IWA/ ISME Bio Cluster Award

To recognise and celebrate the importance and impact of interdisciplinary research at the interface of microbial ecology and water/wastewater treatment the IWA/ISME BioCluster has created the IWA/ISME Bio Cluster Award.

Winners of the ISME/IWA BioCluster award 2022

Grand Prize

Prof. Jizhong Zhou

University of Oklahoma, USA

Rising Star Prize

Dr Christopher E. Lawson

University of Toronto, Canada

Winners of the ISME/IWA BioCluster award 2020

Grand Prize

Prof. Tom Curtis

Newcastle University, UK

Rising Star Prize

Dr Fangqiong Ling

Washington University – St Louis, USA

Winners of the ISME/IWA BioCluster award 2018

Grand Prize

Prof. dr. Wen-Tso Liu

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Grand Prize

Prof. dr. Katherine McMahon

University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA

Rising-Star Prize 

Dr. Ameet J. Pinto

Northeastern University, USA

Winners of the ISME/IWA BioCluster award 2016

Latest Updates

January 22, 2024
Pictured above: Award winners at the Opening Ceremony of the IWA 2022 World Water Congress & Exhibition, left to right: Kala Vairavamoorthy – IWA Exec...
January 19, 2024
Registration is now open for the highly anticipated World Water Congress & Exhibition 2024. This global event covering the entire water cycle will be held o...
January 17, 2024
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December 11, 2023
In the cover image, left to right: Tom Mollenkopf (IWA President) Dr Doulaye Kone, (Winner for Practice), Dr Veena Srinivasan (Winner for Research), Kala Vairav...