The DSM Science & Technology Awards pre-selection committees for Austria,
Northeastern France, Southern Germany and Switzerland recently met to select
three finalists each from the nominations received. The lucky ones are:
Austria
Martin Kietzmann, Technical University of Graz
(supervisor: Prof. Helmut Schwab)
Konrad Tiefenbacher, University of
Vienna (Supervisor: Prof. Johann Mulzer)
Irene Maier, University of
Vienna (supervisor: Prof. Fritz Pittner)
Northeastern France
Dany Gaillard, INSERM U866, Dijon
(supervisor: Prof. Philippe Besnard)
Christophe Travelet, Louis
Pasteur University, Strasbourg (supervisor: Prof. Georges Hadziioannou)
Allison Walter, Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg (supervisor: Prof.
Valérie Schini-Kerth)
Southern Germany
Victoria Gessner, University of Würzburg
(supervisor: PD Dr. Carsten Strohmann)
Mathias Schelwies,
Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg (supervisor: Prof. Günter Helmchen)
Andreas Walther, Bayreuth University (supervisor: Prof. Axel Müller)
Switzerland
Jonathon Beves, Basel University (supervisor: Prof.
Edwin C. Constable)
Andrey Buryak, EPFL Lausanne (supervisor: Prof.
Kay Severin)
Christoph Dumelin, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
Zurich (supervisor: Prof. Dario Neri)
On 16 June 2008 these twelve finalists will compete for the top three prizes
by presenting their work before an international judging committee, made up of
a selection of members from the pre-selection committees. Based on these
presentations and the quality of the work the judges will select the winners
of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes. The other nine finalists will also receive a
prize.
The awards will be presented by Stephan Tanda, member of DSM’s Managing Board,
during a festive event to be held at Park Hotel Vitznau, Switzerland on 17
June 2008.
For further information, please visit our special awards website at
www.innovationawards.dsm.com
