We are pleased to announce that the Laureate of the 2025 MRS-Serbia Award for a Lasting and Outstanding Contribution to Materials Science and Engineering is Prof. Dr. Hamish Fraser .
For his exceptional contributions in the areas of analytical electron microscopy, materials processing of advanced materials, and integrated computational materials science and engineering.
Prof. Dr. Hamish Fraser
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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 held on March 6th, 2025, considered the submitted nomination for the MRS-Serbia’s 2025 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 December 31st, 2024, 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. Dragan Uskoković (President of MRS-Serbia), Prof. Dr. Yury Gogotsi (Chair of YUCOMAT Conferences International Advisory Board and 2021 Laureate), Prof. Dr. Robert Sinclair (Honorary Chair of YUCOMAT Conferences International Advisory Board and 2020 Laureate), Prof. Dr. Dejan Raković (Vice-President of MRS-Serbia), Prof. Dr. Slobodan Milonjić (President of the Council and Member of the Presidency of MRS-Serbia), Prof. Dr. Ivan Božović (2015 Laureate), Prof. Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novaković (2016 Laureate), Prof. Dr.Velimir Radmilović (2017 Laureate), Prof. Dr. László Forró (2018 Laureate) Prof. Danilo Suvorov (2019 Laureate), Prof. Dr.Sinclair Robert (2020 Laureate), Prof.Dr.Yury Gogotsi (2021 Laureate), Prof. Dr. Richard W.Siegel (2022 Laureate),Prof.Dr.Knut Urban(2023 Laureate), and Prof. Vladimir Torchilin as a 2024 Laureate.
The Executive Board of the MRS-Serbia Presidency took the decision that Prof. Dr.Hamish Fraser should be granted MRS-Serbia’s 2025 Award for a Lasting and Outstanding Contribution to Materials Science and Engineering.
Prof. Fraser was strongly supported by Prof. Dr. Dragan Uskoković, Dr. Slobodan Milonjić, Prof. Dr. Velimir Radmilović, Prof. Dr. Dejan Raković, Prof. Dr. Djordje Janaćković
Prof. Fraser’s Honorary Plenary Lecture will be delivered during the Opening Ceremony of the 26th MRS-Serbia Annual Conference YUCOMAT 2025, starting at 9:00 AM on Monday, September 1st, 2025.
President of MRS-Serbia, Prof. Dr. Dragan Uskoković
President of the Council Dr.Slobodan Milonjić
Vice-President of MRS-Serbia, Prof. Dr. Velimir Radmilović
Vice-President of MRS-Serbia, Prof. Dr. Dejan Raković
