Past Europe Award Winners
Lifetime Achievement in LCA Award
The SETAC Europe EDANA Award for Life-time Achievement in Life Cycle Assessment recognizes the outstanding contributions of individuals and/or organisations in promoting life cycle thinking and improving LCA approaches and is awarded biannually.
Stefanie Hellweg, Switzerland, 2024
Olivier Jolliet, United States, 2022
Rolf Frischknecht, Switzerland, 2020
Michael Hauschild, Denmark, 2018
Angeline de Beaufort, Netherlands, 2016
Mark Goedkoop, Netherlands, 2014
Bengt Steen, Sweden, 2012
Ruedi Müller-Wenk, Switzerland, 2010
Noack Laboratorien Outstanding Science Award
The Noack Laboratorien Outstanding Science Career Award is to recognise a scientist for their contribution to environmental toxicology and chemistry over a prolonged period of time. The winners demonstrate an outstanding record of interdisciplinary activities related to science on a global scale that traverse SETAC’s tripartite sectors of business, government and academia. The award started in 2020.
Tinatin Doolotkedlieva, Kyrgyz Republic, 2024
Rolf Altenburger, Germany, 2023
Despo Fatta-Kassinos, Cyprus, 2022
Iseult Lynch, United Kingdom, 2021
Ionan Marigomez Allende, Spain, 2020
Rifcon Early Career Scientist Award
The SETAC Europe Rifcon Early Career Scientist Award has been created to support SETAC Europe’s Strategic Goal 7 which aims to establish career development opportunities for SETAC members.
Johannes Raths Switzerland, 2023
Sarah Könemann, Switzerland, 2022
Marta Jaskulak, France, 2021
Michael Burkard, Switzerland, 2020
Young Scientist LCA Award
The SETAC Europe Young Scientist LCA Award recognizes exceptional achievements by a young scientist in the field of life cycle assessment.
Young Scientist Presentation Awards Winner
The two Young Scientist Awards (YSA) honour an individual prominent performance by a student for the Best Platform Presentation and the Best Poster Presentation at the SETAC Europe annual meeting.
2023 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland
ECETOC Best Platform Presentation: Summer Selinger, Canada
Best Poster Presentation: Cannelle Tassin de Montaigu, United Kingdom
2022 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 32nd Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark
ECETOC Best Platform Presentation: Cailin Mackenzie, United States
Best Poster Presentation: Katerina Savva, Spain
2021 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 31st Annual Meeting, virtual
ECETOC Best Platform Presentation: Tim Boogaerts, Belgium
Best Poster Presentation: Verena Gerstle, Germany
2020 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 30th Annual Meeting, virtual
ECETOC Best Platform Presentation: Eldbjørg B. Vea, Denmark
Best Poster Presentation: Elizabeth Holton, United Kingdom
2019 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting, Helsinki, Finland
ECETOC Best Platform Presentation: Simone Rizzuto, United Kingdom
Best Poster Presentation: Maxime Gauthier, Canada
2018 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 28th Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy
ECETOC Best Platform Presentation: Michael Bertram, Australia
Best Poster Presentation: Hanna Joerss, Germany
2017 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 27th Annual Meeting, Brussels, Belgium
ECETOC Best Platform Presentation: Richard Cross, United Kingdom
Best Poster Presentation: Amandine Laffite, Switzerland
2016 Awards Winners at the SETAC Europe 26th Annual Meeting, Nantes, France
ECETOC Best Platform Presentation: Yuan Pan, United Kingdom
Best Poster Presentation: Riccardo Massei, Germany
2015 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain
ECETOC Best Platform Presentation: Daniela Batista, Portugal
Best Poster Presentation (sponsored by Sabadell Banc Foundation): Fabian Fischer, Germany
2014 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 24th Annual Meeting, Basel, Switzerland
ECETOC Best Platform Presentation: Steffi Bohme, Germany Tom Feijtel
Best Poster Presentation: Deedar Nabi, Switzerland
2013 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 23th Annual Meeting, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Best Platform Presentation: Julita Stadnicka-Michalak, Switzerland
Best Poster Presentation: King Yan Ho, Hong Kong
2012 Award Winners at the SETAC 6th World Congress & SETAC Europe 22nd Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany
Best Platform Presentation: Dorothea Gilbert, Denmark
Best Poster Presentation: Lisbeth van Cauwenberghe, Belgium
