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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Apostolia Tsiasioti
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Award Committee
Dr. Frank L. Dorman
Chairman
Penn State University
Prof. Maria Ramos Payán
University of Seville
Prof. Dr. Paraskevas Tzanavaras
Chemistry Department, Aristotle University
Prof. Dr. Victoria Samanidou
University of Thessaloniki
Prof. Gavino Sanna
Department of Chemical, Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Sassari University
Winner
Natalia Manousi
Aristole University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Victoria Samanidou
Chairman
University of Thessaloniki
Prof. Dr. Paraskevas Tzanavaras
Chemistry Department, Aristotle University
Prof. Ki Hyun Kim
Sungkyunkwan university
Dr. Sascha Nowak
University of Münster - MEET
Winner
Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Victoria Samanidou
Chairman
University of Thessaloniki
Prof. Dr. Paraskevas Tzanavaras
Chemistry Department, Aristotle University
Prof. Dr. Javier Saurina
University of Barcelona
Dr. Sascha Nowak
University of Münster - MEET
Winner
Christoph Gstoettner
Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Victoria Samanidou
Chairman
University of Thessaloniki
Prof. Carmela Dell'Aversano
Prof. Tadeusz Górecki
Prof. Dr. Paul Haddad
Winner
Belen Gonzalez-Gaya
University of the Basque Country, Spain
Award Committee
Dr. Frank L. Dorman
Chairman
Penn State University
Prof. Tadeusz Górecki
Prof. Jf Focant
ULg
Winner
Pierre-Hugues Stefanuto
University of Liège, Belgium
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