Alexandra Ter Halle | Environmental Data Analysis | Research Excellence Award

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Dr. Alexandra Ter Halle | Environmental Data Analysis | Research Excellence Award

Laboratoire Softmat | France

Alexandra ter Halle is a distinguished French researcher specializing in the environmental fate and impact of microplastics and nanoplastics. She holds a PhD from Université Lyon 1 (2000) and an Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches from Université Blaise Pascal (2008). Since 2004, she has been a Chargée de Recherche at CNRS, currently affiliated with the IMRCP laboratory in Toulouse. Over her career, she has authored 90 peer-reviewed publications, secured 6 patents (PCT extensions), delivered numerous invited talks, and supervised over 50 students, postdocs, and visiting researchers. Her work focuses on the characterization, degradation, and ecological implications of plastic debris in marine and freshwater environments, including pioneering studies on the nanoplastic fraction of marine litter. Ter Halle has led and coordinated multiple national and international research projects, including the Expédition 7ème Continent and programs funded by ANR, Air Liquide Foundation, and European initiatives. She actively contributes to scientific advisory boards, such as the Fondation de la Mer and GDR “Plastique Environnement et Santé.” Her research has garnered significant recognition, reflected in an h-index of 36, over 6,607 citations, and coverage by 5,162 documents, underscoring her influence in the field of environmental science and marine pollution.

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Featured Publications

(2026). Py-GC-MS/MS quantification of microplastics in vertebrate tissues: Addressing false positives of polyethylene. Journal of Hazardous Materials.

(2025). Concentration gradient of plastic debris larger than 500 μm detected across the Southwest Indian Ocean. Scientific Reports.

(2025). A membrane cascade for size-based separation and concentration of nanoplastics in environmental waters. Separation and Purification Technology.

(2025). Modeling fouling kinetics for experiments with transmission varying during filtration. Journal of Membrane Science.

(2025). Unveiling marine plastic degraders through DNA-stable isotope probing. Journal of Hazardous Materials.

Eva Ternon | Environmental Data Analysis | Best Researcher Award

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Mrs. Eva Ternon | Environmental Data Analysis | Best Researcher Award

CNRS/Laboratory of Oceanography of Villefranche | France

Dr . Eva Ternon is a chemical oceanographer and natural‑products chemist whose work spans atmospheric deposition, seawater biogeochemistry and the chemical ecology of harmful microalgae. After obtaining her PhD on atmospheric deposition in the Mediterranean Sea at the Laboratory of Oceanography of Villefranche (LOV), she held positions in France, the USA and Monaco, working on topics such as algicidal compounds, benthic organism chemistry and toxin‑producing dinoflagellates. In October 2024 she secured a permanent CNRS researcher position at LOV after ranking 1st/120 in the national contest for the “Science to Society” section. Her current research focuses on the chemical ecology of toxic dinoflagellates (particularly Ostreopsis cf. ovata), aerosols of phycotoxins, mucus‑mediated microalgal interactions and discovery of novel toxin families. She has published around 27 peer‑reviewed documents (14 as 1st or 2nd author), been cited ~493 times by ~402 documents, and holds an approximate h‑index of 13. She leads major projects including a MSCA Global Fellowship and H2020 CHEMICROS. Her discoveries of two new toxin families earned her the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropole Entrepreneurship Award in 2022, and she was among the interviewees for an ERC CoG call in 2024. With her dual expertise and interdisciplinary trajectory, she is advancing our understanding of how external drivers and chemical interactions shape harmful algal blooms and air‑sea toxin transfer.

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Featured Publications

Alexander, K. L., Naman, C. B., Iwasaki, A., Mangoni, A., Leao, T., Reher, R., Petras, D., Kim, H., Ternon, E., Caro-Diaz, E. J. E., et al. (2025). “Fatuamide A, a Hybrid PKS/NRPS Metallophore from a Leptolyngbya sp. Marine Cyanobacterium Collected in American Samoa.” Journal of Natural Products.

