USERN Prize

USERN prize is an international award, established by USERN which is annually bestowed on scientists or researchers less than 40 years of age who have conducted a significant advancement or achievement in research, scientific education, or serving humanity in five scientific fields including medical sciences, life sciences, formal sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences. The candidates are refereed and scored by an international jury composed of Nobel laureates and top 1% scientists in the respective field accordingly to pre-planned scoring criteria.[1][2][3]

USERN Prize Medal

Laureates 2016

(The awards gala and 1st international USERN congress was held in Tehran, Iran on 8 to 10 November 2016).

Floris De Lange (Netherlands) in Social Sciences | For: Expectation sharpens the visual response

Alexander Leemans (Netherlands) in Medical Sciences | For: Processing and Visualization in Diffusion Imaging

Jamshid Aghaei (Iran) in Physical Sciences | For: Evaluating Technical Benefits and Risks of Renewable Energy Sources Increasing Penetration in Electrical Networks

Morteza Mahmoudi (Iran/USA) in Biological Sciences | For: Defining the Biological Identity of Nanotherapeutics for High Yield Cancer Therapy

Lucas Joppa (USA) in Formal Sciences | For: Technology for Nature[4][5][6]

Laureates 2017

(The awards gala and 2nd international USERN congress was held in Kharkiv, Ukraine on 8 to 10 November 2017).

Matjaž Perc (Slovenia) in Social Sciences | For: Transitions Towards Cooperation in Human Societies

Lucina Qazi Uddin (USA) in Medical Sciences | For: Brain Dynamics and Flexible Behavior in Autism and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity

Maria-Magdalena Titirici (UK) in Physical Sciences | For: The Design of Efficient and Low Cost Electrocatalysts Catalysts Without the Use of Critical Metals

Valentina Cauda (Italy) in Biological Sciences | For: Hybrid Immune-Eluding Nanocrystals as Smart and Active Theranostic Weapons Against Cancer -TrojaNanoHorse

Manlio De Domenico (Italy) in Formal Sciences | For: Multilayer Structure and Dynamics of the Physical World: Modeling the Complexity of Systems of Systems[7][8]

Laureates 2018

(The awards gala and 3rd international USERN congress was held in Reggio Calabria, Italy on 10 to 14 November 2018).

Igor Grossmann (Canada) in Social Sciences | For: Wisdom - Towards The Social and Behavioral Science of Sound Judgment

Gian Paolo Fadini (Italy) in Medical Sciences | For: circulating stem cells in Diabetic complications (REMEDIATION)

Xavier Moya (UK) in Physical Sciences | For: Barocaloric Materials for Environment-Friendly Solid -State Refrigeration

Alex Fornito (Australia) in Biological Sciences | For: Maps, Models, and Modifiers of Brain Changes in Psychosis

Jacob D Biamonte (Russia) in Formal Sciences | For: Quantum Enhanced Machine Learning[9][10]

Laureates 2019

(The awards gala and 4th international USERN congress was held in Budapest, Hungary on 8 to 10 November 2019).

Benjamin Sovacool (UK/Denmark) in Social Sciences | For: Social justice in an era of climate change and energy scarcity

Eugenia Morselli (Chile) in Medical Sciences | For: Mechanisms of hypothalamic autophagy in obesity

Giulia Grancini (Switzerland/Italy) in Physical Sciences | For: Multidimensional ferroelectric hybrid perovskites for advanced optoelectronics

Ajeet Kaushik (USA) in Biological Sciences | For: Nano-bio-technology for personalized healthcare

Lucas Lacasa (UK) in Formal Sciences | For: Bridging Signal Processing and Network Science[11]

Laureates 2020

(The awards gala and 5th international USERN congress was held in Tehran, Iran 7 to 10 November 2020).[12][13]

Lianne Schamaal (Australia) in Social Sciences | For: A Global Alliance to Elucidate Neurobiological Signatures of Depression and Suicide

Mohammad Ali Shahbazi (Finland) in Medical Sciences | For: A Thermo-responsive Biopolymeric Micro-implant for the Treatment of Autoimmune Disorders

Daniel Sauter (Germany) in Biological Sciences | For: Deciphering Molecular Determinants of Coronavirus Spread in the Human Population

Gregory Mark Allen Ashton (Australia) in Physical and Chemical Sciences | For: Black Holes and Neutron Stars: Enabling Astrophysics with Bilb y

Dongrui Wu (China) in Formal Sciences | For: Signal Processing and Machine Learning for Calibration-free and Secure Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs)

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