Young Scientist Award

Symposium Program Committee established a special award to honour a young scientist who will present at the Symposium the best paper in the field of solid state nanostructures. The award consists of a diploma and a $1,000 reward.

The recipients of this Award are:

1999	A. Kovsh (Ioffe Institute, St Petersburg, Russia)
2000	Th. Gruber (Würzburg University, Würzburg, Germany)
2001	I. Shorubalko (Lund University, Lund, Sweden)
2002	S. Kennedy (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)
2003	S. Tarasenko (Ioffe Institute, St Petersburg, Russia)
2004	I. Dmitriev (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany)
2005	M. Kuntz (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
2006	D. Sizov (Ioffe Institute, St Petersburg, Russia)
2007	S. Sassine (GHMFL, CNRS, France)
2008	Yu. Yukecheva (Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia)
2009	M. Gaponenko (Stepanov Institute of Physics, NASB, Minsk, Belarus)
2010	A. Kretinin (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
2011	K. Astankova (Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, Russia)

The award will be selected by the Award Committee from the Symposium participants nominated by the Program Committee. The Chair of the Award Committee will announce the winner at the Award Ceremony scheduled for the last day of the Symposium.

Selection Criteria and Conditions of Entry

The competition will be opened to scientists under the age of thirty-five from all over the world. In the case of many authors' papers the principal author will be considered as an applicant for the award on behalf of others.

The main selection criterion will be the best demonstration of scientific achievements in the field of physics and technology of solid state nanostructures.