Award recipients will be recognized at the conference banquet, to be held in the evening of Wednesday, June 25.

The recipient of the 2025 ACS Victor K. LaMer Award is

  • Dr. Christopher A. Browne

Center for Soft and Living Matter, University of Pennsylvania

The recipient of the 2025 ACS Unilever Award is

  • Dr. Alexandra Bayles University of Delaware

The recipient of the 2025 IACIS Life Time Achievement Award is 

  • Dr. Dominique Langevin

Physique des Solides laboratory, University Paris-Saclay

The finalists of the 2025 IACIS Emerging Investigator Award are

  • Dr. Rose Cersonsky, University of Wisconsin Madison
  • Dr. Diana Cholakova, Sofia University
  • Dr. Tianyi Han, Tsinghua University
  • Dr. Ignaas Jimidar, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
  • Dr. Stefania Ketzetzi, Harvard University
  • Dr. Shurui Miao, University of Oxford

The winners of the 2025 IACIS Emerging Investigator Award are

  • Dr. Rose Cersonsky, University of Wisconsin Madison
  • Dr. Diana Cholakova, Sofia University
  • Dr. Ignaas Jimidar, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

The finalists of the 2025 ACS Langmuir Graduate Student Award are

  • Camille Brigodiot, IFP Energies nouvelles
  • Lin Chen, University of Helsinki
  • Wanran Lin, Southern University of Science and Technology
  • Jonathan Martín González, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • Ali Mirzaalian Dastjerdi, University of Alberta 
  • Junyong Park, Chung-Ang University
  • Mohammadamin Rashidi, University of Alberta
  • Meenal Rathi, University of Minnesota
  • Leslie Vanessa Sanchez Castillo, University of Alberta
  • Amirhossein Taghipour, University of Alberta
  • Qimeng Yang, University of Toronto
  • Charles Yeh, University of Pennsylvania

The winners of the 2025 ACS Langmuir Graduate Student Award are

  • Junyong Park, Chung-Ang University
  • Jonathan Martín González, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • Meenal Rathi, University of Minnesota
  • Mohammadamin  Rashidi, University of Alberta

The IACIS Life Time Achievement Award (LTAA) recognizes a lifetime of distinguished achievement, and outstanding contribution to the advancement of the art, science and industrial practice of Interface and Colloid Science together with participation in IACIS.

Nomination should be made by sending the name of the nominee, together with the suggested paperwork, as stated in LTAA Details, to Professor Kazue Kurihara (kazue.kurihara.b7@tohoku.ac.jp), Chair of the LTAA Committee, cc IACIS Secretary (wuge.briscoe@bristol.ac.uk), by October 31, 2024.

The IACIS Emerging Investigator Award (IEIA) is for investigators within 6 years of receiving their PhD, (career interruptions will be considered) who have demonstrated outstanding fundamental or applied research work in the field of colloid and interface science. The award certificate and its monetary prize (sponsored by KAO Corp.) will be presented to awardees at the joint IACIS & ACS Colloid Symposium this year. The awardees must attend and present their work at the joint conference.

Nominations or self-nominations should be sent to cochair@colloids2025.com before March 15, 2025. In the subject line of your email indicate IEIA Award.

Three awards are available. The runner ups to the three awardees will also be presented with a certificate of “IACIS Early Career Researcher Award Finalist” at the conference and must present their work at the conference.

The nomination or self-nomination package must include (send in a single PDF file):

  • A cover letter (maximum 2 pages) explaining the contribution of the candidate to the field of colloid and interface science,
  • CV of the nominee that shows a list of publications and patents, information about teaching activities and outreach activities.

 

ACS Unilever award recognizes and encourages fundamental work in colloid or surfactant science carried out in North America by researchers in the early stages, within seven (7) years of receiving their Ph.D., of their careers will be considered for this award.

The award plaque and its monetary prize (sponsored by Unilever) will be presented to the awardee at the joint IACIS & ACS Colloid Symposium in 2025. The awardees must attend and present their work at the joint conference.

Nominations made by a colleague or anyone familiar with the nominee’s work should be sent to Dr. K.P. Ananth (ananthky@ucmail.uc.edu) before Feb 28, 2025. In the subject line of your email indicate ACS Unilever Award.

