Soft Matter Award 2009

Emanuela Zaccarelli from the University of La Sapienza, Rome, has been presented with the Soft Matter 2009 award for her contribution to the soft matter field.

Professor Christos Likos, a Soft Matter Advisory Board member from Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany, presented the award to Dr Zaccarelli during the CECAM Workshops in Lausanne on 15th July. 

Zaccarelli comments 'I am delighted and honoured to have been selected for the award'. As part of the award Zaccarelli will present a soft matter lecture on three occasions and contribute a lead article in Soft Matter.

Zaccarelli was selected by the Soft Matter Editorial Board as a young scientist who has produced significant work that has advanced the field of soft matter. The board were impressed by her work on a number of fundamental problems, particularly her work on colloidal glasses and gels.