Awards

LANGMUIR AWARD
The Langmuir award for best presentation in the Young Photochemists’ session was presented to:

Danielle Wilson, Victoria University, Canada  
for the presentation: Photocontrolled Racemization using an Enzyme Cofactor Mimic

Langmuir also gave special commendations to:
Laurence Pessoni,  Université de Pau et des pays de l'Ardour, France
for the presentation: Photo-Activable Honeycomb Polymer Films: Influence of Structure on Photo-Sensitized Oxidation

and

Marina Blanco-Lomas, Universidad de La Rioja, Spain
for the presentation: Reversible Photo-Control of Peptide Conformation with a Rhodopsin-Like Photoswitch
 

IUPAC POSTER PRIZES
The IUPAC Poster Prizes were awarded to: 

Waheed Saban, University of Western Cape, South Africa
for the presentation: Magnetic nanostructure for removal of heavy metals from wastewater

and

Joanna M. Malicka, University of Namur, Belgium
for the presentation: Photophysical and electrochemical properties of a novel antennafullerene- Donor architecture for light energy conversion


SPRINGER PhD STUDENT POSTER PRIZE
The Springer Ph D Student Poster Prize was awarded to:

Karel Goossens, KU Leuven, Belgium
for the presentation: Study of different macromolecular systems by means of ‘single-molecule’ Fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy techniques

and

Giorgio Pariani,Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Italy
for the presentation:  Modeling photochromism of ab(1phi)-systems at the solid state: from Quantum yield determination to the understanding of device performances

A special:
XXIV IUPAC Photochemistry Symposium Young-at-Heart Poster Prize was awarded to:
Devens Gust, Arizona State University, USA
for the presentation: Bio-inspired solar energy conversion