Ph.D. Thesis Award

Launched in 2021, the Nanomaterials Best PhD Thesis Award is presented annually to recognize young scholars who are judged to have completed the most outstanding PhD thesis in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology and to encourage them to continue their outstanding work and make further contributions to their field. Applications for this award are open from January to July every year and the winners are announced in September.

The Prize
–CHF 800;
–A certificate;
–A voucher to cover applicable paper article processing fees (valid for one year).

Number of Winners: 1

 
Nanomaterials 2023 Ph.D. Thesis Award
 

Eligibility and Requirements

–The candidate must be a PhD student or recently qualified PhD graduate who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential;
–The PhD thesis must be the candidate’s original work;
–The PhD thesis must be defended in 2024.

Required Application Documents

–An executive summary of the PhD thesis of around 3000 words in length in English;
–A letter from the candidate’s PhD supervisor recommending the candidate for consideration for this award;
–The candidate’s CV, including a list of publications connected with the thesis;
–An electronic copy of the PhD thesis;
–A scanned copy of the PhD diploma (or certificate of studying at a school or research institute as a PhD student going to graduate or participate in graduation thesis defenses).

 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Mingze He
Vanderbilt University

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Nikolaos Dimitratos Chairman
Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari" Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna
Prof. Yu Dong
School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University
Prof. Maria Pilar Vinardell
Prof. Eleonore Fröhlich
Center for Medical Research
Prof. Dr. Junying Zhang
Beihang University
Prof. Dr. Kenji Kaneko
Kyushu University
Dr. Zhihong Zhu
national university of defense technology

Winner

Andrea Schirato
Department of Physics, Politecnico di Milano

Award Committee

Dr. Alessio Mezzi
ISMN-CNR
Dr. David Tobaldi
Dr. Juan Fco. Sanchez-Royo
Prof. Dr. Junying Zhang
Beihang University
Prof. Hiroshi Furuta
Kochi University of Technology

Winner

Ana Carolina Marques
CENIMAT|i3N

Award Committee

Dr. Shirley Chiang Chairman
University of California Davis
Dr. Ana Belén Pereiro
Prof. Dr. Jun Chen
School of Electronics and Information Technology
Prof. Minas M. Stylianakis
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University - Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser (IESL), Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH)
Prof. Antonio Gloria
University of Naples Federico II - Department of Industrial Engineering
Dr. Bogdan Stefan Vasile
University Politehnica from Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, National Research Center for Micro and Nanomaterials
Dr. Vijay Kumar Thakur
Scotland's Rural College
Dr. Martijn Wubs
Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
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