We are pleased to announce that the laureate of the 2020 MRS-Serbia Award for a Lasting and Outstanding Contribution to Materials Science and Engineering is Prof. Robert Sinclair of the Stanford University, California, USA.
Prof. Robert Sinclair
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He is awarded for his contribution to electron microscopy applied to materials science and engineering.
This is the decision of the MRS-Serbia Executive Board:
The Executive Board of the MRS-Serbia Presidency, at their meeting on March 30th, 2020, considered the submitted nomination for the MRS-Serbia’s 2020 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, 2020, and that in the stipulated period of 45 days only one nomination was submitted.
Having received the opinion from the Expert Committee members, Prof. Dr. Ivan Božović (2015 Laureate), Prof. Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novaković (2016 Laureate), Prof. Dr. László Forró (2018 Laureate) and Prod. Dr. Danilo Suvorov ( 2019 Laureate) , the Executive Board of the MRS-Serbia Presidency took the decision that Prof. Robert Sinclair should be granted MRS-Serbia’s 2020 Award for a Lasting and Outstanding Contribution to Materials Science and Engineering.
Prof. Sinclair was nominated by Prof. Dr. Velimir Radmilović, strongly supported by Dr.Slobodan Milonjić, Prof. Dr. Djordje Janaćković, Prof. Dr Petar Uskoković, Prof. Dr. Nenad Ignjatović, Dr.Smilja Marković, Prof. Dr. Dejan Raković.
Prof. Robert Sinclair's invited plenary lecture "In situ High Resolution Electron Microscopy of Material Reactions, at the Atomic Level" will be presented during the Opening Ceremony of the 22nd MRS-Serbia Annual Conference YUCOMAT 2020, starting at 9.00 h on Monday, September 7, 2020.
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
