1. Prof. Kyo-Seon Kim, “Fabrication of Optical Fiber Preforms by Modified Chemical Vapor Deposition”, Ph.D. Thesis, 1989, Univ. Cincinnati, currently Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kangwon National University, Korea.
2. Yun Xiong, “Dynamics of Particle Formation and Growth in Gas Phase Processes”, Ph.D. Thesis, 1992, Univ. Cincinnati, currently Senior Scientist, Research and Development, Millennium Chemicals Inc. (A Cristal Company), Baltimore, MD.
3. M. Kamal Akhtar, The Effect of Cooxidants during Titania Formation by TiCl4 Oxidation, Ph.D., 1993, Univ. Cincinnati, currently Director, Strategic Manufacturing Research, Millennium Chemicals Inc. (A Cristal Company), Baltimore, MD.
4. George P. Fotou, “NanoParticle Engineering: Fiber Coating and Photocatalysis”, Ph.D. Thesis, 1995, Univ. Cincinnati, currently Process Research Engineer, Cabot Microelectronics Co., Chicago, IL.
5. Srinivas Vemury, “Flame Synthesis of Particles: Effect of Charging”, Ph.D. Thesis 1996, Univ. Cincinnati
–1998 Sheldon K. Friedlander Award for best Ph.D. Thesis in Aerosol Science and Engineering, American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR);
currently with Corning Glass Inc., Wilmington, NC.
6. Patrick Spicer, “Shear Induced Aggregation-Fragmentation: Mixing and Aggregate Morphology Effects” Ph.D. 1997 Univ. Cincinnati
-1998 First Prize for a Paper by a Graduate Student, Environmental Division, AIChE
– 1998 Best Ph.D. in Particle Technology, Particle Technology Forum, AIChE
currently Assoc. Prof., School Chem. Eng., Univ. New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
7. Karsten Wegner, “Nanoparticle Synthesis in Gas-Phase Systems: Process Design and Scale-up for Metals and Metal Oxides” # 14568, ETH Zürich (2002)
-2002 ETH Medal for outstanding Dissertation,
currently CEO Wegner Consulting & Lecturer and Research Associate at ETH Zurich.
8. Hendrik Kammler, “Synthesis of Oxide Nanoparticles with Closely Controlled Characteristics”, # 14622, ETH Zürich (2002) currently Research Engineer, Clariant AG, Basle, Switzerland.
9. Stavros Tsantilis “Primary and Agglomerate Aerosol Dynamics” #14695, ETH Zürich (2002)
-2004 Best Poster Prize in PARTEC2004, Nuremberg, Germany,
currently Research Engineer at Vistaprint Schweiz GmbH, Winterthour, Switzerland.
10. Prof. Wendelin Stark, “Functional Nanoparticles by Flame Aerosol Synthesis:Applications in Heterogeneous Catalysis”, # 14924, ETH Zürich (2002)
-1st Poster Prize in Particle Technology, 2002 AIChE Mtg., Indianapolis, IN –2004 -2003 Hilti Prize for the outstanding PhD Dissertation in ETH Zurich by a candidate under 30 years old,
currently Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, ETH Zurich.
11. Roger Mueller, “Characterization and Synthesis of Nanoparticles made in Vapor and Spray Flames”, Dissertation # 15147, ETH Zürich (2003) currently Project Manager Sustainability at Novartis, Basel, Switzerland
12. Takao Tani, “Flame spray pyrolysis of ZnO/silica nanoparticles” # 15266, ETH Zurich (2003), currently Leader, Materials Design Group, Nanospace-utilized Materials Program, Frontier Research Center, Toyota CR&DL, Nagoya, Japan.
13. Oliver Wilhelm, “Electrohydrodynamic spraying – Transport, mass and heat transfer of charged droplets and their application to the deposition of thin functional films”, # 15406, ETH Zürich (2004) currently with EnBW Kraftwerke AG, Philippsburg, Germany.
14. Susanne Veith, “Retention, Diffusion and Release of Flavor Molecules from Porous Sol-Gel-made Particles”, # 15490, ETH Zürich (2004)
-2004 ETH Medal for outstanding Dissertation,
currently Research Engineer, DuPont, Wilmington, DE, USA.
