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Year:
Winner
Alessandro Calogero Scalia
Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy
Colleen Jocelyn Sedney
University of Georgia, USA
Gloria Griffante
University of Turin, Italy
Award Committee
Dr. Nico Jehmlich
Chairman
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Dr. Jarl Bøgwald
Dr. Hermann J. Heipieper
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Dr. Antonio Bevilacqua
Winner
Ruairi Robertson
Institut Pasteur, France
Award Committee
Dr. Nico Jehmlich
Chairman
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Dr. Shengxi Chen
Arizona State University
Prof. Antonella d'Arminio Monforte
University of Milan
Dr. Hermann J. Heipieper
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Winner
Valentina Puca
University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara, Italy
Award Committee
Dr. Nico Jehmlich
Chairman
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Prof. Valeria Costantino
Università Federico II di Napoli
Prof. Marco Maria D'Andrea
Department of Biology - University of Rome "Tor Vergata"
Prof. Francesco Marotta
Winner
Francis Muchaamba
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Award Committee
Dr. Martin von Bergen
Chairman
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Dr. Nico Jehmlich
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Prof. Roger Pickup
Lancaster University
Prof. Giuseppe Comi
University of Udine
Prof. Dr. Peter Neubauer
TU Berlin
Prof. Maurizio Ciani
Polytechnic University of Marche
Winner
Sarah Zecchin
University of Milano, Italy
Award Committee
Dr. Martin von Bergen
Chairman
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Prof. Vittorio Sambri
University of Bologna - DIMES
Prof. Dr. Gianfranco Donelli
Prof. Dr. Haruki Kitazawa
Tohoku University, Graduate School of Agricultural Science
Prof. Dr. Jana Seifert
University of Hohenheim, Institute of Animal Science
Dr. Sander Smits
HHU
Prof. Anders Lobner-Olesen
University of Copenhagen
Dr. Ben Tall
Dr. Caroline Plugge
Wageningen University & Research
Winner
Swan Li San Sow
University of Tasmania, Australia
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