2025 Recipients
Distinguished Researcher
Menggui Jin
Professor of Hydrogeology, China University of Geosciences
"Nitrogen dynamics in hyporheic zones: Interactions among porous media flow, reactive nutrient transport, and biofilm growth"
Distinguished Researcher
Shaista Shafiq
Department of Biotechnology, University of Faisalabad, Pakistan
"Nanobiotechnology for the removal of heavy metals from industrial wastewater "
Young Researchers
Yu-I Lin (Yui)
National Taiwan University, Taipei
“Design and Evaluation of a Scalable Shock Wave Electrodialysis with Multi-Cell Stack for Efficient Desalination”
Eva Salgado
LEPABE, Porto, Portugal
“PhotoBioValue project: Microalgae-bacteria consortium for the bioremediation of urban wastewater in pilot-scale photobioreactors”
Distinguished Researcher
Rob J. Letcher
Senior Research Scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University.
“Analysis of individual chain length congeners of polychlorinated alkanes in lipid rich samples by liquid versus gas chromatography with high resolution mass spectrometry”
Young Researchers
Georgina Kalogerakis
Laval University, Canada
“Targeted and non-targeted analyses of reaction products formed during remediation of toluene by heat-activated peroxydisulfate in groundwater”
Louis Thomas
McGill University, Canada
“Impact of daily usage and washing on the contaminant and microplastics loads released from reusable drinking water bottles and food storage bags”
Emmanuel Tolefe
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
“Identification of new markers of AFFF contamination in surface water and groundwater near a hotspot in Atlantic Canada”
Distinguished Researchers
Lucia De Marchi
University of Pisa, Italy
"Assessing the Environmental Impact of Veterinary Pharmaceuticals"
Sibel A. Ozkan
Ankara University, Türkiye
"Advances and Challenges in Molecularly Imprinted Electrochemical Sensors for Environmental Applications"
Rudolf Schneider
Technical University of Munich, Germany
"How can antibodies help us in the risk assessment of pharmaceuticals in the environment?"
Young Researchers
Farah Elbarghathi
Ankara University, Türkiye
"Nanomaterials-supported MIP-based electrochemical sensor for the determination of lenalidomide: Application to environmental matrices"
Vanessa Maybruck
University of Colorado Boulder, USA
"Environmental quantification and fate of therapeutic modified oligonucleotides in mixed liquor suspended solids"
Angelica Zizzamia
University of Basilicata, Italy
"Removal of venlafaxine from water through carbon adsorbents produced from spent brewery grains"
Distinguished Researchers
Dimitra Lambropoulou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
“ LC-HRMS-based suspect and non-target strategies for screening per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and their transformation products in environmental samples”
Andrés Pérez Parada
Universidad de la República, Uruguay
“ Disinfection by-products in drinking water during normal conditions and a water emergency: a case study in Uruguay”
Lucía Pareja
Universidad de la República, Paysandú, Uruguay
“Assessment of emerging contaminants in wastewater treatment plants and surface waters from Uruguay”
Young Researchers
Ana Castiñeira Landeira
University of Santiago de Compostela, SPAIN
“Photodegradation studies of maize crop herbicides in water and identification of main transformation products”
Elena Sdoukou
University of Ioannina, Greece
“Ciprofloxacin transformation products, toxicity, and mineralization in water matrices by nitrogen-deficient g-C₃N₄ photocatalysts”
Distinguished Researchers
Despo Fatta-Kassinos
Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Cyprus
"Confronting micropollutants and antimicrobial resistance: Transforming wastewater treatment plants into reclaimed water facilities for climate resilience"
Davide Vione
Professor of Chemistry, University of Turin, Italy
"Photodegradation of organic pollutants in surface waters"
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