We are pleased to announce that the recipient of the 2016 MRS-Serbia Award for a Lasting and Outstanding Contribution to Materials Science and Engineering is Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novaković of Columbia University, New York, USA. She is awarded for her achievements in the field of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.
Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novaković - CV
This is the decision of the MRS-Serbia Executive Board:
“The Executive Board of the MRS-Serbia Presidency, on their meeting on March 15, 2016, considered submitted candidates for the MRS-Serbia’s 2016 Award for a Lasting and Outstanding Contribution to Materials Science and Engineering and concluded that the procedure was conducted in accordance with the Awarding Rulebook, that the Call was announced on the MRS-Serbia’s website on January 1, 2016, and that in the stipulated period of 45 days only one candidacy was submitted, that for Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novaković, submitted by Prof. Dr. Milenko Plavšić. This submission was supported by: Prof. Dr Velimir Radmilović (Materials Science and Engineering) Belgrade University, Lawrence-Berkeley National Laboratory USA, cor. member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA); Prof. Dr. Dejan Raković (Biophysics) Belgrade University, Vice President of MRS-Serbia; Prof. Dr Nenad Ignjatović (Biomaterials) Institute of Technical Sciences of SASA, Academy of Engineering Sciences - Serbia; Prof. Dr. Stevo Najman (Cell Biology and Genetics) Medical School, University of Niš; Prof. Dr. Djordjije Šaranović (Medical Sciences) Medical School, Belgrade University, CCS; Prof. Dr. Gordana Ćirić Marjanović (Physical Chemistry of Polymers) Dean of The Faculty of Physical Chemistry, Belgrade University; Dr Vukoman Jokanović (Biophysical Chemistry) Institute “Vinča” of Belgrade University, Engineering Academy of Serbia.
Having received the opinion from the Expert Committee Members, Prof. Dr. Robert Sinclair, Prof. Dr. Danilo Suvorov and Dr. Ivan Božovic, the Executive Board of the MRS-Serbia Presidency took the decision that Dr. Gordana Vunjak Novaković be granted the MRS-Serbia’s 2016 Award for a Lasting and Outstanding Contribution to Materials Science and Engineering.
President of MRS-Serbia, Prof. Dr. Dragan Uskoković
Vice-President of MRS-Serbia, Dr. Slobodan Milonjić
Vice-President of MRS-Serbia, Prof. Dr. Velimir Radmilović
Vice-President of MRS-Serbia, Prof. Dr. Dejan Raković"
