SensNews June 2020

5 Sensor100 2020 Royal Society of Chemistry Awards Robert Boyle Prize in Analytical Chemistry to Prof. Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh As a multidisciplinary researcher, Professor Kalantar-Zadeh has worked on a variety of different scientific topics that resulted in new, innovative pollution sensors, tran- sistors, medical devices and optical systems. Many of these devices are now commer- cially available and have impacted the lives of people worldwide, with products using this science including reactors for the deposition of atomically thin electronic materi- als, highly sensitive immunosensors and new materials for smart windows. Additionally, several of his innovations are now in the final stages of commercialisa- tion, such as ingestible gas sensing capsules which are used for diagnosing gut disor- ders. He has always been proud of the students and postdoctoral fellows that he has trained and worked with and is grateful to UNSW for providing the infrastructure and support for establishing a high-profile multidisciplinary research centre to sup- port his group members.With the help of group members, colleagues and the sup- port from the university, Professor Kalantar-Zadeh has always endeavoured to create new innovative concepts to positively impact people’s lives. RSCAwardWinners 2020