1. The Sheldon K. Friedlander Award
American Association for Aerosol Research

2. This award honors professor Sheldon Friedlander for his leadership as a researcher, teacher, and pioneer in aerosol science.
The Sheldon K. Friedlander Award “recognizes an outstanding dissertation by an individual who has earned a doctoral degree. The dissertation can be in any discipline in the physical, biomedical, or engineering sciences but has to be in a field of aerosol science and technology”.

3. The recipient was nominated by
Sotiris E. Pratsinis
Seconded by
Alfons Baiker
Sean C. Garrick
Lutz Mädler
Louis Schlapbach

4. 2008 Recipient of the Sheldon K. Friedlander Award
Reto Strobel, Ph.D.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
(ETH Zürich)
Dr. Strobel performed outstanding dissertation research by discovering a new route for one-step synthesis of supported noble metal clusters on ceramic particles for heterogeneous catalysts using flame aerosol technology.
“..original masterpiece that makes pioneering and brilliant contributions to both aerosol formation technology and catalysis.”
Nineteen refereed papers and one patent application
Photo of
Reto Strobel;