Trojan Horse Award 2025
28th ETH Nanoparticles Conference (NPC)
June 16-19, 2025
During combustion processes, toxic, partially carcinogenic substances are released, especially from vehicles and industrial processes. Nanometer-sized soot particles provide much surface area for the adsorption of other compounds. "Loaded" soot changes in the atmosphere by photo-chemistry. When inhaled by humans, it translocates through our lungs into the human organism, which affects cells and the entire organism. This is what is meant by the "Trojan Horse" phenomenon, which shall be highlighted by this dedicated award that recognizes insightful research that increases knowledge in this field.
This dedicated award is recognized by SFr 2,000 in prize money.
Trojan Horse Award Committee:
- Prof. Dr. Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser
- Dr.med. Jacques Schiltknecht
The winner of this year's Trojan Horse Award 2025 is:
Award reception by Alfred Lawrance
Samridhi Dwivedi, Isabella Thoburn College,
Poster:
PM2.5 Bound PAHs: Seasonal TEQ Analysis and ILCR Based Health Risk Profiling of a rapidly growing urban city
Many congratulations to Samridhi Dwived for winning the 2025 Trojan Horse Award!
Trojan horse, photo © Dr. A. Mayer
Sponsor
Ärztinnen und Ärzte für Umweltschutz (AefU, represented by Dr. med. Jacques Schiltknecht). The AefU, or in English "Doctors for environmental protection", is a Swiss professional association dedicated to protecting human health and the basis of life for future generations. Since its foundation in 1987 it has tirelessly pursued air pollution control as a crucial preventive measure.
