Yury Gogotsi Named 2012 European Carbon Association Award Laureate
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Among Gogotsi’s achievements on the international stage is his appointment as the lead partner representing the United States in the Erasmus Mundus international joint degree program “Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion.” The program is a partnership between seven universities in the United States, Poland, France, China and Spain that provides a two-year international master’s degree in energy sciences.
In addition, Gogotsi has collaborated with leading researchers in France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Ukraine and served as the leader for several international sponsored research projects. He currently oversees a group of 20 graduate, undergraduate and post-doctoral research associates in carbon nanomaterials research.
The ECA Award was created in 2009 and is given every three years at the European edition of the World Conference on Carbon. The laureate is selected from a pool of nominated applicants by a vote of the ECA representatives. Marc Monthiouox, chairman of the ECA, will present Gogotsi with the award at the World Conference on Carbon.
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