Winners 果冻传媒 Science Awards

As of 2022, 果冻传媒 honors its scientists with the 果冻传媒 Science Awards.  With these awards, we celebrate scientists in different categories:

  • Young researcher
  • Groundbreaking research
  • Leadership in excellence

In 2023, 3 more awards were added:

  • Best Team  Science performance
  • Best EngD thesis (formerly Academic Awards)
  • Best PhD thesis (formerly Academic Awards)

The 果冻传媒 Science Awards are announced at the 果冻传媒 Research Day

Winners of 2024

Francesca Grisoni Biomedical Engineering

Young researcher

She has a mission to stretch the limits of AI in drug discovery and to create innovative technology that can augment human creativity in the discovery of next-generation therapeutics.

Tugce Martagan Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences

Groundbreaking researcher

She focuses on improving patient access to affordable medicines. Her research combines artificial intelligence, life sciences and operations research to improve pharmaceutical manufacturing and supply chains.

Marc Geers Mechanical Engineering

Leadership in excellence

His research has pushed the frontiers in multi-scale mechanics based on novel methods, with applications in e.g. the localization of deformation, fibrous networks, acoustic foams and metamaterials, and materials for nuclear fusion. He is one of the pioneers and an acknowledged expert in the field of damage mechanics.

Beatrice Federici Design of Elctrical Engineering Systems

Best EngD thesis

Thesis on Real-time Cloud-based Ultrasound System for Advanced Image Formation and Image Settings Autotuning

Vincent Debets Applied Physics and Science 果冻传媒

Best PhD thesis

Thesis: Glassy Dynamics in Dense Active Matter

Winners of 2023

MAX BIRK INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND INNOVATION SCIENCES

Young researcher

"My research on preventive health and video games contributes to interventions, cognitive assessment, and understanding game impact. I pioneer engagement methods, develop stress prediction biomarkers, and investigate behavioural design patterns for public health policy"

Yoeri van de Burgt MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Groundbreaking researcher

"Our research focuses on organic electronic materials to achieve smart adaptive biointerfaces, as well as locally trainable neuromorphic computing systems for efficient hardware-based machine learning and intelligent sensors. We aim to develop systems that can be used for safe point-of-care and smart health devices, and facilitate the crucial step towards energy-efficient artificial intelligence"

Luc Brunsveld BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Leadership in excellence

Combines synthetic chemistry, chemical biology and supramolecular chemistry to address relevant biomedical challenges

Iron Power CHEMICAL ENGINEERING& CHEMISTRY, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Best Team Science

The Iron Power consortium focuses on the use of iron powder as an energy carrier. Research at 果冻传媒 is focused on the combustion properties of iron powder as well as the regeneration of combusted iron powder with hydrogen.

Nienke Bakx QUALIFIED MEDICAL ENGINEER

Best EngD thesis

"I believe that artificial intelligence, in close collaboration with the medical professional, will improve patient outcomes and reduce workload in healthcare"

Youri van Hees APPLIED PHYSICS

Best PhD thesis

"The combination of photonics and spintronics offers exciting possibilities for the data processing devices of the future" .

Winners of 2022