Analytical Chemistry - Young Innovator Award
MicroTAS 2023 Conference - Winner
Govind Kaigala, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Dr. Kaigala currently is an Associate Professor at the School of Biomedical Engineering, UBC. He is concurrently an investigator at the Life Sciences Institute, a Senior Scientist at the Vancouver Prostate Center, and an associated member of the BC Cancer Research Center.
This award, sponsored by the ACS journal
Analytical Chemistry and the Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society (CBMS), recognizes the contributions of an individual who has demonstrated exceptional technical advancement and innovation in the field of micro- or nanofluidics in his or her early career.
Co-sponsored by
Analytical Chemistry and the Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society, this award honors the contributions of an individual who has demonstrated exceptional technical advancement and innovation in the field of microfluidics or nanofluidics in his or her early career. Please note that rollover nominations will no longer be accepted. To nominate someone, you will have to submit a completely new nomination. Recognize a peer in your field now!
The Winner Will Receive
- An award plaque
- An honorarium of $2,500 (USD)
- Up to $1,500 (USD) in travel and accommodations funding to attend µTAS
Eligibility
A nominee's doctorate must have been earned in the past 15 years
Self-nominations are allowed
Past Winners
MicroTAS 2022 Conference, Online
Professor Radha Boya, University of Manchester, UK
MicroTAS 2021 Conference, Palm Springs, USA
Professor Robbyn K. Anand, Iowa State University, USA
MicroTAS 2020 Conference, Online
Professor Jianping Fu, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
MicroTAS 2019 Conference, Basel, SWITZERLAND
Professor Keisuke Goda, University of Tokyo, JAPAN
MicroTAS 2018 Conference, Kaohsiung, TAIWAN
Dr. Sunitha Nagrath, University of Michigan, USA
MicroTAS 2017 Conference, Savannah, Georgia, USA
Tony Jun Huang, Duke University, USA
MicroTAS 2016 Conference, Dublin, IRELAND
D. Dan Huh, University of Pennsylvania, USA
MicroTAS 2015 Conference, Gyeongju, KOREA
Shoji Takeuchi, The University of Tokyo, JAPAN
MicroTAS 2014 Conference, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Professor Dino Di Carlo, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
MicroTAS 2013 Conference, Freiburg, GERMANY
Hang Lu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
MicroTAS 2012 Conference, Okinawa JAPAN
Amy E. Herr, University of California, Berkeley, USA
MicroTAS 2011 Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA
Aaron Wheeler, University of Toronto, CANADA
MicroTAS 2010 Conference, Groningen, THE NETHERLANDS
Daniel Chiu, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
MicroTAS 2009 Conference, ICC Jeju, Jeju, Korea
Dr. Jongyoon Han, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
MicroTAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, California, USA
Joel Voldman, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA