Award of Prof. Henryk Struszczyk for oryginal achievements in research in chitin and its derivatives in 2025 was given to dr. inż. KATARZYNA PIEKLARZ from Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering Lodz University of Technology.

Awards winners in short talk competition:

1st Award
Daniela Ailincai, Luminita Marin
HYDROGELS BASED ON IMINOCHITOSAN DERIVATIVES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS

2nd Award
Katarzyna Kresse-Walczak, Katrin Binz, Meissner Heike, Klaus Boening
IN VITRO SIMULATION OF MINERALIZED BIOFILM USING CHITOSANBASED ARTIFICIAL CALCULUS EQUIVALENTS

3rd Award
Joanna Kurczewska
CHITOSAN-BASED HYDROGEL BEADS INCORPORATING MOLECULARLY IMPRINTED POLYMERS FOR SELECTIVE ADSORPTION OF PHARMACEUTICALS

Recognition Award
Anna Rył, Andrea Jannina Fernandez, Manlio Tassieri, Piotr Owczarz
MAPPING THE MULTISCALE VISCOELASTIC LANDSCAPE OF CHITOSAN SOLUTIONS

Irina Kuznik, Sabrina Scheele, Chokri Cherif, Katja Heppe, Moritz Gold,
Jonas Finck, Axel Wähling, Barbara Zippel, Ina Turinsky, Mareike Gast
INSECTMATTER: INSECT-BASED CHITIN FOR REGIONAL BIOECONOMY

Awards winners in poster competition:

1st Award
Bianca-Iustina Andreica, Irina Rosca, Luminita Marin
BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF HYDROGELS DESIGNED FROM CHITOSAN SHIFF BASE DERIVATIVES

2nd Award
Magdalena Gierszewska, Julia Paluszyńska, Ewa Olewnik-Kruszkowska
EFFECT OF CHITOSAN-BASED PACKAGING FILMS WITH TEA TREE EXTRACT ON THE ANTIOXIDATIVE FEATURES OF COSMETICS DURING ACCELERATED STORAGE

3rd Award
Anna Marzec, Bolesław Szadkowski, Zbigniew Draczyński, Dominik Sikorski
SUSTAINABLE BIOACTIVE FORMULATION FOR ECO-FRIENDLY COTTON: ENHANCING ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY AND FIRE RESISTANCE

Recognition Award
Aleksandra Dziopa, Oskar Zimak-Krótkopad, Judyta Cielecka-Piontek
EXTRACTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CHITOSAN FROM DIFFERENT SILKWORM SPECIES

Dominik Műller, Beata Paczosa-Bator, Joanna Zontek-Wilkowska, Bożena Muszyńska, Agata Krakowska
EFFECTIVE CHEMICAL METHOD OF CHITOSAN EXTRACTION FROM IN VITRO CULTURES OF LENTINULA EDODES