ESP Awards

On the occasion of the biennial congress, the Executive Committee of the ESP awards a medal to distinguished scientists whose research achievements in Photobiology are internationally acknowledged as outstanding and who have given crucial contributions to ESP activities.
2023Roberta Croce, Michael Hamblin, David Kessel
2021Dietrich Averbeck, Tayyaba Hasan, Tadeusz Sarna
2019Lesley E. Rhodes, John L. Spudich
2017Silvia E. Braslavsky, Miguel A. Miranda, Joan E. Roberts
2015Vivienne E. Reeve, Evelyne Sage
2013Kristian Berg, Francesco Ghetti
2011Jacques Piette, Antony R. Young
2009Stanley B. Brown, Donat-Peter Häder
2007Janet F. Bornman, Herbert Hönigsmann
2005Jean Cadet, Roy H. Pottier
2003Rex M. Tyrrel, Jan van der Leun
2001Giulio Jori, Francesco Lenci
1999Johan Moan, T. George Truscott
1997Kurt Schaffner, Pill-Soon Song
1995Brian Johnson, Paul Mathis
1993Claude Rimington
1991Hartmut Michel
1989John D. Spikes, László Szalay
1987David Shugar, Kendric C. Smith
ESP awards a medal to young researchers (under age 35), who have conducted original research of exceptionally high quality in fields related to photobiology. The awardee is selected by the ESP Education and Training Committee among nominated candidates. The award is presented during the ESP congress, where the awardee gives the opening lecture.
2023Nadja A. Simeth-Crespi, Roger Bresolí Obach
2021Ardemis Boghossian, Anne-Laure Bulin
2019Pilar Acedo, Matteo Grattieri
2017Ilaria Testa
2015Alex R. Jones
2013Katie M. Dixon, Abhishek D. Garg
2011Scott Byrne
2009Cristina Flors, Gonzalo Cosa
2007Virginie Lhiaubet-Vallet
2005Jean-Yves Matroule
2003Christoph Abels

The European Society for Photobiology launches its first award for PhD thesis in the field of Photobiology. The recipient received the award during the biennial Congress of the European Society for Photobiology.

2023Carla Arnau del Valle, Miriam Izzo