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We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Sustainability 2023 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Amos Darko.
Dr. Amos Darko is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Management at the University of Washington. Dr. Amos Darko’s research interests are sustainability, sustainable built environment, sustainable construction, green building, modular and offsite construction, project management, and digital technologies including building information modeling and artificial intelligence. Dr. Amos Darko received his PhD in 2019, and Dr. Darko has published numerous papers in leading international peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and books. His papers have been rated as highly cited and hot papers by the Web of Science. Dr. Amos Darko’s Hirsch index is 36. He is clearly a rising star in the field of sustainability. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Amos Darko on his outstanding achievements.
As the awardee, Dr. Amos Darko will receive an honorarium of CHF 2000, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before April 2025 in Sustainability after peer review, and an electronic certificate.
We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations.
Kind regards, Sustainability 2023 Young Investigator Evaluation Committee
− Must have received their PhD no more than 10 years prior to 30 April 2024; − Must have produced ground-breaking research and made a significant contribution to the advancement of sustainability and sustainable development; − Candidates must be nominated by senior scientists.
List of Documents for Application
− Detailed Curriculum Vitae, including an updated publication list and a list of the researcher’s own research grants; − Scanned copy of doctorate certificate; − Signed nomination letters from two established senior scientists.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Jing Meng
University College London
Award Committee
Dr. Steve Lyon
Chairperson
Dr. Domenico Licursi
University of Pisa, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry
Prof. Salvador Garcia-Ayllon
Technical University of Cartagena (UPCT)
Dr. Grigorios Kyriakopoulos
National Technical University of Athens
Dr. Liying Sun
sunliying@igsnrr.ac.cn
Prof. Dr. Jose Navarro-Pedreño
University Miguel Hernández of Elche
Dr. Andrzej Walega
University of Agriculture in Krakow
Winner
Jose David Bienvenido Huertas
University of Granada
Award Committee
Dr. Marc Rosen
Chairperson
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Prof. Antonio Formisano
University of Naples Federico II
Dr. David González-Gómez
Universidad de Extremadura
Prof. Lin Vivien Lu
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Winner
Dr. Amos Darko
University of Washington, WA, USA
Award Committee
Dr. Marc Rosen
Chairperson
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Prof. Andrea Pezzuolo
University of Padova - Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry
Prof. José Luís Abrantes
Instituto Politénico de Viseu
Prof. Dr. Đurđica Ačkar
Faculty of Food Technology Osijek
Dr. Jaspreet Singh
Massey University
Winner
Xiaolei Yuan
Aalto University, Finland
Award Committee
Dr. Marc Rosen
Chairperson
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Dr. Chunjiang An
Concordia University
Prof. HoneJay Chu
National Cheng Kung University
Dr. Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie
Nord Universitetet
Winner
Baojie He
Chongqing University, China
Award Committee
Dr. Marc Rosen
Chairperson
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Dr. Aritra Ghosh
University of Exeter
Prof. Dr. Jose Navarro Pedreño
University Miguel Hernández of Elche
Winner
Alvaro de Gracia
University of Lleida, Spain
Award Committee
Dr. Marc Rosen
Chairperson
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Prof. Dr. Joao Leitao
University of Beira Interior
Prof. Dr. Alejandro Rescia Perazzo
Complutense University of Madrid
Prof. Vincenzo Franzitta
UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO
Dr. Domenico Curto
University of Palermo
Winner
Riccardo Accorsi
University of Bologna, Italy
Award Committee
Dr. Marc Rosen
Chairperson
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Dr. Jack Barkenbus
Prof. Iain Gordon
James Cook University
Prof. Dr. Miguel Amado
CITUA - Center for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism, and Architecture of Instituto Superior Tecnico - Universidade de Lisboa
Prof. Giuseppe Ioppolo
University of Study of Messina
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