2022

We are pleased to announce that the laureate of the 2022 MRS- Serbia Award for a Lasting and Outstanding Contribution to Materials Science and Engineering is prof. dr Richard W. Siegel.

He is awarded for his achievements in the materials science and nanotechnology- science and innovation.
 

Prof. Dr. Richard W. Siegel

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This is the decision of the MRS- Serbia Executive Board:

The Executive Board of the MRS- Serbia Presidency, at their online meeting on 15. 02. 2022, considered the submitted nomination for the MRS-Serbia’s 2022 Award for a Lasting and Outstanding Contribution to Materials Science and Engineering. It is concluded that the procedure was conducted in accordance with the Awarding Rulebook, that the Call was announced on the MRS- Serbia’s website on December 31st, 2021, and that in the stipulated period of 45 days two candidates were submitted:

  • Prof. Dr. Richard W. Siegel
  • Prof. Dr .Knut Urban

Having received the opinion from the Expert Committee members: Prof. Dr. Dragan Uskoković (President of MRS- Serbia), Prof. Yury Gogotsi (Chair of YUCOMAT Conferences International Advisory Board and as 2021 Laureate), Prof. Robert Sinclair (Honorary Chair of YUCOMAT Conferences International Advisory Board and as 2020 Laureate), Prof. Dejan Raković (Vice-President of MRS-Serbia), Dr. Slobodan Milonjić (President of the Council and Member of the Presidency of MRS-Serbia), Prof. Dr. Nenad Ignjatović (Member of the Presidency and Secretary General of MRS-Serbia) and Prof. Dr. Ivan Bozovic as 2015 Laureate, Prof. Dr. Gordana Vunjak- Novaković as 2016 Laureate, Prof. Dr. Velimir Radmilović as 2017 Laureate, Prof. Dr. László Forró as 2018 Laureate and Prof. Danilo Suvorov as 2019 Laureate, the Executive Board of the MRS-Serbia Presidency took the decision that Prof. Dr. Richard W. Siegel should be granted MRS-Serbia’s 2022 Award for a Lasting and Outstanding Contribution to Materials Science and Engineering while Prof. Dr. Knut Urban should be Laureate of 2023 MRS- Serbia Award. Prof. Dr. Richard W. Siegel was strongly supported by Prof. Dr. Dragan Uskoković, Dr. Slobodan Milonjic, Prof. Dr. Velimir Radmilović, Prof. Dejan Raković, Prof. Dr. Nenad Ignjatović, Prof. Dr. Đorđe Janaćković and Prof. Dr. Petar Uskoković.

Prof. Dr. Richard W. Siegel’s invited plenary lecture will be presented during the Opening Ceremony of the 23rd MRS-Serbia Annual Conference YUCOMAT 2022, starting at 9.00 a.m. on Monday, August 29, 2022.

President of MRS-Serbia, Prof. Dr. Dragan Uskoković

                                                           Vice-President of MRS-Serbia, Prof. Dr. Velimir Radmilović

Vice-President of MRS-Serbia, Prof. Dr. Dejan Raković

Vice-President of MRS-Serbia, Dr. Smilja Marković

General Secretary of MRS-Serbia, Prof. Dr. Nenad Ignjatović

 

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