The NOACK-LABORATORIES Environmental Education award honors activities in the dissemination of knowledge on environmental sciences. If you know a possible candidate with an outstanding record of interdisciplinary activities related to the distribution of knowledge on environmental sciences who has made substantial contributions to the education in this field, please submit your nomination to Valerie Verstappen in the SETAC Europe Office and to the attention of the chair of the SETAC Europe award committee Tania Alvarez. The deadline for submissions is 31 December.

Your nomination should include a full curriculum vitae of the candidate, including an e-photograph and a publication list, and a letter of recommendation highlighting the importance of the candidate's work. The award recipient should be based in a geographical area administered by SETAC Europe (i.e., Europe and Africa).

Past Award Winners:

• 2012, Marten Scheffer, Wageningen University, Netherlands
• 2011, Yogeshkumar "Yogi” Naik, National University of Science & Technology, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
• 2010, Hans Toni Ratte, RWTH – University of Aachen, Germany
• 2009, Lorraine Maltby, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
• 2008, Almut Beate Heinrich, Springer, Germany
• 2007, Dr Kristin Schirmer, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany
• 2006, Prof. Keith Solomon, University of Guelph, Canada
• 2005, Peter Calow, I.M.V., København, Denmark
• 2004, Dr. Joop Hermens, Institute of Risk Assessment, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
• 2003, Prof. Dr. John Sumpter, Brunel University, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
• 2002, Prof. Dr. Valery S. Petrosyan, Lomonosov University, Moscow, Russia
• 2001, Prof. Dr. René Schwarzenbach, EAWAG, Switzerland
• 2000, Prof. Dr. Davide Calamari, Univ. of Insubria, Italy
• 1999, Prof. Dr. Hans Teede, Univ. of Kiel, Germany
• 1998, Prof. Dr. Nico M.Van Straalen, Univ. of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 1997, Prof. Dr. Mats Olsson, Museum of Natural History, Sweden
• 1996, Prof. Dr. Alexander J.B. Zehnder, EAWAG, Switzerland
• 1995, Prof. Dr. Otto Hutzinger, Univ. of Bayreuth, Germany
• 1994, Prof. Dr. W.H.O. Ernst, Univ. of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 1993, Prof. P. Kowalik
• 1992, Dr. F.H. Frimmel
• 1991, Prof.Dr. J. Koeman, Wageningen university, The Netherlands

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