| 2025 | Samir Mitragotri |
| 2024 | Patrick Couvreur |
| 2023 | Justin Hanes |
| 2022 | Alexander Kabanov |
| 2021 | Pieter Cullis |
| 2020 | Antonios Mikos |
| 2019 | Randall Mrsny |
| 2018 | Maria Jose Alonso |
| 2017 | W. Mark Saltzman |
| 2016 | Hans Junginger |
| 2015 | Gary Cleary |
| 2014 | Paolo Colombo |
| 2013 | Richard Guy |
| 2012 | Yechezel (Chezy) Barenholz |
| 2011 | Mauro Ferrari |
| 2010 | Vladimir P. Torchilin |
| 2009 | Alexander (Sandy) Florence |
| 2008 | Kazunori Kataoka |
| 2007 | Allan Hoffman |
| 2006 | Jorge Heller |
| 2005 | Mitsuru Hashida |
| 2004 | Kinam Park |
| 2003 | Gordon Amidon |
| 2002 | Thomas Kissel |
| 2001 | Henry Brem |
| 2000 | Teruo Okano |
| 1999 | Jindrich Kopecek |
| 1998 | Jan Feijen |
| 1997 | James Anderson |
| 1996 | Yasuhisa Sakurai |
| 1995 | Sung Wan Kim |
| 1994 | Gregory Gregoriadis |
| 1993 | Joseph Robinson |
| 1992 | Hitoshi Sezaki |
| 1991 | Nicholas Peppas |
| 1990 | Peter Speiser |
| 1989 | Robert Langer |
| 1988 | Alejandro Zaffaroni |
| 1987 | William Higuchi |
| 1986 | Barrett Green |
| 1985 | Richard Baker |
| 1984 | Danny Lewis |
| 1983 | Frank Harris |
| 1982 | Nate Cardarelli |
