In 2009, the KNCV introduced the Golden Master Award. The award is granted for the best Master’s thesis in chemistry in the Netherlands. In addition to the award, the winner receives a certificate and a €1,000 prize. Two second prizes are also awarded, consisting of a certificate and €250 each.
Nominations for 2023 are closed.
The winner of the Golden Master Award 2023 is Milo Cornelissen (UvA/VU).
Milo did a research entitled: 'Incorporation of Directional and Quinone-Functionalized Macrocycles in Covalently Synthesized Rotaxanes'
The second prizes were for:
- Silvana Caipa, TU Delft
'Hematite Micro-swimmers with enhanced photoactivity' - Johanna van Gent González, Universiteit Groningen
'Photocatalytic Dye Degradation over Modified Ferroelectric Barium Titanate'
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