The ACIS Best Thesis prize is awarded annually to the candidate who is judged to have completed the most outstanding PhD thesis in a branch of Colloid and Interface Science undertaken at an Australian or New Zealand University, and whose degree has been approved, but not necessarily conferred, in the previous 13 months. The award will take the form of a $500 cash prize, an ACIS staff membership for 12 months, and a certificate.
The nomination submission should include:
Please note that theses subject to any embargo will only be accepted for nomination and consideration for the award once the embargo period has elapsed.
Please email applications in a single PDF document to Dr Joe Berry, Chair of the Awards Committee of ACIS (berryj@unimelb.edu.au), by the 22nd December 2023. Receipt will be acknowledged by return email. If in the opinion of the Board of ACIS there is no sufficiently compelling application, the Board may refrain from making an award in any given year. Requests for further information should also be addressed directly to Dr Joe Berry. The recipient of the Best Thesis Prize will be notified by email and announced in the ACIS newsletter.
The decision of the judges will be subject to the approval of the ACIS Board. The Board decision is final, and no discussions or correspondence will be entered into.
Year |
Winner |
Institution |
2022 |
Dr Samuel Cheeseman Dr Cristopher Vega Sanchez (Jointly Awarded) |
RMIT University of Sydney |
2021 | Dr Edwin Johnson Dr Debora Monego (Jointly Awarded) | University of Newcastle University of Sydney |
2020 | Dr Durga Dharmandana | RMIT |
2019 |
Dr Yuan Xu |
University of Queensland |
2018 |
Dr Virgina Mazzini Dr Tom McCoy (Jointly Awarded) |
Australian National University Monash University |