Young Investigator

The Young Investigator Award for Excellence in Research in Thermoelectrics was initiated in 2007. The Award goes to a young investigator holding a researcher/engineer position in either: academia, industry, government lab or scientific institute (e.g. The Max Planck Institute). This award is to be given to a young researcher who has exhibited a record of excellent original work and significant results in the field of thermoelectrics or thermoelectric materials.

Year	Awardee	Institution	Area of Study	Sponsors
2022	Prashun Goraï
2021	Johannes de Boor
2020	Dr. Yanliang Zhang	University of Notre Dame, USA		ITS & Gentherm
2019	Professor Jiong Yang	Shanghai University		ITS & Gentherm
2018	Professor Xiaoyuan Zhou	Chongqing University, China		ITS & Gentherm
2017	Professor Lidong Zhao	Beihang University, China		ITS & Gentherm
2016	Professor Chunlei Wan	Tsinghua University, China		ITS & Gentherm
2015	Dr. Sabah Bux	Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Bulk Nanostructured Materials	ITS
2014	Professor Ronggui Yang	University of Colorado at Boulder		ITS
2013	Yanzhong Pei	Tongji University		ITS
2011	Professor Eric Toberer	Colorado School of Mines		ITS
2010	Dr. Xun Shi	Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, China	Skutterudites	ITS
2009	Dr. Rhyee	Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, South Korea		ITS

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