Dear Colleagues,
As the Editor-in-Chief of Molecules, it is my great pleasure to announce the winners of the Molecules 2023 Best PhD Thesis Award. This award is for two PhD students or recently qualified PhDs who have produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential.
The award has been granted to:
“The Concept of Multicenter Bonds in Chemistry and Materials Science” by Nikolay Tkachenko, Utah State University, USA.
“Development and Evaluation of Innovative Catalytic Systems in Organic Chemistry” by Nikolaos Tzouras, Ghent University, Belgium and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Each winner will receive CHF 800, an electronic certificate, and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Molecules in 2024.
On behalf of the evaluation committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the applicants for submitting their exceptional theses and thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.
Prof. Dr. Thomas J. Schmidt
Editor-in-Chief, Molecules
Molecules 2023 Ph.D. Thesis Award
Winner
Nikolaos Tzouras
Ghent University (Belgium) and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece)
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Thomas J. Schmidt
Chairman
Universtity of Muenster
Dr. Antonella Curulli
CNR ISMN
Prof. Dr. Dimitra Hadjipavlou-Litina
Aristotles University of Thessaloniki
Prof. Domenico Lombardo
CNR - Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche
Prof. Jean-Yves Winum
University of Montpellier
Prof. Dr. Victoria Samanidou
University of Thessaloniki
Prof. Dr. Carlotta Granchi
University of Pisa
Winner
Natalia Manousi
Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Scott G. Harroun
Université de Montréal / Polytechnique Montréal
Award Committee
Prof. Farid Chemat
Chairman
université d'Avignon
Prof. Domenico Lombardo
CNR - Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche
Prof. Keith Gordon
Otago Unversity
Prof. Dr. Jessica M. Rosenholm
Pharmaceutical Sciences Laboratory, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University
Dr. Antonella Curulli
CNR ISMN
Prof. Jean-Yves Winum
University of Montpellier
Prof. Dr. Victoria Samanidou
University of Thessaloniki
Prof. Raffaele Capasso
University of Naples Federico II
Prof. Dr. Carlotta Granchi
University of Pisa
Winner
Christian Steinebach
University of Bonn
Award Committee
Prof. Farid Chemat
Chairman
université d'Avignon
Prof. Jianxun Ding
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Run Zhang
The University of Queensland
Dr. Benevides Pessela
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC
Prof. Dr. Dimitra Hadjipavlou-Litina
Aristotles University of Thessaloniki
Prof. Silvano Geremia
Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste
Prof. Dr. Milen I. Georgiev
Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences