249th ECS Meeting: General Student Poster Session Award Winners

From left to right: Rebecca Willner, Marola Lenhard, and Leonhard Tannesia. (Photo by PaulSakuma.com)

Congratulations to Marola Lenhard, Leonhard Tannesia, and Rebecca Willner, winners of the 249th ECS Meeting Z01—General Student Poster Session Awards. Please take a moment to celebrate all the Z01 participants’ excellent work!

Z01—General Student Poster Session Awards

Join us in congratulating this meeting’s winners:

1st Prize – $1,500

Marola Lenhard, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion
Z01—2684 “Simple and Versatile Electrochemical Synthesis of Highly Substituted 2,1-Benzisoxazoles

2nd Prize – $1,000

Leonhard Tannesia, Nanyang Technological University
Z01—2673 “Tunable, on-Demand HO Production via Optimized 2e⁻ ORR Catalyst for Electrolyzer Applications

3rd Prize – $500

Rebecca Willner, Colorado College
Z01—2656 “Exploring Bipolar Electrochemistry Application to Electrochemical Liquid-Liquid-Solid Crystal Growth

General Student Poster Session Judges

The Society thanks the ECS members who served as reviewers for the 249th ECS Meeting Z01—General Student Poster Session.

In-person judges
Sarah Berlinger, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Dylan Boucher, Baylor University
Scott Calabrese Barton, Michigan State University
Thiagarajan Soundappan, Navajo Technical University

Virtual judges
Scott Calabrese Barton, Michigan State University
Vivek Kamat, Vanderbilt University
Seongjae Ko, University of Tokyo
Ahmet Kusoglu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Changhee Lee, Tokyo University of Science
Nurul Omar, Technische Universität Ilmenau
Venkateshkumar Prabhakaran, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Yuliya Preger, Sandia National Laboratories
Eiji Tada, Institute of Science Tokyo
Maureen Tang, Drexel University
Sreeram Vaddiraju, Texas A&M University

ECS thanks Dr. Alice Suroviec for serving as the Z01—General Student Poster Awards symposium organizer.

General Student Poster Sessions

Z01—General Student Poster Sessions provide graduate and undergraduate students with a forum to present research results of general interest to the Society. The purpose is to foster and support work in electrochemical and solid state science and technology and stimulate active student interest and participation in ECS.

Be sure to visit the poster session at the 250th ECS Meeting in Calgary, Canada, from October 25–29, 2026.

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