James Zhijian Shen - Open Ceramics Best Paper - Award

The James Zhijian Shen (Open Ceramics Best Paper) Award is made at the biennial ECerS conferences to the best paper published in the Journal in the two years immediately preceding the year of the conference. Papers are nominated by the Editors and the best paper is chosen by the Board of the JECS Trust. This Award is given in memory of Professor James Zhijian Shen who passed away in 2021.

Scientist who received this Award :

David Karl

2023 - TU Berlin, Germany

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