Award to the PhD student who, in the opinion of EPA Executive Committee, has defended the best PhD thesis in the two years prior to the year of the award. It is awarded biennially.
Call for nominations
Call for nominations is CLOSED
EPA PRIZE FOR PHD
Frequency: Biennial, even years
Requisites: The candidate must have defended his/her thesis in the two years before the year of the award. The candidate must be nominated by an EPA member. The candidate does not need to be an EPA member.
The nomination package should include:
- Curriculum Vitae of the candidate
- Copy of the thesis
- Abstract of thesis in English, no more than five pages
- List of publications arising from the thesis
- A letter of support
Award: Prize certificate / 1000 EUR / Travel costs to the award ceremony up to 500 EUR. Three free years of EPA membership. Short talk (15-20 min) at a large photochemistry conference, typically PhotoIUPAC, in a plenary session
Deadline for submission: 28./29. February of even year.
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
Last edition: 2022
Country: Italy
Institution: University of Bologna
Thesis supervisors: Serena Silvi and Alberto Credi
EPA Prize for PhD
2026
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2024
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2022
Lorenzo Casimiro
Country: Italy
PhD supervisor: Serena Silvi and Alberto Credi
2020
Bogdan Dereka
Country: Switzerland
PhD supervisor: Eric Vauthey
2018
Victor Gray
Country: Switzerland
PhD supervisor: Kasper Moth-Poulsen
2016
Tomáš Slanina
Country: Hungary/Germany
PhD supervisor: Petr Klán and Burkhard König
2014
Giuseppina La Ganga
Country: Italy
PhD supervisor: Sebastiano Campagna
2012
Karl Börjesson
Country: Sweden
PhD supervisor: Bo Albinsson
2010
Anne Kotiaho
Country: Finland
PhD supervisor: Helge Lemmetyinen
2008 (shared)
Maria Abrahamsson
Country: Sweden
PhD supervisor: Leif Hammarström
2008 (shared)
Alexandre Fürstenberg
Country: Switzerland
PhD supervisor: Eric Vauthey