Criteria: The judges will consider originality, quality, and significance of the work and its potential impact on current and future research as well as on industrial and commercial applications.

The nomination package, must include (send in a single PDF file):

  • nomination letter explaining the contribution of the candidate to the field,
  • three letters of support from others in addition to the nomination letter,
  • the nominee’s curriculum vita with a complete list of publications, and reprints of up to five papers, which demonstrate the nominee’s excellence in publication of their research work.
  • The nomination letter should contain a carefully edited 25-word citation, which reflects the nominee’s specific achievements.

Previous years’ nominations will be automatically renewed up to the cut-off date for eligibility, but you are encouraged to submit relevant updated material.

The award is for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis accepted by a US or Canadian university during the three year period September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. The nomination process is electronic, and previous years’ nominations must be resubmitted.

A nomination may be made by the thesis advisor or anyone familiar with the nominee’s work.

The nomination package, must include the following and be emailed as four separate or a single PDF files to Prof.  Kyle Bishop ( kyle.bishop@columbia.edu). In the subject line of your email indicate LaMer Award.

  • the nomination letter,
  • the PhD thesis,
  • a supporting letter from an additional person
  • a curriculum vitae of the nominee.

The nomination material must be received by Jan 15, 2025.

The award certificate and its monetary prize will be presented to the awardee at the joint IACIS & ACS Colloid Symposium in 2025. The awardees must attend and present their work at the joint conference.

Criteria:

  • The judges will consider originality, significance, quality, and other criteria normally accepted in evaluation of scientific work.
  • Special attention will be paid to the contribution of the student as distinct from the contribution of the advisor. The nomination should clearly differentiate the two efforts.
  • The potential and promise of the student as a future investigator will be considered.

Therefore, achievement by the student prior to and after completion of the thesis may be discussed. PDFs of papers published after the thesis will be helpful.

Outstanding graduate students will be considered for the Langmuir Graduate Student Award, sponsored by the ACS journal Langmuir and the ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry (COLL) to recognize excellence in research, scientific communication, and oral presentation.

To nominate a candidate or self-nominate, please fill this form before April 28, 2025.

IACIS offers a number of travel bursaries (typically 300-500 euros) to support students and early career researchers to attend the conference from developing countries.

Application Conditions

Please note the following conditions before applying, which you will be asked to agree to on the application form:

  • You must be a current member of IACIS, or apply separately for IACIS membership at the time of submitting your application. If you are a PhD student, it is sufficient for your supervisor to be an IACIS member.
  • Only persons who have a genuine need for financial aid should apply, for example, persons from developing countries or young academics or PhD students with limited other means of financial support for travel.
  • You must be an active participant in the meeting, either giving a talk or a poster. If you do not know whether you have been allocated a presentation at the meeting  (i.e. a talk or poster), at the time of application, your application may be carried over until you are able to make this confirmation.
  • Only money to assist with travel will be awarded. Travel must be by the cheapest possible route, e.g. APEX fares on airlines or trains. We are not able to support local costs (such as accommodation or subsistence), pay registration fees or travel insurance.
  • You must agree to declare any other sources of income you have received, applied for or intend to apply for, and the outcomes of such awards (if known or in due course). Failure to do so would not only disadvantage yourself regarding the award of any future bursary, but also colleagues from your Institute. IACIS only has limited resources, so obviously wishes to allocate these to those most in need.
  • Any award made must only be used for the purpose stated in the application, and by the applicant. The award is not transferable. Any unused money should be returned to IACIS.

Application Procedure

If you agree to the above conditions, then please fill in the application form that is available here and submit it by e-mail to Hans-Jürgen Butt (butt@mpip-mainz.mpg.de).

The deadline for application is March 1, 2025.

Decisions, based on applications received, will be made by the IACIS Standing Committee; the IACIS Travel Bursary program is led by the Immediate Past-President of IACIS, currently Hans Jürgen Butt.

Payment will be made by bank transfer as soon as is practically possible, after the award is granted, to enable travel tickets to be purchase as far in advance as possible to obtain APEX fares, etc.