We are pleased to announce that the laureate of the 2023 MRS- Serbia Award for a Lasting and Outstanding Contribution to Materials Science and Engineering is prof. dr Knut Urban.
He is awarded for his achievements in materials science and specially in abberation correction which have revolutionized the field of electron microscopy of advanced materials and nanotechnology.
Prof. Dr. Knut Urban
Nomination
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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. Knut Urban 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. Knut Urban’s invited plenary lecture will be presented during the Opening Ceremony of the 24th MRS- Serbia Annual Conference YUCOMAT 2023, starting at 9.00 a.m. on Monday, September 04, 2023.
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
