2012 Unilever Award
Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry
American Chemical Society
THE 2012 UNILEVER AWARD
For
Outstanding Young Investigator in Colloid & Surfactant Science
$3,000 PRIZE
The Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry of the American Chemical Society invites nominations for the Unilever Award for Outstanding Young Investigator in Colloid & Surfactant Science. This annual award is to be presented at the 86th ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium to be held from June 10-13, 2012 at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
Purpose: To recognize and encourage fundamental work in colloid or surfactant science carried out in North America by researchers in the early stages of their careers.
Nature: The award consists of $3,000 and a plaque. In addition, up to $1000 will be provided towards travel expenses to the meeting at which the award will be presented. The winner is expected to deliver a lecture.
Establishment and Support: The award was established in 2003 by the Unilever Corporation.
Rules of Eligibility: Nominees who are within seven (7) years of receiving their Ph.D. will be eligible for the Award. The cut off date for eligibility this year will be July 1, 2005. Special consideration is given to the originality and creativity of the work and to its potential impact. The research must have been carried out in North America.
Nomination: Nomination may be made by a colleague or anyone familiar with the nominee's work. The nomination packet should be sent electronically by email, preferably in a single PDF file, containing the nomination letter, three letters of support from others in addition to the nomination letter, the nominee's curriculum vita with a complete list of publications, and reprints of up to five papers, which demonstrate the nominee's excellence in publication of his or her research work. The nomination letter should contain a carefully edited 25-word citation, which reflects the nominee's specific achievements. Previous years' nominations will be automatically renewed up to the cut off date for eligibility, but you are encouraged to submit relevant updated material.
Criteria: The judges will consider originality, quality, and significance of the work and its potential impact on current and future research as well as on industrial and commercial applications.
Please send material to:
Professor P. Somasundaran, Earth & Environmental Engineering Department
Columbia University
Telephone: 212-854-2926
DEADLINE: The nomination material must be received
by Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Past Award Winners:
2004 Christine Keating Department of Chemistry Pennsylvania State University
2005 Yunfeng Lu Department of Chemical Engineering Tulane University
2006 Bartosz A. Grzybowski Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering Northwestern University
2007 Michael Strano Bioengineering Department University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana
2008 David S. Ginger Department of Chemistry University of Washington
2009 Suljo Linic Department of Chemical Engineering University of Michigan
2010 Ali Khademhosseini Department of Health Sciences and Technology Harvard University
2011 Ryan C. Howard Department of Polymer Science and Engineering University of Massachusetts, Amherst