15. Marc Kaelin, “Low-cost Cu(In,Ga)Se2 absorbers from nanosized precursor materials for thin film solar cells“, Dissertation # 15877, ETH Zürich (2005), currently w/ Flisom AG, Zurich, Switzerland.
16. Rainer Jossen, “Controlled Synthesis of Mixed Oxide Nanoparticles by Flame Spray Pyrolysis“, # 16401, ETH Zürich (2005), currently with Lonza AG, Visp, CH.
17. Reto Strobel, “Aerosol flame synthesis of supported metal particles and their catalytic applications“, # 16592, ETH Zürich (2006),
–2006 ETH Medal for outstanding Dissertation
–2008 Sheldon K. Friedlander Award for best Ph.D. Thesis in Aerosol Science and Engineering, American Association for Aerosol Research;
currently with Satisloh Photonics AG, Horgen, Switzerland
18. Heiko Schulz, “Nanocomposites from Flame-made Nanoparticles: Radiopaque Ta2O5 /SiO2 for Dental Adhesives and Fillings”, Dissertation # 17188, ETH Zürich (2007),
–2008 Georg Fischer Prize (ETH) for outstanding Dissertation,
currently with BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
19. Martin Heine, “Particle dynamics at high aerosol concentrations and production rates”, #17253, ETH Zürich (2007),
–2007 ETH Medal for outstanding Dissertation,
currently Team Manager at Buhler AG, Uzwil, Switzerland.
20. Frank O. Ernst, “Co-Synthesis of H2 and Nanocrystalline ZnO Particles by Zn Aerosol Formation and in-situ Hydrolysis”, Dissertation #17272, ETH Zürich (2007), currently at Holcim AG, Switzerland.
21. Alexandra Teleki, “Flame synthesis and coating of nanostructured particles in one step” #17685, ETH Zürich (2008)
-second Best Poster Prize in PARTEC2007, Nuremberg, Germany,
-2008 ETH Medal for outstanding Dissertation,
–2009 first PhD prize by DSM Co. (South),
currently Assistant Professor, Uppsala Univ. Sweeden
22. Antonio Tricoli, “Gas sensitive nanostructured films by direct flame synthesis and deposition”, #18444, ETH Zürich (2009)
–2010 Hilti Prize for the outstanding PhD Dissertation in ETH Zurich by a candidate under 30 years old,
currently Associate Professor, Australian Natl. Univ., Canberra, Australia.
23. Adrian Camenzind, “Nanoparticles for Composites: Aggregates and Agglomerates”, #18653, ETH Zürich (2009),
-2010 ETH Medal for outstanding Dissertation,
currently w/ Optotune AG, Dubendorf, CH.
24. Bjorn Schimmoeller “Structure of flame-made mixed metal-oxide based catalysts”, #19060, ETH Zürich (2010).
– Best Poster, Chemical Reaction Engineering, 2010 AIChE Mtg., Salt Lake City, UT
currently Research Engineer, Cabot Co., Billerica, MA.
25. Robert Büchel, “The Location of Noble Metal Clusters on Multicomponent & Multi-functional Aerosol-Made Heterogeneous Catalysts” #19617, ETH Zürich (2011).
-Best Paper on Nanoparticles (Group 3d PTF) 2009 AIChE Mtg Nashville TN
-2011 ETH Medal for outstanding Dissertation
– Best Poster, Chemical Reaction Engineering, 2011 AIChE Mtg., Minneapolis
currently Research Engineer, Optrel SA, Wattwil, CH
26. Beat Busser “Multiscale Design for Aerosol Synthesis of Functional Nanoparticles” #19647 ETH Zurich (2011), currently Research Staff member, IBM, Doublin, Ireland.
27. George Sotiriou “Understanding the Toxicity of Nanosilver for Synthesis of Biocompatible Plasmonic-Superparamagnetic Nanocomposites” #19860, ETH Zürich (2011)
– 1st BioNanotechnology Graduate Student Award, 2011 AIChE Mtg. Minneapolis
–2012 Best PhD Thesis Award, Polymers & Colloids Division of Swiss Chem. Soc.
–Best Poster Award, 2012 Annual IFPRI Mtg., Ludwigsburg, Germany
-2012 ETH Medal for outstanding Dissertation
– 2013 Innovation Award, TechConnect 2013, Washington D.C., USA.
