European Medal for Bio-Inorganic Chemistry
The European Medal for Bio-Inorganic Chemistry, also called the EUROBIC Medal or EUROBIC Award, was founded after the first European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (EUROBIC-1), held in Newcastle, UK, in 1992. In 1993 a basic endowment was raised and is kept by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
The medal has since been presented in conjunction with the EUROBIC conferences, held every second year. The selection committee is assembled by the EUROBIC secretary and consists of senior bioinorganic scientists from 6-10 different countries in Europe.
The award is presented to a European scientist, or a scientist with a career in Europe, for "Excellence and Impact in the field" of Bioinorganic chemistry. From 2008 the award is intended to be primarily dedicated to young or mid-career scientists in the field.
EUROBIC Medalists
- 2014: Dr. Xile Hu, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.
- 2012: Dr. Angela Casini, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
- 2010: Dr. Martin Högbom, Stockholm University, Sweden.
- 2008: Dr. Roland K. O. Sigel, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
- 2006: Prof. Antonio V. Xavier, The New University of Lisbon, Portugal.
- 2004: Prof. Maria Armenia Carrondo, The New University of Lisbon, Portugal.
- 2002: Prof. Peter M. H. Kroneck, University of Konstanz, Germany.
- 2000: Prof. Simon P. J. Albracht, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. and Prof. Juan C. Fontecilla-Camps, University Joseph Fourier, France.
- 1998: Prof. Fraser A. Armstrong, University of Oxford, UK.
- 1996: Prof. Claudio Luchinat, University of Florence, Italy.
- 1994: Prof. Wilfred R. Hagen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
References
EUROBIC-9 proceedings, ISBN 978-83-60043-10-3
EUROBIC-9 Medal introduction by Jan Reedijk