We proudly honor those who have contributed to the society and the science, and look forward to recognizing them during an award ceremony at the 2025 CRS Annual Meeting & Exposition.
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Claus-Michael Lehr, PhD
Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)
DRUG DELIVERY AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL BEST PAPER AWARD
Christopher McConville
University of Birmingham
"Local administration of irinotecan using an implantable drug delivery device stops high-grade glioma tumor recurrence in a glioblastoma tumor model"
EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD - BY THE YOUNG SCIENTIST COMMITTEE
Twan Lammers, PhD
RWTH Aachen University
FOUNDERS AWARD
Samir Mitragotri, PhD
Harvard University
INDUSTRY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Art Tipton, PhD
Vulcan Gray
Maria Teresa Peracchia, PhD
Sanofi
JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE BEST PAPER AWARD
Janin Germer
Cytiva
"Lipo-Xenopeptide Polyplexes for CRISPR/Cas9 based Gene editing at ultra-low dose"
MEMBER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Maria Vivero-Lopez
University of Nottingham
PhD THESIS AWARD
Anshuman Dasgupta
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David Klein Cerrejon
ETH Zürich
PhD Thesis Finalists:
Brett Pogostin
Soraia Filipa Pinto
RISING WOMEN IN SCIENCE AWARD
Hagar Labouta, PhD
University of Toronto
SAMYANG AWARD IN HONOR OF SUNG WAN KIM
Ronit Satchi-Fainaro, PhD
Tel Aviv University
TRANSDERMAL DELIVERY KYDONIEUS FOUNDATION AWARD
Ana Melero, PhD
University of Valencia
WOMEN IN SCIENCE AWARD
Soumya Rahima Benhabbour, PhD
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD
Assaf Zinger, PhD
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