-2013 Hilti Prize for the outstanding PhD Dissertation in ETH Zurich by a candidate under 30 years old,
currently Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
28. Thomas Rudin “Towards Scalable Carbon-Free Synthesis of Sophisticated Nanoparticles” #20581, ETH Zurich (2012), currently Process Engineer at Buhler AG, Uzwil, CH.
29. Maximilian Eggersdorfer “Nanoparticle Agglomerates & Aggregates in Aerosols by Coagulation & Sintering” #20735, ETH Zurich (2012)
-2008 ETH Medal for outstanding MSc studies
-Best Poster Award for aerosol fundamentals, 2011 European Aerosol Conference, Manchester, UK
-First Poster Prize in Particle Technology, 2011 AIChE Mtg., Minneapolis, MN
-Best Poster Award, 2012 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA
-2013 ETH Medal for outstanding Dissertation
currently Particle Engineer @ Novartis AG, Basle, Switzerland
30. Marco Righettoni “Flame-made WO3-based nanostructured gas sensors for breath analysis” #21861, ETH Zurich (2014)
–Graduate Student Silver Award, 2010 Mater. Research Soc. Fall Mtg, Boston, MA
-2014 ETH Medal for outstanding Dissertation
currently @ Nestle SA, Konolfligen, Bern, Switzerland
31. Arto Gröhn “Scale-up of Flame Aerosol Synthesis by Computational Fluid Dynamics” #22003, ETH Zurich (2014).
-Second Poster Prize in Particle Technology, 2012 AIChE Mtg., Pittsburgh, PA
currently Research Associate, Chem. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Colorado
32. Oliver Waser, Flame Aerosol Synthesis of Li-ion Battery Materials, #22730 ETH Zurich (2015)
-Best poster award for aerosol-based nanotechnology, 2009 European Aerosol Conference, Karlsruhe, Germany
currently Research Engineer, Eforce AG, Lucern.
33. Samuel Ansorge, Improvement of Silicone Rubber for High Voltage Applications by Addition of Fillers, # 22763, ETH Zurich (2015).
Currently President Comité Électronique Suisse, Lucern.
34. Rena Goudeli Multiscale Design of Aerosol Synthesis of Nanomaterials # 23223, ETH Zurich (2016)
– Best Poster Award, 2013 European Aerosol Conference, Prague
– Best Oral Presentation at HH Symposium of 2014 Fall MRS Mtg, Boston.
– 2016 ETH Medal for outstanding Dissertation.
– 2018 InauguralGAeF PhD award by the German Association for Aerosol Research (Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung)
Currently Lecturer, Chemical Eng. Dept., Univ. of Melbourne, Australia
35. Rajesh Koirala, Flame-made Catalysts for Alkene Production, 23621, ETH Zurich (2016),
– First Place Environ.Div.Grad. Stud.Paper Award, 2012 AIChE Mtg, Pittsburgh, PA
Currently, Research Scientist at CNH Industrial, FPT Motorenforschung in Arbon, CH
36. Kakeru Fujiwara, Metal-Support Interactions in Flame-made Metals on Metal Oxides for Environmental Applications, # 23810, ETH Zurich (2016).
Currently Asst. Professor, Yamagata Univ. Japan
37. Andreas Günther, Selective gas sensors for breath analysis, #23990, ETH Zurich (2016),
– 2017 ETH Medal for outstanding Dissertation.
– 2017 Best Poster Award for Synthesis and Structuring of Functional Nanoparticles, 2017 European Aerosol Conference, Zurich, Switzerland
– 2019 GAeF PhD award by the German Association for Aerosol Research (Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung)
– 2019 Product Design Excellence Award for his PhD thesis from the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE)
Currently Asst. Prof. D-MAVT, ETH Zurich & CEO Alivion AG, Zurich CH
38. Anastasia Spyrogianni, Settling & cytotoxicity of nanoagglomerates, #24395 ETH Zurich (2017)
-Best Poster Award for aerosol-based nanotechnology, 2015 European Aerosol Conf., Milan
-Best Poster Award, Particle Technology Forum, 2017 AIChE Annual Mtg., Minneapolis
Currently Associate Medical Writer at Medicalwriters.com
39. Christoph Blattmann, Application & Synthesis of Polymer Nanocomposites, 25447 ETH Zurich (2018), currently Process Engineer at Buhler AG, Uzwil, CH.