Ternon, E., Dinasquet, J., Cancelada, L., Rico, B., Moore, A., Trytten, E., Prather, K. A., Gerwick, W. H., & Lemée, R. (2024). “Sea-Air Transfer of Ostreopsis Phycotoxins Is Driven by the Chemical Diversity of the Particulate Fraction in the Surface Microlayer.” Environmental Science & Technology.

Fleming, L. E., Landrigan, P. J., Ashford, O. S., Whitman, E. M., Swift, A., Gerwick, W. H., Heymans, J. J., Hicks, C. C., Morrissey, K., White, M. P., et al. (2024). “Enhancing Human Health and Wellbeing through Sustainably and Equitably Unlocking a Healthy Ocean’s Potential.” Annals of Global Health.

Lanceleur, R., Gémin, M.-P., Blier, A.-L., Meslier, L., Réveillon, D., Amzil, Z., Ternon, E., Thomas, O. P., & Fessard, V. (2024). “Toxic Responses of Metabolites Produced by Ostreopsis cf. ovata on a Panel of Cell Types.” Toxicon.

Skelton, Z. R., McCormick, L. R., Kwan, G. T., Lonthair, J., Neira, C., Clements, S. M., Martz, T. R., Bresnahan, P. J., Send, U., Giddings, S. N., et al. (2024). “Organismal Responses to Deteriorating Water Quality during the Historic 2020 Red Tide off Southern California.” Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene.

Kiyoshi Nokihara |  Diagnostic Analytics | Pioneer Researcher Award

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Prof. Dr. Kiyoshi Nokihara |  Diagnostic Analytics | Pioneer Researcher Award

Hipep Laboratories | Japan

Kiyoshi Nokihara is a distinguished biomedical scientist whose career spans organic chemistry, peptide-protein science and bio-detection instrumentation. After his initial studies in Tokyo, he conducted research in Germany at the Deutsches Wollforschungs­institut an der Technischen Hochschule Aachen (1974-79) focusing on the chemistry and biology of biomolecules such as insulin, followed by work in the U.S. with Finnegan Inc. in Silicon Valley on mass spectrometry of biomolecules. He returned to Japan to investigate brain-gastrointestinal and neuro-peptides as Assistant Professor at the Shizuoka Prefectural University. Subsequent roles included Visiting Professor at the University of Heidelberg (via the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) and R&D leadership at Shimadzu Corporation leading the Life Science Center, where his team received a national award from the Japanese Agency of Science and Technology. In 2002 he founded HiPep Laboratories as CEO & CSO to develop novel biodetection systems, and since 2017 he holds a Professor position at the First School of Clinical Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University (China). With over 119 publications, more than ~3,365 citations (according to ResearchGate) and numerous patent applications (130+), his research interests include peptide-protein recognition, structural biology, combinatorial chemistry, immunochemistry, instrumentation and drug-discovery technologies. His work has been recognized by multiple awards and national projects for innovation in life-science instrumentation and biomedical applications. In sum, Dr. Nokihara’s career bridges academic discovery, applied instrumentation and entrepreneurial innovation in peptide/bio-molecular sciences.

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Featured Publications

Kiyoshi Nokihara (2025). Development of a new biodetection system independent of known marker molecules using a novel material for microarrays made from amorphous carbon substrates. Analytical Methods.

Kiyoshi Nokihara. Construction of cyclic peptide libraries immobilized on gel-type supports for screening towards discovery of interacting peptides. Book Chapter.

Kiyoshi Nokihara (2024). A high-throughput sequence determination for one cyclic peptide immobilized on a single bead by the one-pot cyanidation followed by MALDI-TOF–MS/MS for discovery of interacting peptides. Analytical Sciences.

Kiyoshi Nokihara (2023). A novel cyclic peptide library immobilized on gel-type beads focusing on rapid construction and characterization for comprehensive drug discovery. Chemical Biology and Drug Design.

Kiyoshi Nokihara (2022). Investigation of the behaviors of molecules exhibiting angiogenic actions. International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics.

Kiyoshi Nokihara (2020). Improved design of peptides exhibiting angiogenic activities for clinical applications. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry.