Böker
Chairperson
Fraunhofer IAP
Prof. Dr. Francesco Paolo La Mantia
Universita degli Studi di Palermo
Prof. Miguel Angel Lopez-Manchado
CSIC
Prof. Dr. Giulio Malucelli
Politecnico di Torino
Prof. Vlasios Mavrantzas
University of Patras & ETH Zurich
Prof. Yuekun Lai
Fuzhou University
Prof. Hyeonseok Yoon
Chonnam National University
Dr. Shin-ichi Yusa
University of Hyogo
Dr. Wei Zhang
Sichuan University
Prof. Dr. Sixun Zheng
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Prof. Antonio Pizzi
University of Lorraine
Winner
Simonas Ramanavicius
State research institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuania
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Alexander Böker
Chairperson
Fraunhofer IAP
Dr. Dimitrios Bikiaris
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Prof. Martin Kröger
ETH Zurich
Prof. Dr. Francesco Paolo La Mantia
Universita degli Studi di Palermo
Prof. Dr. Alberto Romero
University of Seville
Prof. Dr. Giulio Malucelli
Politecnico di Torino
Dr. Andrea Sorrentino
Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB-CNR)
Prof. Antonio Pizzi
University of Lorraine
Prof. Dr. Deng-Guang Yu
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
Prof. Hyeonseok Yoon
Chonnam National University
Dr. Shin-ichi Yusa
University of Hyogo
Dr. Wei Zhang
Sichuan University
Prof. Dr. Sixun Zheng
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Prof. Yuekun Lai
Fuzhou University
Dr. Frank Wiesbrock
Graz University of Technology
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