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As the Editor-in-Chief of Nanomaterials, it is my great pleasure to announce the winner of the Nanomaterials 2022 Best PhD Thesis Award.
The award has been granted to:
Predictive Modelling of Ultrafast Hot Carrier Dynamics and Nonlinear Photothermal Phenomena in Designer Nanophotonic Structures By Andrea Schirato Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
The winner will receive 800 CHF, a certificate, and the winner and nominator has a chance to publish a paper free of charge as corresponding authors in Nanomaterials in 2023.
On behalf of the assessment committee, I would like to congratulate Andrea Schirato on his accomplishment. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional thesis for their contributions to Nanomaterials, and the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.
Prof. Dr. Shirley Chiang Editor-in-Chief, Nanomaterials
Nanomaterials 2022 Best PhD Thesis Award
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Gonzalo Álvarez-Pérez
Italian Institute of Technology
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Liang Li
Chairperson
Soochow University
Dr. Chia-Yu Lin
Prof. Eleonore Fröhlich
Center for Medical Research
Prof. Yu Dong
School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University
Prof. Dr. Junying Zhang
Beihang University
Prof. Dennis K.P Ng
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dr. Juan Fco. Sanchez-Royo
Prof. Zhan'ao Tan
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Winner
Mingze He
Vanderbilt University, USA
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Nikolaos Dimitratos
Chairperson
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
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
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
NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal
Award Committee
Dr. Shirley Chiang
Chairperson
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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