Congratulations to the CRS 2025 Award Winners

We proudly honor those who have contributed to the society and the science, and look forward to recognizing them throughout the program at the CRS 2025 Annual Meeting & Exposition.

CRS 2025 AWARD RECIPIENTS

Distinguished Service Award

Claus-Michael Lehr, PhD
Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)

Exceptional Leadership Award

Twan Lammers, PhD
RWTH Aachen University

Founders Award

Samir Mitragotri, PhD
Harvard University

Member of the Year Award

Maria Vivero-Lopez, PhD
University of Nottingham

Industry Achievement Award

Art Tipton, PhD
Vulcan Gray

Industry Achievement Award

Maria Teresa Peracchia, PhD
Sanofi

Rising Women in Science Award

Hagar Labouta, PhD
University of Toronto

Samyang Award

Ronit Satchi-Fainaro, PhD
Tel Aviv University

Transdermal Kydonieus Award

Ana Melero, PhD
University of Valencia

Women in Science Award

Soumya Rahima Benhabbour, PhD
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Young Invesitgator Award

Assaf Zinger, PhD
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

JCR Best Paper Award

Janin Germer
Cytiva

DDTR Best Paper Award

Christopher McConville
University of Birmingham

PhD Thesis Award

Anshuman Dasgupta
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

PhD Thesis Award

David Klein Cerrejon
ETH Zürich