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Announcements
16 July 2025
Water Best PhD Thesis Award—Winner Announced

It is our great pleasure to announce the winner of the Water 2024 Best PhD Thesis Award. This award is given in recognition of a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential.
The award has been granted to the following thesis:
“The Role of Aggregating Bacterial Strains in Drinking Water Safety – A Contribution to Understand Cell-Cell Interactions”
by Ana Cristina Oliveira Afonso, University of Porto, Portugal
The winner will receive an honorarium of CHF 800, an electronic certificate, and a voucher to waive the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for one submission in the Water (ISSN: 2073-4441) journal (subject to peer review)—valid for one year.
On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, we want to congratulate the winner on her accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the applicants for submitting their exceptional theses and the Award Committee for voting on and helping with this award.
Water Editorial Office