As per tradition, the Research Award is part of the Dies Natalis. This year, however, the award was not limited to the “best scientific publication”; the categories “Team Effort of the Year”, “Transdisciplinary Research of the Year”, and “Supervisor of the Year” were added.
Associate Professor of Health & Society Lenneke Vaandrager received the award for Supervisor of the Year. The award for Research Paper of the Year was presented to Rob de Haas, who specialises in computational protein design. Team Positive Animal Welfare, PAW, was given the award for Team Effort of the Year for their European proposal for animal welfare. Finally, FermFood, which focuses on the use of traditional fermented food in Africa to increase food security, received the Transdisciplinary Research of the Year Award.
The winners:
· Research Paper of the Year: Rob de Haas
· Team Effort of the Year: PAW Team
· Transdisciplinary Research of the Year: FermFood
· Supervisor of the Year: Lenneke Vaandrager
More information: wur.eu/dies
#diesnatalis #researchawards #wageningenuniversity&research
11 мар 2024
