Young Investigator Award

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winners of the Biomedicines 2021 Young Investigator Awards are Dr. Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan and Dr. Mateusz Maciejczyk.

Dr. Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Microbiology (Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong). Dr. Chan is a highly prolific young researcher with special interests in using state-of-the-art technologies in molecular medicine to investigate pathogen–host interactions and to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and control of emerging infectious diseases. With an h-index of 58 (Scopus) and 240 publications in reputable international peer-reviewed SCI-indexed journals, Dr. Chan is one of the most promising next-generation scientific leaders in the fields of biomedicines and emerging infectious diseases. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan for his outstanding achievements.

Dr. Mateusz Maciejczyk is an Assistant Professor of Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology, and Ergonomics (Medical University of Bialystok, MUB, Poland). Dr. Mateusz Maciejczyk’s scientific output includes as many as 90 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals (58 original articles, 21 review papers, and 11 monographs) with a total impact factor of 242.977. According to the Web of Science and Scopus databases, his h-index is 15. Dr. Mateusz Maciejczyk is also the author of 132 scientific meeting communiques and co-author of a patent application. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Mateusz Maciejczyk for his outstanding achievements.

As the awardees, Dr. Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan and Dr. Mateusz Maciejczyk will receive an honorarium of 1000 CHF and an offer to publish a paper free of charge before 31 December 2021 in Biomedicines after peer-review. All nominees will have an opportunity to publish a paper with a 15% discount before 31 December, 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.

Biomedicines 2021 Young Investigator Evaluation Committee

 

Biomedicines Young Investigator Award

 

 

Past Winners

 

Year: 

2023 2022 2020

Winner

Alessandra Bettiol

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Italy

Nico Sollmann

Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany & Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Paul Rösch Chairman

University of Bayreuth

Dr. Stefano Bacci

Department of Biology, University of Florence, 50121 Firenze FI, Italy

Prof. Giuseppe Murdaca

University of Genova

Dr. Masaru Tanaka

University of Szeged, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Dr. Natalia Komarova

SMC Techological Centre

Winner

Roberta Giuffrida

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Dermatology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Award Committee

Prof. Shaker A Mousa Chairman

Vascular Vision Pharmaceuticals Co & NanoPharmaceuticals LLC

Dr. Thomas Hieronymus

Department of Cell and Tumor Biology, University Clinic, RWTH Aachen

Prof. Dr. Lanrong Bi

Michigan Technological University

Prof. Concettina La Motta

University of Pisa - Department of Pharmacy

Prof. Jason Collier

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Dr. Christos Kontos

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Mrs. Susana Cardoso

Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra

Dr. Masaru Tanaka

University of Szeged, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Dr. Bruno Fonseca

Research fellow

Prof. Maurizio Sabbatini

University of Eastern Piedmont - Dep. Science and Technology Innovation

Dr. Patrick Serruys

National University of Ireland Galway

Dr. Jerome Devy

UMR CNRS 7369

Winner

Mateusz Maciejczyk

Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Ergonomics, Medical University of Bialystok

Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan

Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong

Award Committee

Prof. Shaker A Mousa Chairman

Vascular Vision Pharmaceuticals Co & NanoPharmaceuticals LLC

Prof. Valeria Barresi

University of Verona

Mrs. Susana Cardoso

Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra