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