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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
IOGANN TOLBATOV
UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI, ITALY
Award Committee
Prof. Lukasz Kurgan
Chairman
Lukasz Kurgan
Dr. Marc Maresca
Aix Marseille University
Dr. Birgit Habenstein
Dr. Simona Maria Monti
CNR
Prof. Natalia A Osna
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Dept of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience
Winner
Kevin McHugh
Rice University, USA
Award Committee
Prof. Lukasz Kurgan
Chairman
Lukasz Kurgan
Prof. Dr. Natália Cruz-Martins
Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto
Prof. Dr. Sang-Han Lee
Kyungpook National University
Prof. Dr. Carl A. Pinkert
Winner
Fuwen Yuan
Shanghai University of Chinese Traditional Medicine, China
Award Committee
Prof. Vladimir N. Uversky
Chairman
University of South Florida
Prof. Dr. Undurti N Das
Prof. Piero Crespo Baraja
IBBTEC - CSIC
Winner
Mateusz Maciejczyk
Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Sonia Medina Escudero
Spanish National Research Council (CEBAS-CSIC), Spain
Award Committee
Prof. Vladimir N. Uversky
Chairman
University of South Florida
Dr. Marc Maresca
Aix Marseille University
Dr. Valentyn Oksenych
University of Bergen
Dr. Barbara Canonico
Prof. Dr. Natália Cruz-Martins
Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto
Winner
Azzurra Stefanucci
University G. d'Annunzio, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Vladimir N. Uversky
Chairman
University of South Florida
Prof. Dr. Peter E Nielsen
University of Copenhagen
Prof. Dr. Marcus Otto Walter Grimm
Saarland University
Dr. Eric Kremer
CNRS
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