Quadrant conferred the coveted international «Quadrant Award» for the third time on Saturday, January 24, 2009. This scientific award with a first prize of EUR 15 000 was won by the US researcher Dr. Rodney Priestley, who wrote his thesis at Northwestern University, Evanston / Chicago, USA. The second prize of EUR 7 000 went to the Polish-American scientist Dr. Paul Podsiadlo, from University of Michigan, Detroit, USA. The winner of the third prize of EUR 3 000 was Dr. Edwin P. Chan, USA, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA.

Our warmest congratulations to the award-winners and thanks to all applicants for their entries. You will find more information on the Quadrant Award 2009 and the assessments of academic jury in our press release.

The winners of the Quadrant Award 2009 (left to right): Dr. Paul Podsiadlo (2nd prize), University of Michigan, USA; Dr. Rodney Priestley (1st prize), Northwestern University, USA; Dr. Edwin P. Chan (3rd prize), University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA.