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Best PhD Thesis Award

Launched in 2022, the Polymers Best PhD Thesis Award is presented annually to recognize young scholars who are judged to have completed the most outstanding PhD thesis in the field of polymer science, and to encourage the continuation of their outstanding work and further contribution to their field. The application process for this award is open from November to May every year and winners are announced in July.

The Prize:
– CHF 500;
– An Electronic Certificate;
– A free voucher for article processing fees valid for one year.

Number of Winners: 1

 
Polymers Best PhD Thesis Award
 
Application deadline: 31 May 2025
Winner announcement: 31 July 2025

Eligibility and Requirements

– The candidate must be a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential;
– The PhD thesis must be their original work;
– The PhD thesis must be defended in 2024.

List of Documents for Application

– An executive summary of the PhD thesis in English of around 3000 words;
– A letter from the PhD supervisor recommending the candidate for consideration for this award;
– The candidate’s CV, including a list of publications connected with the thesis;
– An electronic copy of the PhD thesis;
– A scanned copy of the PhD diploma (or certificate of studying at a school or research institute as a PhD student going to graduate or participate in graduation thesis defenses).

 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Juan Ivorra-Martinez
Universitat Politècnica de València,Spain

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Alexander Böker Chairman
Fraunhofer IAP
Prof. Dr. Francesco Paolo La Mantia
Universita degli Studi di Palermo
Prof. Miguel Angel Lopez-Manchado
CSIC
Prof. Dr. Giulio Malucelli
Politecnico di Torino
Prof. Vlasios Mavrantzas
University of Patras & ETH Zurich
Prof. Yuekun Lai
Fuzhou University
Prof. Hyeonseok Yoon
Chonnam National University
Dr. Shin-ichi Yusa
University of Hyogo
Dr. Wei Zhang
Sichuan University
Prof. Dr. Sixun Zheng
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Prof. Antonio Pizzi
University of Lorraine

Winner

Simonas Ramanavicius
State research institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuania

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Alexander Böker Chairman
Fraunhofer IAP
Dr. Dimitrios Bikiaris
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Prof. Martin Kröger
ETH Zurich
Prof. Dr. Francesco Paolo La Mantia
Universita degli Studi di Palermo
Prof. Dr. Alberto Romero
University of Seville
Prof. Dr. Giulio Malucelli
Politecnico di Torino
Dr. Andrea Sorrentino
Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB-CNR)
Prof. Antonio Pizzi
University of Lorraine
Prof. Dr. Deng-Guang Yu
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
Prof. Hyeonseok Yoon
Chonnam National University
Dr. Shin-ichi Yusa
University of Hyogo
Dr. Wei Zhang
Sichuan University
Prof. Dr. Sixun Zheng
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Prof. Yuekun Lai
Fuzhou University
Dr. Frank Wiesbrock
Graz University of Technology
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