Best Poster Awards 2026
29th ETH Nanoparticles Conference (NPC-2026)
May 31 – June 3, 2026, Zurich, Switzerland
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 2026 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
- Prof. Dr. Danilo Engelmann
- Dr. Martin Gysel Beer
- Dr. Christoph Hüglin
The winners of this year's Best Poster Awards were:
1st Prize
Georgi Trendafilov, RWTH Aachen University (Germany)
How Urea Dosing in SCR Systems Drives Secondary Particle Formation (pdf)
2nd Prize
Dr. Jack Macklin, University of Leeds (UK)
The transition to sustainable aviation fuels will lead to reduced contrail ice forming particle emissions (pdf)
3rd Prize
Julian Wehrle, FHNW (Switzerland)
Unexpected Ultrafine Particle Emissions from Disengagement of Hook-and-Loop Fasteners (pdf)
Many congratulations to these three authors of the best posters of 2026!
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 Best Poster Awards again. 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."
