Coblentz Society Craver Award
Boris Mizaikoff, University of Ulm, Germany

The Coblentz Society has created an award to recognize young individuals who have made significant contributions in applied analytical vibrational spectroscopy.
The Craver Award is presented annually to an outstanding young molecular spectroscopist whose efforts are in the area of applied analytical vibrational spectroscopy. The candidate must be under the age of 45 on January 1^st of the year of the award. The work may include any aspect of infrared (NIR, MIR, or Far), and/or THz, and/or Raman spectroscopy in applied analytical vibrational spectroscopy. The nominees may come from an academic, government lab, or industrial backgrounds. Click here for information on the Coblentz Society Craver Award.

The Coblentz Society is pleased to announce that Dr. Boris Mizaikoff, Chaired Professor of the Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, University of Ulm, Germany has been selected as the recipient of the 2010 Craver Award. In 2006, The Coblentz Society created an award to recognize the efforts of young professional spectroscopists that have made significant contributions in applied analytical vibrational spectroscopy. The Society has named this award for Clara D. Craver in recognition of her pioneering efforts in promoting the practice of infrared vibrational spectroscopy and her many years of service to the Coblentz Society. Further, the Craver Award is the Society’s complement of its prestigious 'Coblentz Award' that recognizes young spectroscopists for efforts in fundamental aspects of vibrational spectroscopy. This award is presented to Professor Mizaikoff in recognition of his recent work in the development, miniaturization, and application of mid-infrared optical chemo-biosensors, and for opening up new frontiers in nano-sensing technologies.

Dr. Boris Mizaikoff received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry at the Vienna University of Technology in 1996. Heading the Chemical Sensor Laboratory (CSL) he has been responsible for numerous research projects in the field of chemical IR sensors, including 4 multinational projects funded by the European Union. In 1997, he has been with the University of Texas, Austin/USA as a postdoctoral fellow. In October 2000 he finalized his Habilitation (Assoc. Prof. for Analytical Chemistry) at the Vienna University of Technology. Since Fall 2000 he was faculty member at the Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, heading the Applied Sensors Laboratory (ASL). Since 2004 he was Director of the Focused Ion Beam Center (FIB2 Center) at Georgia Tech, and since 2005 member of the Center for Cell and Molecular Signaling at Emory University, School of Physiology. In Fall 2007, he has joined the faculty at the University of Ulm, Germany, as a Chaired Professor heading the Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. Today, his research interests focus on optical sensors, biosensors, and biomimetic sensors operating in the mid-infrared spectral range, applications of novel IR light sources (e.g., quantum cascade lasers), system miniaturization and integration based on micro- and nanofabrication, multifunctional scanning nanoprobes (e.g., combination AFM-IR and AFM-SECM-IR), scanning probe tip integrated nano(bio)sensors, focused ion beam (FIB) microscopy, development of chemical recognition interfaces for separation and sensing applications (e.g., molecularly templated materials), chemometric data evaluation, advanced vibrational spectroscopic techniques (e.g., SEIRA), environmental analytical chemistry, process analytical chemistry, and biomedical diagnostics. Dr. Mizaikoff is author/co-author of over 130 peer-reviewed publications, 14 patents, and numerous invited contributions at scientific conferences.

The Craver Award will be presented at the 2010 FACSS Conference to be held in Raleigh, NC October 17-21 at the Raleigh Convention Center. Professor Mizaikoff will present the Coblentz Society’s Craver Award Plenary Lecture in Applied Vibrational Spectroscopy and a separate half-day award symposium of six invited presentations will be held following his lecture at this conference.

Previous Recipients

2007 Katherine Bakeev
2008 John C. Conboy
2009 Takeshi Hasagawa

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