Professor Evangelos Tsotsas, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg (OVGU), Germany, is the 2010 recipient of the Excellence in Drying Research Award, recognizing individual’s career achievements and contributions to drying.
The award was presented at the 17th International Drying Symposium IDS 2010 held at the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg (OVGU) from Oktober, 3–6, 2010 and was sponsored by the ProcessNet-Fachausschuss Trocknungstechnik (German Working Party on Drying).
Professor Tsotsas is full professor and holder of the Chair for Thermal Process Engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and, since its foundation in July 1998, at the Faculty of Process and Systems Engineering of the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg. He is chairman of the European Federation of Chemical Engineers (EFCE) Working Party on Drying (WPD), Elected reviewer of the German Research Association (DFG) for Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering, and editor of the book sereies Modern Drying Technology (5 volumes, Wiley/VCH).
