Award to the most cited PPS paper published by an EPA member during the past 3 years before the year of the award with citations counted within 2 consecutive years including the publication year; Perspectives or reviews are excluded, only original research articles are considered.
Frequency: Biennial, even years
Requisites: The corresponding or first author of the paper should be an EPA member
Award: Prize certificate / 1000 EUR / Short talk (15-20 min) at a large photochemistry conference, typically PhotoIUPAC, in a plenary session
Deadline for submission: No deadline, the EC has to request the list of citations from the publisher of PPS
Timeline of the award: Announcement of the laureate in the spring, Award in the summer
Award ceremony: At a large photochemistry conference, typically PhotoIUPAC, in a plenary session
Former laureates
Country: Switzerland
Institution: University of Basel
2026
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2024
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2020
Oliver Wenger
Country: Switzerland
Institution : University of Basel
2020
Bo Albinsson
Country: Sweden
Institution : Chalmers University of Technology
2018
Santi Nonell
Country: Spain
Institution : Ramon Llull University
2016
Fausto Ortica
Country: Italy
Institution : University of Perugia
2014
Norbert Hoffmann
Country: Germany
Institution : University of Reims
2012
Mike Heilemann
Country: Germany
Institution : Goethe University Frankfurt
2010
Werner Nau
Country: Germany
Institution : Jacobs University