International Biocat Award for Sandy Schmidt
Dr. Sandy Schmidt has been awarded the 2022 Biocat Award – Academic Research. Since 2004, The Biocat Award is given to outstanding individuals to acknowledge their achievements in the field of biocatalysis. She received the award during the recent International Congress on Biocatalysis in Hamburg. This prize, which is awarded in the categories “Academic Research”, “Industry”, and “Lifetime Achievement”, is among the most prestigious awards in the field of biotechnology.
Former awardees of the Biocat Award – Academic Research are Marco Fraaije (GBB), Don Hilvert, Yasuhisa Asano, Nicholas Turner, Jon Stewart, Romas Kaszlauskas, Uwe Bornscheuer, and Byung-Gee Kim.

Last modified: | 02 March 2023 3.54 p.m. |
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