CBMS Young Innovator Award
This award, sponsored by the Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society (CBMS), recognizes the contributions of an individual in the early career stage of their independent career. Typically this will be within 10 years of completing their PhD, but appropriate consideration will be given to those who have taken a career break or followed a different study path.

Nomination Process
Nominations may be made by anyone and must be sent via email to awards@microtas2025.org (self-nominations will be accepted) and must include the following items:

• Two-page CV for the nominee (indicating the PhD defense and career breaks) with publication list/ research achievements.
• Letter of recommendation (from nominator) or a letter from the nominee (for self nomination) with the candidate's accomplishments and why the award is deserved.

Deadline for nomination: 31 July 2025

Selection Process
The Award winner will be selected by a committee of individuals consisting of the sponsor, current chair of MicroTAS (or their designate), the previous chair of MicroTAS, member's from CBMS.

Winner Will Receive

• $2000 Honorarium
• Certificate recognizing the winner

Awardee will be required to give a short lecture during the conference.

Past Winners

MicroTAS 2023 Conference, Katowice, POLAND
Govind Kaigala, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CANADA

MicroTAS 2022 Conference, Online
Professor Radha Boya, University of Manchester, UK

MicroTAS 2021 Conference, Palm Springs, USA
Professor Robbyn K. Anand, Iowa State University, USA

MicroTAS 2020 Conference, Online
Professor Jianping Fu, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

MicroTAS 2019 Conference, Basel, SWITZERLAND
Professor Keisuke Goda, University of Tokyo, JAPAN

MicroTAS 2018 Conference, Kaohsiung, TAIWAN
Dr. Sunitha Nagrath, University of Michigan, USA

MicroTAS 2017 Conference, Savannah, Georgia, USA
Tony Jun Huang, Duke University, USA

MicroTAS 2016 Conference, Dublin, IRELAND
D. Dan Huh, University of Pennsylvania, USA

MicroTAS 2015 Conference, Gyeongju, KOREA
Shoji Takeuchi, The University of Tokyo, JAPAN

MicroTAS 2014 Conference, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Professor Dino Di Carlo, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

MicroTAS 2013 Conference, Freiburg, GERMANY
Hang Lu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

MicroTAS 2012 Conference, Okinawa JAPAN
Amy E. Herr, University of California, Berkeley, USA

MicroTAS 2011 Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA
Aaron Wheeler, University of Toronto, CANADA

MicroTAS 2010 Conference, Groningen, THE NETHERLANDS
Daniel Chiu, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

MicroTAS 2009 Conference, ICC Jeju, Jeju, Korea
Dr. Jongyoon Han, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

MicroTAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, California, USA
Joel Voldman, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA