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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Cláudio Rocha
Laboratory for Process Engineering, Portugal
Seyed Mojtaba Alirahmi
Aalborg University, Denmark
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. Fausto Gallucci
TUE
Prof. Dariusz Dziki
University of Life Sciences in Lublin
Winner
Raquel Filipa da Costa Viveiros
NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
Alessandra Sivo
Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Giancarlo Cravotto
Chairman
Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin
Dr. Antoni Sánchez
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Prof. Evangelos Tsotsas
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
Raquel Alexandra Valadares Barrulas
NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal
Anna Gioran
National Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Giancarlo Cravotto
Chairman
Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin
Prof. Evangelos Tsotsas
Winner
Álvaro Santana Mayor
University of La Laguna, Spain
Michele Schlich
University of Cagliari, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Giancarlo Cravotto
Chairman
Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin
Prof. Dr. Blaž Likozar
National Institute of Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Anet Režek Jambrak
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology
Winner
Borja Hernández
Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Dinesh Krishnamoorthy
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
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
Winner
Grazia Leonzio
University of L'Aquila, Italy
Pratham Arora
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Award Committee
Dr. Michael A. Henson
Chairman
University of Massachusetts
Prof. Martha Grover
Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. Juergen Hahn
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dr. John Hedengren
Brigham Young University
Winner
Dhruv Gupta
University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA
Award Committee
Dr. Michael A. Henson
Chairman
University of Massachusetts
Prof. Martha Grover
Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. Juergen Hahn
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dr. John Hedengren
Brigham Young University
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