Best Poster Awards 2025
28th ETH Nanoparticles Conference (NPC)
June 16-19, 2025
Every year Best Poster Awards are presented for the most accomplished poster presentations of the ETH Nanoparticles Conference. The ETH-NPC poster committee evaluates all posters on their design, clarity of the presentation and their scientific content.
In 2025 the three best poster presentations have been once again recognized by award certificates and prize money. The best-rated poster received CHF 600, the second CHF 400 and the third CHF 200.
Best Poster Award Committee:
- Prof. Dr. Marloes Eeftens
- Prof. Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser
- Dr. Konstantina Vasilatou
- Dr. Oliver F. Bischof (Chair)
- Prof. em. Dr. Heinz Burtscher
- Dr. Martin Gysel Beer
- Dr. Christoph Hüglin
- Dr. Martin Stöckli
The winners of this year's Best Poster Awards were:
1st Prize
Agnese MagnoInstitute of Science and Technology for Sustainable Energy and Mobility (STEMS) - CNR
Physico-chemical characterization of dust generated by a brake for light-duty vehicle applications
(pdf)
2nd Prize
Sara Bengtsdotter, Lund University
Characterization of brake wear particles: influence of pad material and braking conditions on particle charging state (pdf)
3rd Prize
Patrick Weber, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Insights from over two years of using DMSO as working fluid in condensation particle counters
Many congratulations to these three authors of the best posters of 2025!
Thank you also to all poster presenters at this year's ETH Nanoparticles Conference, which represent a vital part of the conference program.
Sponsor
Dr. med. Otto Brändli, Swiss Lung Foundation, kindly sponsored the 2024 Best Poster Awards. According to its website, the Swiss Lung Foundation "Aims to increase and disseminate knowledge regarding the causes and consequences of air pollution to address one of the major problems of today's civilization. Its goal is to help people who are sick caused by pathogens or pollutants contained in the air they inhaled, and to find ways to improve air quality outdoors, in homes and at workplaces. It supports research and promotes scientific work in the areas of social and preventive medicine."
