Israeli Researcher awarded Young Scientist 2014 for dispersion analysis
-Dense colloidal fluids form denser sediments-
One session of this year‘s International Workshop Dispersion Analysis and Materials Testing in Berlin was dedicated to the Young Scientist Award (YSA) 2014. For the first time, LUM GmbH called for prize applications to broaden its support and commitment in promoting young researchers from universities and academic institutions all across the globe for outstanding scientific results in particle characterization and dispersion analysis.
„On behalf of all workshop attendees and the entire jury, I would like to thank all applicants.“, Prof. Dr. Lerche, scientific chairman of the conference and president of the jury, sums up. „The best four aspirants were invited to discuss their interesting results with the 80 participants from 24 countries.“
For the contribution Dense colloidal fluids form denser sediments Shir R. Liber from Bar-Ilan University, Israel, was awarded Young Scientist 2014. In the laudation jury president Prof. Dr. Lerche highlighted the extraordinary high importance of the work for the characterization of the packing behaviour of many different materials. Shir Liber, M.Sc. student, proved a high scientificity in her paper and an extremly high expertise during the talk and discussion. „We are pleased, that Shir Liber gained new scientific findings using the LUMiFuge, one of our analytical instruments, in a rather academic application field. By awarding her with the prize, we would like to support her scientific top-performance in the future.
LUM GmbH will call for applications for the Young Scientist Award 2015, to continue with the promotion of young researchers from universities and academic institutions all across the globe.“, Prof. Lerche terminates his speech.
The work of Shir R. Liber et al. was already published in a recognized international journal: Dense colloidal fluids form denser amorphous sediments, PNAS 110 (15), 2013, 5769–5773.
On the enclosed picture (from left to right):
President of the Jury Prof. Dr. D. Lerche (LUM GmbH, GER) and Prize Winner Shir R. Liber (Bar-Ilan University, IL)
