Women Interactive Materials Award

Finals 2021-2025

Elena Cambria | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (Laureate)
Biomaterials and vascularized organson-chip for personalized models of metastasis
Brigitta Dúzs | Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany (Laureate)
Nonlinear Chemical Dynamics for Adaptive Information-Processing Soft Matter
Isabella Fiorello | University of Freiburg, Germany
Biohybrid Evolution: Engineering Plant-inspired Microfabricated Materials
Stefania Ketztetzi | Harvard University, USA
From self-propelled colloids to actively reconfiguring colloidal molecules
Anna Puiggali Jou | ETH Zurich, Switzerland
The space between: How architected voids promote tissue formation
Laura Rijns | Stanford University, USA (Winner)
Controlling cell-material interactions using chemistry, electronics and optogenetics: from growing tissue towards treating neural diseases

Céline Calvino | University of Freiburg, Germany (Laureate)
Transforming Responsiveness into Sustainability: The New Age of Polymers
Erica Del Grosso | University of Rome, Italy
Interactive Supramolecular DNA-based nanomaterials
Viktorija Glembockyte | Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Germany (Winner)
Nanoscale tools for sensing single molecules
Giulia Lavarda | Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands (Laureate)
Novel Approaches in Photoactive materials: Advancing (Supra)molecular Design for Energy Conversion
Andreia Trinidade Pereira | University of Porto, Portugal
Energizing the Future: Using Body Energy to Power Smart Medical Devices
Maria Villiou | Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
Innovative Biomaterials for Diverse Biomedical Solutions

Hatice Ceren Ates | University of Freiburg, Germany (Laureate)
Biosensors toward smart therapeutic drug management of antibiotics
Ana Mora Boza | Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Engineering in vitro microenvironments with synthetic polymers
Carla Ferndandez Rico | ETH Zurich, Switzerland (Winner)
Elastic Microphase Separation Produces Bicontinuous Structures for Sustainable Applications
Ceren Kimna | Helmholtz Institute Munich, Germany
Redefining boundaries in healthcare through dynamic materials
Christina Tringides | ETH Zurich, Switzerland (Laureate)
Designing multifunctional hydrogels for improved neural interfaces: from physiological models to implantable devices
Fan Xu | Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
From Responsive Supramolecular Polymers to Interactive Materials

Eva Bertosin | TU Delft, The Netherlands (Laureate)
DNA origami, proteins and lipids: Successful combo to rebuild cellular systems from scratch
Hailin Fu | Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
A peek into life’s secret: Structured molecules and liquids from the bottom up
Laura Heinen | University of Groningen, Germany (Winner)
Sustained ATP-Feed across membranes: A platform technology for fueling synthetic cells and biomimetic nanoreactors
Ji-Young Kim | University of Michigan, USA (Laureate)
Chiral nanomaterial based high throughput platforms: Leveraging asymmetric light-matter interaction for chiral photosynthesis and bioanalytical chemistry
Jovana Milić | Adolphe Merkle Institute, Switzerland
Supramolecular control of hybrid materials for smart energy conversion
Casey Platnich | University of Cambridge, England
One-by-one: Advancing DNA nanotechnology using single-molecule techniques

Shikha Dhiman | Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands (Laureate)
Nature through a chemist’s lens
Kerstin Göpfrich | Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research, Germany (Winner)
Synthetic cells: Bringing materials to life?
Ulrike Kraft | Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
Small, but highly effective: Functional molecules take on key roles in polymer devices
Jinghui Liu | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (Laureate)
Topological defects and information flows on the membrane of a living cell
Yimin Luo | University of California, USA
High throughput microscopy: path to rapid phase diagram mapping and formulations
Ambika Somasundar | The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Enzyme-Coated Liposomes as Self-Propulsive Motors