EFCATS Young Scientist Contest

The EFCATS Young Scientist Contest was held in Wageningen early July 2018. A total of 30 participants were in attendance and these were subdivided into 6 competing groups. Each group was given the task of developing a research proposal for 3-year PhD students centering upon securing the sustainable delivery of food/feed/fuels/materials for our future society. Overall, the following teams were awarded prizes:

• 1st prize:
  Kasun Guanasooriya (Belgium), Katarzyna Adamska (Poland), Lars Kiewidt (The Netherlands), Mirtha Alejandra (Portugal) and Eleni Bletsa (Greece)
• 2nd Prize:
  Jaroslav Kocik (Czech Republic), Susana Guadix-Montero (UK), Ilker Tezsevin (Turkey), Vera Truttmann (Austria) and Anna Winiwarter (Denmark)
• 3rd Prize:
  Valeryia Kasneryk (Czech Republic), Hanna Karlsson (Sweden), Nemanja Vucetic (Finland), Matteo Signorile (Italy), Kristoffer Hauberg Rasmussen (Denmark)