John M. Prausnitz Award

The John Prausnitz Award was established in 1998, on the occasion of the 8th PPEPPD conference, that took place at Nordwijkerhout, The Netherlands. The distinction is given to a scientist for his/her outstanding contribution in the field of physical properties and phase equilibria for product and process design.

The International Organizing Committee of PPEPPD 2016 is happy to announce that the seventh John M. Prausnitz Award

for Outstanding Achievements in Applied Chemical Thermodynamics will be awarded to Professor Doros N. Theodorou,

from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece. Professor Theodorou is honored for his research accomplishments in paradigm-shifting modeling and computer simulation methods for understanding and predicting properties of materials from their chemical constitution, with particular emphasis on amorphous polymers and zeolites, which are used widely in academia and industry.

List of previous awardees:

PPEPPD 2013 (Iguazu Falls, Argentina / Brazil): Prof. Peter Cummings, Vanderbilt University, USA

PPEPPD 2010 (Suzhou, China): Prof. Theodore Randolph, University of Colorado, USA

PPEPPD 2007 (Crete, Greece): Prof. Joan F. Brennecke, University of Notre Dame, USA

PPEPPD 2004 (Snowbird, Utah, USA): Prof. David A. Kofke, University at Buffalo, USA

PPEPPD 2001 (Kurashiki, Japan): Prof. Pablo G. Debenedetti, Princeton University, USA

PPEPPD 1998 (Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands): Prof. Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, University of Maryland, USA