On 06 July the winners of the FEMS Prestige Awards were announced:
FEMS European Materials Gold Medal - Prof José Manuel Torralba
FEMS Materials Innovation Prize - Prof Elvira Fortunato
FEMS Materials Science & Technology Prize - Dr Idalina José Monteiro Gonçalves
Elvira Fortunato talking about her award said, "It was with great joy and surprise that I won the FEMS Materials Innovation Prize, and in particular because I had been awarded an area related to functional and sustainable materials, such as electronics based on metal oxides. Scientists in the field of materials science play a key role in choosing materials and technologies for the emerging solutions that the planet is facing".
For full story see FEMS website : https://www.fems.org/news/fems-prestigious-awards-announced-2021