Journées des Actinides

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Award Archive

Past award recipients and years are listed here. Discover the individuals and teams that advanced actinide science.

2025 Annecy, France: Life-time Research Award (Andrea Severing), Middle Career Research Award (Claire Corkhill), Best Young Scientist Presentations (Liubov Kononova (Oral), Daphne Cette (Poster)). Special Awards (Midori Amano Patino (best oral), Mélody Maloubier (early career), Luigi Paolasini (“Harmony of discovery”), Gerry Lander (“Actinide Immortel”)

2024 Lille, France: Life-time Research Award (Eric Colineau), Middle Career Research Award (Christelle Tamain), Young Career Researcher Award (Eteri Svanidze), Best Young Scientist Presentations (Eleanor Lawrence Bright (Oral), Alice Zanini (Oral), Maria Chiara Notarangelo (Oral), Shu-Xian Hu (Poster), Rami Babayew / Noam Elgad (Poster)).

2023 Dresden, Germany: Life-time Research Award (Itzhak Halevy, Yuri Grin), Middle Career Research Award (Krzystof Gofryk), Best Young Scientist Presentations (Denise Christovam (Oral), Laura Agnarelli (Oral), Clara L. Silva (Oral), Florence Legg (Poster), Andries van Hattem (Poster), Meike Pfeiffer (Poster)).

2022 Santa Margherita, Italy: Life-time Research Award (Roberto Caciuffo, Gertrud Zwicknagl), Best Young Scientist Presentations (Rebecca Nicholls (Oral)).

Eligibility Criteria

General Rule: Previous laureates of an award are not eligible to receive the same award a second time.

Award Categories

Best Young Scientist Presentation (Poster and Oral)
Candidates must be within 5 years of their PhD (PhD students, PhD +0 to +5).
Early Career Research Award
Candidates must be between 5 and 10 years after their PhD (PhD +5 to +10).
Mid-Career Research Award
Candidates must be between 10 and 25 years after their PhD (PhD +10 to +25).
Lifetime Research Award
Candidates must be at least 25 years after their PhD (PhD +25 and above).
Special Awards: The Committee may, at each Journées des Actinides, decide to grant additional special awards.

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Past recipients

2021 Rennes, France: Life-time Research Award (Henri Noel), Early Career Research Award (Evgenia Tereshina-Chitrova)

2019 Erice, Italy: Life-time Research Award (Dariusz Kaczorowski), Middle Career Research Award (Jean-Christophe Griveau), Best Young Scientist Presentations (Daniel Chaney (Oral) Chris Sala (Poster))

2018 Praia de Porto, Portugal: Life-time Research Award (Peter Rogl, Jim Tobin), Middle/Early Career Research Award (Boris Dorado), Best Young Scientist Presentations (Oleksandra Koloskova (Poster), Evgeny Gerber (Oral))

2017 Karpacz, Poland: Life-time Research Award (Wojctech Suski, Robert Troc), Middle/Early Career Research Award (Anya Keatley)

2016 Alpe d’Huez, France: Life-time Research Award (Ladislav Havela), Middle/Early Career Research Award (Silvie Maskova), Best Young Scientist Presentations (Ross Springell)

2014 Ein Gedi, Israel: Life-time Research Award (Gerry Lander)

2013 Sestri Levante, Italy: Middle/Early Career Research Award (Amir Hen)

2012 Bristol, United Kingdom: Life-time Research Award (Geoffrey Allen)

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