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As Editor-in-Chief of Materials, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Materials Travel Awards for 2021. The awards have been granted to: Dr. Giulia Fredi and Dr. Mattia Biesuz.
Dr. Giulia Fredi is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Trento (Italy). Her main research interests involve (i) multifunctional polymer composites for thermal energy storage and management and (ii) renewable blends and nanocomposites based on bioderived poly(alkylene furanoate)s for packaging and textile applications. She will attend the 23rd International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM23), held on 1–6 August 2021, in Belfast, UK.
Dr. Mattia Biesuz is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Czech Academy of Science (Czech Republic). His research interests include electric field-assisted processing of glasses and ceramics with a specific focus on flash sintering. Other research activities include: polymer-derived ceramics, ceramics joining, ion exchange technologies, cold sintering, high-entropy compounds, and porous ceramics for thermal energy storage. He will attend the “XVII European Ceramic Society (ECerS) Conference”, held on 29 August–2 September 2021, in Dresden, Germany.
With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.
Prof. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian Editor-in-Chief, Materials
Materials 2021 Travel Award
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Jianhui Liu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Inês S. Marques
University of Porto, Portugal
Award Committee
Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Chairman
McGill University
Prof. Federico Bella
Politecnico di Torino
Prof. Dr. Yuri Ribakov
Ariel University
Dr. Carles Corbella Roca
Dr. Junwei Zha
Winner
Valeryia Kasneryk
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany
Ana Isabel Furtado
NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
Award Committee
Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Chairman
McGill University
Prof. Federico Bella
Politecnico di Torino
Dr. Csaba Balázsi
Dr. Mario Culebras
University of Valencia
Dr. Carles Corbella Roca
Prof. Dr. Yuri Ribakov
Ariel University
Winner
Farah Daou
Università del Piemonte Orientale (UPO), Italy
Barbara Tomadoni
University of Sevilla, Spain
Award Committee
Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Chairman
McGill University
Prof. Yanping Lian
Dr. Eri Yoshida
Toyohashi University of Technology
Dr. Ingo Dierking
University of Manchester
Prof. Dr. Rui Miranda Guedes
Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
Winner
Danila Merino
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
Elena Blundo
Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
Award Committee
Dr. Materials Editorial Office
Chairman
MDPI AG, St. Alban-Anlage 66, 4052 Basel, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Valery Tuchin
Saratov State University
Winner
Mattia Biesuz
University of Trento, Italy
Giulia Fredi
University of Trento, Italy
Award Committee
Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Chairman
McGill University
Dr. Cristina Della Pina
Università degli Studi di Milano
Dr. Ismet Baran
University of Twente
Prof. Dr. Andrei Potapov
Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
Prof. Łukasz Sadowski
Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Prof. Nicoleta Ilie
University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Winner
Ana Carolina Constâncio Trindade
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil
Award Committee
Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Chairman
McGill University
Prof. Minna Hakkarainen
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Dr. Yury A. Skorik
Institute of Macromolecular Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Prof. Nikolaos Silikas
University of Manchester
Dr. Sergei Kulinich
Tokai University
Prof. Antonio Gil
Public University of Navarra
Winner
Barbora Balonova
University of New Brunswick, Canada
Katerina Christofidou
University of Cambridge, UK
Award Committee
Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Chairman
McGill University
Prof. Klara Hernadi
Prof. Geminiano Mancusi
University of Salerno
Dr. Douglas Ivey
Dr. Marco Salerno
Department of Physics - University of Genoa
Dr. Lioz Etgar
Hebrew University
Prof. Dr. Walter Caseri
ETH Zürich
Prof. Mark Whittaker
Dr. Thomas Fiedler
The University of Newcastle
Prof. Franz E. Weber
University Zurich/ZZM
Winner
Ankit Gupta
Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Germany
Carlo Massaroni
Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy
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