Applied Sciences | Presenting 2021 Travel Award Winners

Applied Sciences 2021 Travel Award in Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering

Dr. Caroline Sarah Taylor is currently working as a postdoctoral research associate in biomaterials and tissue engineering at the University of Sheffield. Dr. Caroline Sarah Taylor is a young researcher with considerable experience in different areas of biomaterials.

Applied Sciences 2021 Travel Award in Chemistry

Dr. Raquel Viveiros is a postdoctoral researcher at the Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry (LAQV), Faculty of Sciences and Technology, NOVA University, Lisbon, Portugal. Dr. Raquel Viveiros is currently developing BioMIPs: molecularly imprinted polymers using green technologies, in particular using supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO₂), with high affinity for biomolecules for potential use in biopurification processes.

Applied Sciences 2021 Travel Award in Energy

Dr. Alfonso González Briones received a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Salamanca in 2018. Currently, he is a Juan De La Cierva postdoc with the GRASIA Research Group at the University Complutense of Madrid in the Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence Department. He was the project manager of Industry 4.0 and IoT projects with the AIR-Institute and was also a lecturer in the Master of Industry 4.0 program at the International University of La Rioja (UNIR).

Applied Sciences 2021 Travel Award in Environmental and Sustainable Science and Technology

Dr. Alen Horvat completed a university degree in food processing with the Biotechnical Faculty at the University of Ljubljana, focused on heavy metal contaminants in vegetables. In August 2016, Dr. Alen Horvat completed a Ph.D. with the Carbolea research group (http://www.carbolea.ul.ie/) at the University of Limerick, Ireland. His Ph.D. scope can be described as experimental investigation of biomass-to-energy.

Applied Sciences 2021 Travel Award in Materials

Dr. Marie Švecová started her studies at UCT Prague in 2010 in a bachelor of analytical and physical chemistry program. Dr. Marie Švecová is interested in the advanced vibrational spectroscopic techniques including surface-enhanced (SEVS) and near-field, and the development of novel enhancing substrates of SEVS.

Applied Sciences 2021 Travel Award in Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Eng. Venanzio Giannella has a strong scientific background in numerical and experimental research involving the main aspects of machine design, such as: material strength, fatigue, vibrations, composite materials, and the finite element method.

Applied Sciences 2021 Travel Award in Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences

Dr. Michaël Lobet is a postdoctoral fellow in the Physics Department, UNamur. His research interests combine photonics, materials science, quantum, and solid-state physics. Dr. Michaël Lobet works on nanoscale light–matter interactions in a broad sense: perfect absorption using metamaterials, plasmonics, non-linear optics, photovoltaics, 2D electrodynamics, near-zero refractive index materials, molecular electronic,s and biophotonics.

Applied Sciences 2021 Travel Award in Optics and Lasers

Dr. Lam Thi Ngoc Tran is a post-doc researcher working in the CSMFO Lab-CNR-IFN in Trento. She enjoys experimenting and working creatively to find appropriate solutions to challenging problems arising in the photonics industry, especially for life sciences, biomedical, and agri-food applications.

Applied Sciences 2021 Travel Award in Acoustics and Vibrations

Dr. Mei started his Ph.D. in the spring 2016. He completed his M.E. in aerospace engineering at the University of South Carolina (USC) in 2017. The focus of Dr. Mei's research is the theoretical modeling and experimental validation of guided-wave propagation and interactions with damage in composite materials.