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As the Editor-in-Chief of Water, it is my great pleasure to announce the winner of the Water 2021 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award. This prize was granted to a doctor, who has produced a highly anticipated academic potential thesis.
The award has been granted to:
“Innovative nitrogen conversion to enhance wastewater and sludge management” by Zhiyao Wang, The University of Queensland, Australia.
The winner will receive 800 CHF, a certificate, and a chance to publish a paper in Water in 2022.
On behalf of the evaluation committee, I would like to congratulate the winner on his accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the abovementioned exceptional thesis for their contributions to Water, and thank the award committee for voting and helping with this award.
Prof. Dr. Jean-Luc PROBST Editor-in-Chief, Water
Water 2021 Best PhD Thesis Award
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Ana Cristina Oliveira Afonso
Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal
Details
Award Committee
Prof. Jean-luc Probst
Chairperson
CNRS
Prof. Juraj Parajka
Prof. Francesco Napolitano
Prof. John Zhou
University of Technology Sydney
Winner
Eva Florbela Domingues Gomes
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Details
Award Committee
Prof. Jean-luc Probst
Chairperson
CNRS
Prof. Dr. Laura Bulgariu
Technical University Gheorghe Asachi of Iasi
Prof. Dr. Antonio ZUORRO
Sapienza - University of Rome
Prof. Tammo Steenhuis
cornell
Winner
Zijing Liu
Tsinghua University
Award Committee
Dr. Yujue Wang
Chairperson
Dr. Eugene Morozov
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Prof. Dr. Laura Bulgariu
Technical University Gheorghe Asachi of Iasi
Prof. Dr. Zhijun Li
State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology
Winner
Zhiyao Wang
The University of Queensland
Award Committee
Prof. Dionysios (Dion) Dionysiou
Chairperson
Dr. Achim A. Beylich
Geomorphological Field Laboratory (GFL)
Dr. Maria Mimikou
Dr. Xinchun Cao
Hohai University
Prof. Dr. Antonio Panico
University of Campania L. Vanvitelli - Department of Engineering
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