USERN Prize


USERN prize is an international award, established by USERN which is annually bestowed on scientists or researchers less than 40 years of age who have conducted a significant advancement or achievement in research, scientific education, or serving humanity in five scientific fields including medical sciences, life sciences, formal sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences. The candidates are refereed and scored by an international jury composed of Nobel laureates and top 1% scientists in the respective field accordingly to pre-planned scoring criteria.

Laureates 2016

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' in Social Sciences | For: Expectation sharpens the visual response
in Medical Sciences | For: Processing and Visualization in Diffusion Imaging
' in Physical Sciences | For: Evaluating Technical Benefits and Risks of Renewable Energy Sources Increasing Penetration in Electrical Networks
Morteza Mahmoudi in Biological Sciences | For: Defining the Biological Identity of Nanotherapeutics for High Yield Cancer Therapy
in Formal Sciences | For: Technology for Nature

Laureates 2017

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Matjaž Perc in Social Sciences | For: Transitions Towards Cooperation in Human Societies
' in Medical Sciences | For: Brain Dynamics and Flexible Behavior in Autism and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
' in Physical Sciences | For: The Design of Efficient and Low Cost Electrocatalysts Catalysts Without the Use of Critical Metals
' in Biological Sciences | For: Hybrid Immune-Eluding Nanocrystals as Smart and Active Theranostic Weapons Against Cancer -TrojaNanoHorse
' in Formal Sciences | For: Multilayer Structure and Dynamics of the Physical World: Modeling the Complexity of Systems of Systems

Laureates 2018

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' in Social Sciences | For: Wisdom - Towards The Social and Behavioral Science of Sound Judgment
Gian Paolo Fadini in Medical Sciences | For: ciRculating stEM cElls in DIAbetic complicaTIONs
' in Physical Sciences | For: Barocaloric Materials for Environment-Friendly Solid -State Refrigeration
' in Biological Sciences | For: Maps, Models, and Modifiers of Brain Changes in Psychosis
' in Formal Sciences | For: Quantum Enhanced Machine Learning

Laureates 2019

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Benjamin Sovacool in Social Sciences | For: Social justice in an era of climate change and energy scarcity
in Medical Sciences | For: Mechanisms of hypothalamic autophagy in obesity
' in Physical Sciences | For: Multidimensional ferroelectric hybrid perovskites for advanced optoelectronics
' in Biological Sciences | For: Nano-bio-technology for personalized healthcare
in Formal Sciences | For: Bridging Signal Processing and Network Science