ASBTE Emerging Investigator Award 2021
Khoon Lim
This award recognises an early career researcher, who has demonstrated outstanding research contributions and potential in regards to a future distinguished career in the field of biomaterials and/or tissue engineering. This award is given every second year.

ASBTE Award of Excellence 2021
Keith McLean

Previous award winners








ASBTE Award for Research Excellence
The ASBTE Award for Research Excellence recognizes a member of the society who has made a significant contribution to the fields of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering.
2020: Prof. Tim Woodfield
2018: Dr. Thilak Gunatillake
2016: Prof. Hans Griesser
2014: Prof. Tony Weiss
2012: Prof. Dietmar Hutmacher
ASBTE Award of Excellence
This award recognises a member of ASBTE who has made a significant contribution to the Society and has an outstanding record in developing, maintaining and promoting the goals of the Society.
2019: A/Prof. Lisbeth Grondahl
2017: Prof. Laura Poole-Warren
2015: E/Prof. Rolfe Howlett
2013: Dr. Jerome Werkmeister
2011: Dr. John Ramshaw
ASBTE Emerging Investigator Award
2019: Dr. Jelena Rnjak-Kovacina
ASBTE Lifetime Membership Award
2015: Dr. John Ramshaw
ASBTE Laboratory Travel Award
2018: Thomas Michl (International)
2016: Jacob Coffey (International), Christoph Meinert (International), Yinghong Zhou (International)
2015: Dr. Brooke Farrugia (International), Thomas Michl (Domestic)
ASBTE Conference Award Winners
Awards are given for the best oral and poster presentations at the annual ASBTE conference.
2019: Charleston Wilson (Best research pitch), Muthu Vellayappan (Best research pitch)
2018: Fei Wei (Student oral prize), Tony Hu (Student poster prize), Alvaro Sanchez (Student poster prize, runner-up), Yu Lian Xiang (Student poster prize, 3rd), Adam Martin (Australian Nanotechnology Network Young Investigator Award), Anna Waterhouse (Australian Nanotechnology Network Young Investigator Award Runner-Up), Michael Mueller (ECR oral prize)
2017: Abbas Shafiee (ECR poster award), Francesca Maclean (Best rapid-fire presentation), Gabriella Brown (Best student oral presentation), Khoon Lim (ECR oral award), Navid Saidy (Best student poster)
2016: Wei Tong (WBC2016 IBBME at the University of Toronto Trainee Award), Brooke Pereira (WBC Merit Award), Ali Shokoohmand (WBC Merit Award)
2015: Clementine Pradal (ECR oral award), Alexander Patton (Student oral award in biomaterial science), Katrin-Stephanie Tuecking (Student oral award in biointerfaces), Mohammed Hossain (ANFF-SA award for best research in the micro/nano area), Stephanie Lamont-Friedrich (Student poster award), Alexandra Rodriguez and Katharina Schirmer (People's choice poster award)
2014: Justine Roberts (ECR oral prize), Aaron Dingle (Student oral prize), Javad Jafari (Student poster prize), Stephanie Müller (Best poster in micro/nano-fabrication)
2013: Jelena Rnjak-Kovacina, (ECR oral prize), Kelly Tsang (Best presentation overall), James Vassie (Best presentation, research involving nano/micro), Susan Christo (Best student presentation), Morteza Hasanzadeh Kafshgari (Student poster prize)
2012: Awarded "Rapid Fire Poster Awards" at WBC in Chengdu, PRC, Josef Goding (UNSW), Eman Nafea (UNSW), Helmut Thissen (CSIRO)
2011: Lisa White (ECR oral prize); Nathalie Bock and Ryan Hartwell (Student oral prize, joint winners); Toby Brown (Student poster prize)
2010: Karina George (ECR oral prize); Nicole Yu (Student oral prize); Thanh Nguyen (Student poster prize)
2009: Simone Rizzi (ECR oral prize); Yogambha Ramaswamy (Student oral prize); Jelena Rnjak (Student poster prize)
2008: None awarded due to WBC in Amsterdam and no ASBTE conference that year
2007: Ben Muir (Young Investigator); Julie Nigro (Poster Award); Brooke Farrugia (Student Oral Award)
2006: Erin Rayment and Charles Williams (Oral); Helena Hadisputra (Poster); Kristen Bremmell (Young Investigator)
2005: Tristan Croll (Oral); Fathuma Magdon Ismail (Poster)
2004: Gabrielle Pennings
2002: Jasjit Bajeua
2001: William Higgs
2000: Sally McArthur
1999: Nan Chen
1998: Brian Ziegelaar
1997: Setrig Yozghatilan
1996: Jari Hyvarinen
1995: Darren Martin
1994: Meg Evans and Catherine Dodd
1992: Owen Standard