2011 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 21st Annual Meeting, Milan, Italy
Best Platform Presentation: Charles Hazlerigg, United Kingdom
Best Poster Presentation: A. Patricia Tcaciuc, United States
2010 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 20th Annual Meeting, Seville, Spain
Best Platform Presentation: Anne-Marie Boulay, Canada
Best Poster Presentation: Andrea Emili, Italy
2009 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 19th Annual Meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden
Best Platform Presentation: Lucia Vergauwen, Belgium
Best Poster Presentation: Graeme Hickey, United Kingdom
2008 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 18th Annual Meeting, Warsaw, Poland
Best Platform Presentation: Emma Schymanski, Germany
Best Poster Presentation: Jiri Kohoutek, Czech Republic
2007 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 17th Annual Meeting, Porto, Portugal
Best Platform Presentation: Thijs Van Boxtel, Netherlands
Best Poster Presentation: Marcelle Marchand, South Africa
2006 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 16th Annual Meeting, The Hague, The Netherlands
Best Platform Presentation: Fabienne Moser, Switzerland
Best Poster Presentation: Virginie Gillardin, Belgium
2005 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 15th Annual Meeting, Lille, France
Best Platform Presentation: Dries Knapen, Belgium
Best Poster Presentation: Steven Droge, Netherlands
2004 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 14th Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic
Best Platform Presentation: Jan Balaam, United Kingdom
Best Poster Presentation: Seiji Hashimoto, Japan
2003 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 13th Annual Meeting, Hamburg, Germany
Best Platform Presentation: Wiebke Meyer, Germany
Best Poster Presentation: Antje Gerofke, Germany
2002 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 12th Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria
Best Platform Presentation: Janet Y.M. Tang, Hong Kong
Best Poster Presentation: Masahiko Hirao, Japan
2001 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 11th Annual Meeting, Madrid, Spain
Best Platform Presentation: Katrine Borgå, Norway
Best Poster Presentation: Karen Thorpe, United Kingdom
2000 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 10th Annual Meeting, Brighton, United Kingdom
Best Platform Presentation: Emma Smith, United Kingdom
Best Poster Presentation: Asa Arrhenius, Sweden
1999 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 9th Annual Meeting, Leipzig, Germany
Best Platform Presentation: Wim de Coen, Belgium
Best Poster Presentation: Claire Daniells, United Kingdom
1998 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 8th Annual Meeting, Bordeaux, France
Best Platform Presentation: Maria Granberg, Sweden
Best Poster Presentation: Tobias Frische, Germany
1997 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 7th Annual Meeting, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Best Platform Presentation: Darius Sabalunias, Sweden
Best Poster Presentation: Graeme Taylor, United Kingdom
1996 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 6th Annual Meeting, Taormina, Italy
Best Platform Presentation: Brigitte Goser, Germany
Best Poster Presentation: Florence Pérès, France
1995 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 5th Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark
Best Platform Presentation: Damjana Drobne, Slovenija
Best Poster Presentation: Béatrice Inra, France
1994 Award Winners at the SETAC Europe 4th Annual Meeting, Brussels, Belgium
Best Platform Presentation: Frank Wania, Canada
Best Poster Presentation: Angélique Belfroid, Netherlands
Return to Science Grant
The SETAC Europe Return to Science Grant is awarded to stimulate scientists who have experienced a temporary professional break due to childcare e.g. maternity, paternity, adoption etc. Recognizing how difficult it can be to re-establish a scientific career after a period of absence, this grant is seen as a boost and an encouragement.
Zhiling Guo, United Kingdom, 2024
Environmental Education Award
The NOACK LABORATORIEN Environmental Education award honored activities in the dissemination of knowledge on environmental sciences. This award has ended in 2019.
Best Publication Award Winner
The Best Publication Award honoured an outstanding contributions to environmental sciences in the form of a publication in a peer-reviewed scientific journal by a student or early career scientist. This award was terminated in 2019.