Student Awards

The aim of the student awards is to encourage high-quality work amongst young researchers.
The awards are bestowed, live, during the EUBCE 2026 closing session to select matriculated students who made significant contributions to remarkable biomass research.

The EUBCE Scientific Committee may nominate up to 6 awardees, for each conference topic.

Student Awards Coordinator
Dr. Nicolae Scarlat
European Commission, Joint Research Centre EUBCE Technical Programme Chair

EUBCE 2026
Student Awardee Presentations

Etienne de Chambost

CEA
France

1BO.1.2 | Integrating Biomass Supply Curves into an Energy System Model: Are European Sustainable Aviation Fuel Targets Reasonably Achievable? icona read more
Maryam Karrar

Politecnico di Torino
Italy

2CV.10.9 | Defining Embodied Emissions for a Concentrated Solar System in the Framework of the PYSOLO Project icona read more
Niels Blokhuis

Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University
The Netherlands

3BO.12.3 | Flexible Bioelectricity as Balancing Service in a 100% Renewable Electricity System - A Case Study on the Island of Sicily in 2050 icona read more
Francesco Pietramale

CR ENEA Trisaia, DIAM University of Calabria
Italy

4BO.13.2 | Biomass Gasification for H2 Production: In-bed Syngas upgrading with Enhanced Dolomite icona read more
Fatemeh Rajaee

LUT University
Finland

DP.1.3 | Flexible Power-and-Biomass-to-X (PBtX) System Integrating Reversible Solid Oxide icona read more
Fernanda Perpétua Casciatori

Federal University of São Carlos, UFSCar
Brazil

6AO.3.1 | Intensified Production of Enzymes for Biofuels by Solid-State Fermentation: From the Bioreactor to the Formulation icona read more

EUBCE 2025
Student Awards photos