Given every two years, the Award was established in 2001 by the Editors and Publisher of “Carbohydrate Research”. The “Carbohydrate Research Award for Creativity in Carbohydrate Chemistry” is presented to a carbohydrate scientist, no older than 15 years past the PhD, who has made significant original contributions to the field, in its broadest sense.2025
Martina Delbianco,
MPICI, Potsdam,
Germany
Dr. Martina Delbianco earned her BSc in Chemistry (2009) and MSc in Organic Chemistry (2011) at the University of Milan (Italy). In 2014, Dr. Martina Delbianco received her doctorate from Durham University, where she performed studies on lanthanides complexes and applications under the supervision of Prof. D. Parker in collaboration with Cisbio Bioassays (France) in the Department of Chemistry. In 2015, she moved to the Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces as a post-doctoral Fellow in the group of Prof. Peter Seeberger, where she then became a Minerva Fast Track Fellow (2017-2018) and group leader (2018-2023) and is now a W2 Research Group Leader with Tenure since 2023.
Dr. Martina Delbianco is leading the “Carbohydrate Materials” group, which includes scientists (Ph.D. students and post-doctoral researchers) with different backgrounds (chemists, material scientists and engineers). Her approach has proven very successful in gaining a basic understanding of carbohydrate structure and aggregation. During her studies she discovered that carbohydrates self-assemble to generate three-dimensional structures, including particles, fibers, or gels which has open a new area of research. She currently holds an ERC Starting Grant (2023 – 2027 GLYCOFOLD).
Dr. Martina Delbianco is leading the “Carbohydrate Materials” group, which includes scientists (Ph.D. students and post-doctoral researchers) with different backgrounds (chemists, material scientists and engineers). Her approach has proven very successful in gaining a basic understanding of carbohydrate structure and aggregation. During her studies she discovered that carbohydrates self-assemble to generate three-dimensional structures, including particles, fibers, or gels which has open a new area of research. She currently holds an ERC Starting Grant (2023 – 2027 GLYCOFOLD).
Previous Carbohydrate Research Award winners
2023
Christoph Rademacher
University of Vienna, Austria
2021
Daisuke Takahashi
Keio University in Yokohama, Japan
2019
Alba Silipo
University of Naples, Italy
2017
Jeroen Codee
University of Leiden, The Netherlands
2015
David Vocadlo
Simon Fraser University, Canada
2013
Xi Chen
University of California, Davis, USA
2011
Matthieu Sollogoub
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
2009
Benjamin G. Davis
Oxford University, United Kingdom
2007
Todd L. Lowary
University of Alberta, Canada
2005
Peter H. Seeberger
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland
2003
Geert-Jan Boons
University of Georgia, USA
2001
Laura L. Kiessling
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA