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Year:
Winner
Yi Yang
Beijing Normal University, China
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Giancarlo Cravotto
Chairman
Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin
Dr. Antoni Sánchez
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Prof. Dr. Blaž Likozar
National Institute of Chemistry
Prof. Dariusz Dziki
University of Life Sciences in Lublin
Prof. Fausto Gallucci
TUE
Prof. Krist V. Gernaey
Technical University of Denmark
Dr. Xiaodong Wu
Winner
Chew Kit Wayne
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Giancarlo Cravotto
Chairman
Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin
Prof. Evangelos Tsotsas
Prof. Dariusz Dziki
University of Life Sciences in Lublin
Dr. Antoni Sánchez
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Dr. Michael C. Georgiadis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Dr. Xiaodong Wu
Prof. Krist V. Gernaey
Technical University of Denmark
Winner
Dr Viknesh Andiappan
Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, Malaysia
Winner
Anton Rassõlkin
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Giancarlo Cravotto
Chairman
Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin
Prof. Vicenç Puig
Prof. Dr. Anet Režek Jambrak
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology
Winner
Kody Powell
University of Utah, USA
Award Committee
Dr. Michael A. Henson
Chairman
University of Massachusetts
Dr. Juergen Hahn
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Prof. Martha Grover
Georgia Institute of Technology
Prof. Volker Hessel
The University of Adelaide
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