Lifetime Achievement Awards at ICPP-11

Lifetime Achievement Awards at ICPP-11 in 2020

(presented in 2021)

Dr Tayyaba Hasan, IPA Board member and past president, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (SPP) for her contributions to biomedical applications of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines. This Thomas Dougherty Award for Excellence in PDT (Sponsored by Roswell Park Cancer Institute) and was presented on July 1, 2021 during the ICPP-11 virtual conference.

About the award: This biannual award recognizes lifetime achievement for a scientist in the field and is presented by the International Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines. It takes its name from Dr. Thomas J. Dougherty, an international pioneer in photodynamic therapy, who launched the first PDT lab at Roswell Park in the 1980s. There have been only 6 winners of this award prior to Dr Hasan since the award inception.

Other Lifetime Achievement Awards

Five Scientists were honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards at ICPP-11 in 2020. The names of the awards and people to be recognized in Buffalo are listed below, followed by the names of the award winners at previous meetings.

New Award Winners

Robert Burns Woodward Career Award in Porphyrin Chemistry
2020 (at ICPP-11) Brian M. Hoffman

Hans Fischer Career Award in Porphyrin Chemistry
2020 (at ICPP-11) Dongho Kim

Linstead Career Award in Phthalocyanine Chemistry
2020 (at ICPP-11) Tebello Nyokong

Eraldo Antonini Award
2020 (at ICPP-11) Frances Ann Walker

Thomas Dougherty Award for Excellence in PDT
2020 (at ICPP-11) Tayyaba Hasan

For more information visit the SPP.