IMMA Awards - Call for Nominations

Call for Nominations for IMMA Awards – 2024

Dear IMMA Members,

The IMMA is pleased to call for nominations for the IMMA Award and the IMMA Lifetime Achievement Award. The nomination deadline is 8^th June 2024 (normally the deadline is established one month before the IMMS meeting). 

The IMMA Lifetime Achievement Award is for a single individual with “The most significant lifetime contribution to Mesostructured Materials Science and Technology”.

The nomination, from the IMMA membership, should be accompanied by a complete Curriculum Vitae with a publication list, a list of the ten most important publications and a 2-page summary outlining in detail the lifetime achievements of the nominee. The nomination must be endorsed by at least five established scientists active in the field of mesostructured materials.

The IMMA Award is awarded to an individual or group for “The most significant contribution to Mesostructured Materials Science and Technology” made in the past four years, from January 1, 2020 until December 31st, 2023.

To nominate a candidate, a 2-page summary outlining in detail the contribution by the nominee(s) and its scientific merit with a list of references should be submitted by a member of the IMMA. The nomination must be endorsed by at least five established scientists active in the field of mesostructured materials.

For more information on the nomination process and criteria for these awards, please refer to http://mesostructured.org/. Both awards will be given out at the upcoming IMMS-12.

Previous awardees can be found below.

Please nominate the most deserving candidates for these two IMMA Awards, and email your nomination(s) to:

Professor Bradley F. Chmelka

Email:  bradc@engineering.ucsb.edu

For more information on the nomination process and criteria for these awards, please refer to the Rules for these awards online at http://mesostructured.org/ 

Past awardees:

2004, IMMS-4, Cape Town
IMMA Award: Galen D. Stucky

2006, IMMS-5, Shanghai
IMMA Award: Thomas J. Pinnavaia

2008, IMMS-6, Namur
IMMA Award: Dongyuan Zhao

2010, IMMS-7, Sorrento (merged with IZC)
IZA Award: Ryoo Ryong (no separate IMMA award was issued)

2013, IMMS-8, Awaji Island, Japan
IMMA Award: Max Lu

2015, IMMS-9, Brisbane
IMMA Lifetime Achievement Award: Kazuyuki Kuroda
IMMA Award: Shunai Che

2018, IMMS-10, Los Angeles
IMMA Lifetime Achievement Award: Thomas Bein and Shinji Inagaki
IMMA Award: Sheng Dai

2021, IMMS-11, Dalian
IMMA Lifetime Achievement Award: Ryoo Ryong
IMMA Award: Bao-Lian Su