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Recognizing Innovation

Winners for the 9th Award (2020)

Creativity Prize

1) The team of Dr. Benjamin S. Hsiao, including Dr. Priyanka Sharma
(Stony Brook University, New York, USA)
for the development of adsorbents, coagulants and membrane materials from
sustainable, biomass-sourced nanocellulose fibres a long w ith n umerous p ractical Dr. Benjamin S. Hsiao Dr. Priyanka Sharma
applications that promise to provide effective water purification for off-grid communities
of the developing world.
2) The team of Dr. Sherif El-Safty (National Institute for Materials Science, Japan)
for developing novel nano-materials in hierarchal and micrometric monoliths to achieve a nano-filtration/capture/detection
process that quantitatively detects and selectively removes a wide range of water contaminants in a single step. A diverse
range of these materials, which are conducive to mass-scale production, provides nano-filtration membranes and filters for
water management applications, including purification, remediation, and the monitoring of hazard levels. Dr. Sherif El-Safty

Surface Water Prize

Dr. Zbigniew Kundzewicz (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan)
for advancing our understanding of the relationship between flood risk, river flow, and climate change.
Dr. Zbigniew Kundzewicz

Groundwater Prize

Dr. J. Jaime Gómez-Hernández (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain)
for pioneering work on solving the “inverse problem” in hydrogeology.
Dr. J. Jaime Gómez-Hernández

Alternative Water Resources Prize

Dr. Peng Wang (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal,
Saudi Arabia)
for work at the forefront of solar-evaporation water production technology.
Dr. Peng Wang
Water Management and Protection Prize

Dr. Jay R. Lund (University of California Davis, USA)
for the development of the CALVIN water supply optimization model that couples traditional water-supply
criteria with economic considerations.
Dr. Jay R. Lund

Nominations are open for the 10th Award. Nominations www.psipw.org
can be made online until 31 December 2021. email: info@psipw.org

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