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As the Editor-in-Chief of Processes, it is my great pleasure to announce the winner of the Processes 2021 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award. This prize has been awarded to a Ph.D. student who has produced a highly anticipated potential thesis in recognition of his academic excellence.
The award has been granted to the following thesis and its author:
“Integrated Design Framework for Solid Drug Product Manufacturing Processes considering Continuous Technology” by Dr. Kensaku Matsunami, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Ghent University, Belgium.
Dr. Kensaku Matsunami will be awarded CHF 500 and a certificate, as well as a chance to publish one paper free of charge in Processes before the end of 2022.
On behalf of the evaluation committee, I would like to congratulate Dr. Kensaku Matsunami on his remarkable accomplishments. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups for their contributions to Processes and the Award Committee for their participation.
Prof. Dr. Giancarlo Cravotto Editor-in-Chief, Processes
Processes Best PhD Thesis Award
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Ana Sofia Guedes Gorito dos Santos
University of Porto, Portugal
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Giancarlo Cravotto
Chairperson
Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin
Prof. Dariusz Dziki
University of Life Sciences in Lublin
Prof. Krist V. Gernaey
Technical University of Denmark
Dr. Michael C. Georgiadis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Winner
Shuyao Wang
McGill University, Canada
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Giancarlo Cravotto
Chairperson
Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin
Dr. Antoni Sánchez
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Prof. Dariusz Dziki
University of Life Sciences in Lublin
Dr. Xiaodong Wu
Dr. Michael C. Georgiadis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Prof. Evangelos Tsotsas
Winner
Angela Paul a/p Peter
Xiamen University Malaysia, Malaysia
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Giancarlo Cravotto
Chairperson
Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin
Prof. Vicenç Puig
Prof. Fausto Gallucci
TUE
Prof. Evangelos Tsotsas
Prof. Krist V. Gernaey
Technical University of Denmark
Dr. Antoni Sánchez
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Prof. Dr. Blaž Likozar
National Institute of Chemistry
Winner
Kensaku Matsunami
Ghent University, Belgium
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Giancarlo Cravotto
Chairperson
Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin
Prof. Hoon Kim
Department of Pharmacy, Sunchon National University
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