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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Edoardo Sanità
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Leonid Dubrovinsky
Chairman
BGI, Bayreuth University
Dr. Andrey G. Kalinichev
Institut Mines-Télécom Atlantique
Prof. Dr. Rafael M. Santos
University of Guelph
Prof. William Skinner
Future Industries Institute
Prof. Huifang Xu
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Dr. Michael S. Zhdanov
University of Utah
Winner
Anton Kutyrev
University of Oregon
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Leonid Dubrovinsky
Chairman
BGI, Bayreuth University
Dr. Theodore Bornhorst
Michigan Tech
Dr. Anna Kaksonen
CSIRO
Dr. Andrey G. Kalinichev
Institut Mines-Télécom Atlantique
Prof. Huifang Xu
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Prof. William Skinner
Future Industries Institute
Winner
Shaunna M. Morrison
Carnegie Institution for Science
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Sylvester
Chairman
Texas Tech University
Prof. William Skinner
Future Industries Institute
Prof. Huifang Xu
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Dr. Andrey G. Kalinichev
Institut Mines-Télécom Atlantique
Prof. Rossella Arletti
Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia - Dipartimento Di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche
Winner
Antony Burnham
Australian National University
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Sylvester
Chairman
Texas Tech University
Dr. Anna Kaksonen
CSIRO
Dr. Alexander R Cruden
Dr. Yaoling Niu
Winner
Greeshma Gadikota
Cornell University
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Sylvester
Chairman
Texas Tech University
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