40. Fabian Starsich, Multifunctional nanoparticles for targeted theranostics, #25556 ETH Zurich (2018)
–Environmental Science: Nano Best Poster Award, 2017 European Aerosol Conference, Zurich, Switzerland
Currently, Oberassistant, Nanoparticle Systems Engineering Laboratory, ETH Zürich
41. George Kelesidis Morphology and optical properties of flame-made nanoparticles, # 25934 ETH Zurich (2019)
– IBM Research Prize for Outstanding MSc thesis, Zurich, Switzerland
-Best Poster Award for Combustion, 2016 European Aerosol Conference, Tours, France
–First Best Poster Award, 2019 ETH Conference on Combustion Generated Nanoparticles, June 17-20, Zurich, Switzerland.
-2019 ETH Medal for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis, ETH Zürich
–2019 Best Poster Award, Material Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting, “Emerging Material Platforms and Approaches for Plasmonics, Metamaterials and Metasurfaces” Symposium, December 1-6, Boston, USA.
–2019 First Carbon Nanomaterials Graduate Student Award, 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting, November 10-15, Orlando, USA.
–2020 Forbes 30 under 30 Europe List, Science and Healthcare,
-2020 Best Poster Award in Basic Aerosol Process, European Aerosol Conference (virtual), Aachen, Germany
-2020 GAeF PhD award by the German Association for Aerosol Research (Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung)
currently Lecturer & Research Associate, Particle Technology Laboratory, ETH Zürich
42. Pascal Gschwend, Aerosol-made Nanoparticles for Theranostics: Bioimaging, Nanothermometry, and Photothermal Therapy, #26809 ETH Zurich (2020).
-2017 Best Poster Award for Synthesis and Structuring of Functional Nanoparticles, European Aerosol Conference, Zurich, Switzerland
-2020 ETH Medal for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis, ETH Zürich
Currently Research Engineer, Roche Diagnostics International AG, Zug, CH
43. Jan van der Broek, Highly selective flame-aerosol-made gas sensors enabled by particle-based filters # 27297 ETH Zurich (2021)
-2019 Best Poster Award for Instrumentation, European Aerosol Conf., Goeteberg, Sweden
-2021 Best Poster Award for Chemical Sensors for Wearable devices, Conference on Chemical Sensors for Wearable devices, Mar. 03, Haifa, Israel
-2021 GAeF PhD award by the German Association for Aerosol Research (Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung)
-2021 ETH Medal for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis, ETH Zürich
Curently Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical & Process Eng’g, ETH Zurich
44. Nicolay Pineau, Flame-made sensor systems #27692 ETH Zurich (2021)
-2017 Best Poster Award for Synthesis and Structuring of Functional Nanoparticles, European Aerosol Conference, Zurich, Switzerland
Curently CFO Alivion AG, Technopark Zurich, CH
45. Ines Weber, Selective Gas Sensing by Flame-made Catalytic Filters # 28162, ETH Zurich (2022)
-2021 3rd Best Presentation, 18th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors (virtual), May 30 – June 3, Chicago
-2021 Best Poster Award for Synthesis and Structuring of Functional Nanoparticles, European Aerosol Conference, Birmingham, UK
– 2022 GAeF PhD award by the German Association for Aerosol Research (Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung)
-2022 ETH Medal for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis, ETH Zürich
Curently Post-doctoral Fellow, Stanford University, CA
46. Una Trivanovic, Synthesis and dynamics of carbonaceous nanoparticles during enclosed spray combustion #30154, ETH Zurich (2024)
– Macroscopic Art Award, American Association for Aerosol Research 41st Annual Conference, Oct. 2 – 6, 2023, Portland, USA
– Best Poster Award, European Aerosol Conference, Sept. 3 – 8, 2023, Málaga, Spain
–1st place of Best Poster Awards of the virtual 25th ETH-Conference on Combustion Generated Nanoparticles, June 21 – 23, 2022, Zurich, CH
– Best Poster Prize at the 6th International Sooting Flame Workshop, July 22 – 23, 2022, Vancouver, Canada.
Curently Scientist, Federal Institute of Metrology METAS, Bern, Switzerland