Best Poster and Trojan Horse Awards

24^th ETH-Conference on Combustion Generated Nanoparticles

June 22^nd to 25^th, 2020 at ETH, Zürich, Switzerland

Every year Best Poster Awards are presented to the most accomplished poster presentations at the ETH Conference on Combustion Generated Nanoparticles. The poster committee evaluates all posters on their design, clarity of the presentation - both of the poster and also when talking to the presenter - and their scientific content

Best Poster Award Committee

Oliver F. Bischof, TSI (Chairman)
Prof. Dr. Heinz Burtscher, FHNW/IAST
Prof. (em.) Dr. Peter Gehr, University of Bern
Dr. Norbert Heeb, EMPA
Thomas W. Lutz, ETH/LAV
Dr. h.c. Andreas Mayer, TTM
Prof. Dr. Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, AMI, University of Fribourg
Dr. Martin Stöckli, Inspire AG

We announced the three winners of the Best Poster Awards of the 23rd ETH Nanoparticle Conference during a ceremony in front of the entire audience on Thursday, June 20th.

Best poster award ceremony

We once again recognized the three best poster presentations with award certificates and prize money. Winners of the best-rated poster received SFr 600 (approx. $610 US), the second place SFr 400 (approx. $405) and the third place SFr 200 (approx. $200).

The winners of the Best Poster Awards in 2019 were:

1st Prize

Georgios A. Kelesidis, Alexander Bruun et al. (ETH Zürich, PTL, Switzerland)
Impact of Composition and Morphology on Soot Optical Properties

Certificate, 1st price

2nd Prize

Srishti Jain et al. (CSIR, National Physical Laboratory, India)
Seasonal Variability of PM2.5 Composition and its Sources over Delhi, India

Certificate, 2nd price

3rd Prize

Thomas Nørregaard Jensen et al. (Danish Technological Institute, Denmark)
Real-time Measurements of Cost-efficient Filter Solutions for Small Construction Machines

Certificate, 3rd price

Sponsor

Dr. med. Otto Brändli, Swiss Lung Foundation, kindly sponsored the 2019 Best Poster Awards. According to their website, the Swiss Lung Foundation aims to increase and disseminate knowledge regarding the causes and consequences of air pollution to address one of the major problems of today's civilization. Its goal is to help people who are sick caused by pathogens or pollutants contained in the air they inhaled, and to find ways to improve air quality outdoors, in homes and at workplaces. It supports research and promotes scientific work in the areas of social and preventive medicine.