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As the Editor-in-Chief of Toxics, it is my great pleasure to announce the winner of the 2022 Best PhD Thesis. This award is for a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential.
The award has been granted to: “Effects of Rare Earth Elements on Aquatic Organisms under a Changing Environment” by Dr. Catia Figueiredo, CIIMAR—Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Portugal. Dr. Catia Figueiredo will receive CHF 800, a certificate and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Toxics in 2023.
On behalf of the evaluation committee, I congratulate Dr. Catia Figueiredo on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the applicants for submitting their exceptional theses, and thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.
Kind regards, Dr. Demetrio Raldúa Editor-in-Chief, Toxics
Toxics 2022 Best PhD Thesis Award
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Apostolia Tsiasioti
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Award Committee
Dr. Demetrio Raldúa
Chairperson
IDAEA-CSIC
Prof. Jaymie Meliker
Stony Brook University
Dr. Łukasz Chrzanowski
Poznan University of Technology
Dr. Joshua Edwards
Winner
Sara Isabel Ribeiro de Sousa
University of Porto, Portugal
Award Committee
Dr. Demetrio Raldúa
Chairperson
IDAEA-CSIC
Dr. Renjie Chen
Fudan University
Dr. Joshua Edwards
Dr. Łukasz Chrzanowski
Poznan University of Technology
Dr. Dirk W. Lachenmeier
CVUA Karlsruhe
Winner
Catia Figueiredo
CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Portugal
Award Committee
Dr. Demetrio Raldúa
Chairperson
IDAEA-CSIC
Dr. Mirta Milić
Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
Prof. Pierre Herckes
Arizona State University
Dr. Roberta Bettinetti
Dr. Qixing Zhou
Nankai University
Prof. Dr. Youssef Sari
The University of Toledo
Winner
Rongbin Xu
Monash University, Australia
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Soterios Kyrtopoulos
Chairperson
National Hellenic Research Foundation
Dr. Mirta Milić
Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
Prof. Pierre Herckes
Arizona State University
Dr. Ilaria Corsi
Prof. Dr. Ki-Tae Kim
Seoul National University of Science and Technology
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