Ph.D. Thesis Award

Dear Colleagues,

The journal Water is inviting applications for the 2023 Best PhD Thesis Award. This prize will be awarded to a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential. The applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee led by Editor-in-Chief Dr. Jean-Luc PROBST.

Eligibility and Requirements
– The candidate must be a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential;
– The PhD thesis must be their original work;
– The PhD thesis must be defended in 2023.

Required Application Documents
– An executive summary of the PhD thesis in English of around 3000 words;
– A letter from the PhD supervisor recommending the candidate for consideration for this award;
– The candidate’s CV, including a list of publications connected with the thesis;
– An electronic copy of the PhD thesis;
– A scanned copy of the PhD diploma (or certificate of studying at a school or research institute as a PhD student going on to graduate or participate in graduation thesis defenses).

Selection Criteria
– Quality of resume and publications;
– Relevance of the candidate and research description;
– Novelty of the candidate’s PhD thesis;
– Strength of the recommendation letter;
– Anticipated academic potential;
– Originality and impact of the research.

Prizes
– Bonus (CHF 800);
– Certificate;
– Offer to publish a featured paper in Water with the article processing charge (APC) waived before the end of 2024.

The application deadline is 31 January 2024. The winner will be announced on the Water website by the end of April 2024.

Kind regards,
Water Editorial Office

 
Water 2023 Ph.D. Thesis Award
 
Winner announcement: 30 April 2024
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Eva Florbela Domingues Gomes
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal Details

Award Committee

Prof. Jean-luc Probst Chairman
CNRS
Prof. Dr. Laura Bulgariu
Technical University Gheorghe Asachi of Iasi
Prof. Dr. Antonio ZUORRO
Sapienza - University of Rome
Prof. Tammo Steenhuis
cornell
Prof. Moshe Gophen

Winner

Zijing Liu
Tsinghua University

Award Committee

Dr. Yujue Wang Chairman
Dr. Eugene Morozov
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Prof. Dr. Laura Bulgariu
Technical University Gheorghe Asachi of Iasi
Prof. Dr. Zhijun Li
State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology

Winner

Zhiyao Wang
The University of Queensland

Award Committee

Prof. Dionysios (Dion) Dionysiou Chairman
Dr. Achim A. Beylich
Geomorphological Field Laboratory (GFL)
Dr. Maria Mimikou
Dr. Xinchun Cao
Hohai University
Prof. Dr. Antonio Panico
University of Campania L. Vanvitelli - Department of Engineering
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