MCAA Awards
2021
Gianluigi Maria Riva
MCAA BEST INNOVATOR AWARD 2021
Marco Masia
MCAA OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTOR AWARD 2021
Alexandra Nothnagel
MCAA SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD 2021
2020
Valeria Pettorino
MCAA Career Award 2020
Jenny Elmaco
MCAA Social Impact Award 2020
Angela Bellia
MCAA Outstanding Contributor Award 2020
Hui Zhou
MCAA Best Innovator Award 2020
2019
Gábor Kismihók
Outstanding Contributor Award 2019
Head of Learning and Skills Analytics Research Group at TIB Hannover, Germany
Gábor’s work focuses on innvotive technologies to reform our educational systems. Besides, as the chair of the Researcher Mental Health COST Action, he is a well known advocate of sustainable research careers and training.
Daniele Catalucci
Best Innovator Award 2019
Principal Investigator at the National Research Council (CNR) and Humanitas Research Hospital, Italy
Molecular biologist, awarded the 2019 MCAA Best Innovator for his innovative and unconventional therapeutic approach for the treatment of failing heart, which could revolutionize the treatment of cardiac diseases.
Luisa Corrado
Career Award 2019
Professor of Economics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Awarded the Marie-Curie Excellence Award 2007 from the European Commission for Research in Social Science. Her research is featured in the final report for the 6th Framework Programme by the European Commission as one of the 30 most successful Marie-Curie projects -over 14.500 funded in the years 2003-2012.
Praveen Kumar
Social Impact Award 2019
Assistant Professor | Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata-700032, India
Dr. Kumar’s research contribution covers a broad spectrum of Materials Science and Engineering including III-V semiconductors, 2D-Materials, MXenes, Carbon Nanostructures, etc, for various energy harvesting (PEC water splitting, CO2 reduction, Broadband photodetectors) & storage (Supercapacitors) applications.
2018
Anton Zeilinger
Honorary Recognition 2018
Professor of Physics University of Wien
Quantum physicist, awarded the 2008 Inaugural Isaac Newton Medal of the Institute of Physics (UK) for "his pioneering conceptual and experimental contributions to the foundations of quantum physics, which have become the cornerstone for the rapidly-evolving field of quantum information"
Pavlo Bazilinskyy
Best Innovator Award 2018
PhD researcher at TU Delft
Focused on solving Human factors challenges of highly automated driving, by understanding the requirements of the end users of automated vehicles: common people.
Stefka Fidanova
Career Award 2018
Professor Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Bulgaria
Her work has contributed in both scientific and application perspective with over 150 scientific works (including one book) and 8 edited books in the optimisation and mathematical modelling field (about 700 citations).
Francisco Valente Gonçalves
Social Impact Award 2018
Forensic and clinical psychologist, Co-Founder Plataform RUMO Portugal
He is the co-founder of RUMO, an organization that provides mental health services through an online end-to-end encrypted platform.
Fernanda Bajanca
Outstanding Contributor Award 2018
Research Associate Centre de Biologie du Développement,Toulouse
She became the Chair of the Policy WG, giving a voice to MCAA members regarding the European science policy.
Therese Lindahl
Honorary Recognition 2018
Austrian Research Promotion Agency
Lecturer at the Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna, with a seminar on third party research funding and EU policies. Previous duties include EURAXESS, and several MSCA NCP projects, and Therese is currently task leader for Net4Mobility+.
Lil Reif
Honorary Recognition 2018
Austrian Research Promotion Agency
Studied Russian, Portuguese and Law and graduated in translation studies from Humboldt University. In 2005, Lil was a lecturer at Ventspils University College, with a fellowship from the Robert Bosch Foundation.
Gareth O’Neill
Honorary Recognition 2018
President Eurodoc
Involved in the Dutch National Plan for Open Science, he is an expert on Intersectoral Mobility and Open Science for the European Commission.
2017
Meital Reches
Best Innovator Award 2017
Associate Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Meital Reches is an Associate Professor that some years ago, presented a novel approach to fight the undesirable accumulation of organisms on a surface.
Tina Magazzini
Social Impact Award 2017
Junior Researcher at the University of Deusto, Spain
Tina Magazzini is a Migration Programme Officer at the UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa and is also finishing her PhD in Human Rights at the University of Deusto in Bilbao as an Early Stage Researcher in an MSCA Initial Training Network.
Bernard L. Feringa
Honorary Recognition 2017
Academy Professor at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, Netherlands Nobel Prize winner
Ben Feringa has devoted years to research, areas including stereochemistry, organic synthesis, asymmetric catalysis, molecular switches and motors, self-assembly, molecular nanosystems and photopharmacology.
João Pedro Magalhães
Career Award 2017
Associate Professor at the University of Liverpool, UK
João Pedro Magalhães is an outstanding researcher in the genomics field; in a broader context contributing to the battle of humankind against the aging phenomenon.
Kiran Kumar Chereddy
Outstanding Contributor Award 2017
Manager in Strategy and Project Management Office at Novartis Pharma AG, Switzerland, and MCAA Treasurer
He has been a key member of MCAA from its very start and has played a pivotal role in the success and growth of the association.
An Jansen
Honorary Recognition 2017
Research Policy Adviser at KU Leuven, Belgium.
The Board have granted Honorary Membership of MCAA to Ana for her outstanding support to the organization of our General Assembly in Leuven.
EURAXESS Worldwide
Honorary Recognition 2017
An EC-funded organisation supporting internationally-mobile researchers, with which the MCAA has an excellent working partnership at various levels.
Awarding Euraxess Worldwide honorary membership of MCAA as a legal person means that all Euraxess Worldwide coordinators can register as members of MCAA.
2016
Mr Dario Pellizzon
Honorary Recognition 2016
Head of the Research Office at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy.
Ms Giovanna Avellis
Outstanding Contributor Award 2016
Senior Researcher in ICT, Consultancy and Assistance Division of InnovaPuglia, TECNOPOLIS, Valenzano, Bari, Italy.
Chair of the Gender Equality for Mobile Researchers in Science
Prof Gozde Unal
Career Award 2016
Associate Professor at Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.
2015
Dr Ira Didenkulova
Career Award 2015
Dr Ira Didenkulova presents the profile of a devoted and talented researcher who has made major contributions not only to her scientific area (oceanography specialising in sea and coastal hazards) but has also been a role model for younger generations of scientists, especially women. Dr Ira Didenkulova is able to reach outstanding achievements in her country as well as abroad. The field of studies concerns hazards; as such it can reach interdisciplinary audiences.
Dr Brian Cahill
Alumni of the Year 2015
For his outstanding and exemplary contributions and leadership of the German Chapter and his contributions to the entire MCAA community.
2014
Dr. Juan Blanco
Career Award 2014
A researcher in the field of forest ecology whose work has a strong societal impact both in developed and developing countries. Concerned to make his research results valuable for society and various stakeholders in his field, Juan is highly committed to share the knowledge and the results of his research activities with the wider community, especially with young researchers from developing countries.
Mostafa Moonir Shawrav
Alumni of the Year 2014
With a successful international career as a researcher in the field of nanotechnologies, Mostafa is also engaged in his research community through its commitment to the IEEE. By participating to the founding of the Austrian chapter of the MCAA, he clearly shows a commitment to promote the Marie Curie fellows and programmes.