The S.P.R.I Science Award

The S.P.R.I. Science Award was instituted in 1986. The purpose of the award is to promote science and technology in sucrose processing and production. The award is offered biennially to an outstanding scientist whose research and development accomplishments have been distinguished by their originality and by their contribution to the sucrose processing and production industry.

In 2002 the Science Award was combined with the Industrial Technology Award to create the SPRI Science and Technology Award.

The winner is chosen by an award committee consisting of three members, two from a university and/or sugar research institute, and one from a sugar processing and production company, who serves as the committee chair.

The award consists of a cash honorarium, a plaque and travel expenses.

Winners of the S.P.R.I. Science & Technology Award and Lectures

2010 Giuseppe Vaccari, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

"Sugar Crystal: A Chameleon"

2008 Mary An Godshall, Sugar Processing Research Institute, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

"Recurring Themes in Sugar Research"

2006 Mike Kearney, Amalgamated Research Inc., Twin Falls, Idaho, USA

"Engineered Symmetries Force Process Efficiencies"

2004 Prof. Mohamed Mathlouthi, Universite de Reims, Faculte des Sciences, Reims Cedex, France

"Water-Sucrose Interactions, The Quality of Crystals and The Storage Stability of White Sugar"

2002 Benjamin L. Legendre, LSU Ag Center Research & Extension, St. Gabriel, Louisiana, USA

"The Quest for Quality in Louisiana Sugarcane and Sugar"

Winners of the S.P.R.I. Science Award and Lectures

2000 Jean-François Thibault, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Nantes, France

"New Ways to Add Value to Sugar Beet Pulp"

1998 Markwart Kunz., Südzucker AG, Mannheim/Ochsenfurt, Germany

"Sucrose - Raw Material for Chemistry and Biochemistry"

1996 Pascal A. Christodoulou, Hellenic Sugar Industry, Thessaloniki, Greece

"Energy Economy Optimization in the Separation Processes of Sucrose-Water and Non-Sugars"

1994 Frieder W. Lichtenthaler, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Technical University of Darmtadt, Germany

"Computer Simulation of Chemical and Biological Properties of Sucrose, the Cyclodextrins and Amylose"

1992 Riaz Khan, Poly-Bios, Trieste, Italy

"Chemical and Enzymic Transformations of Sucrose"

1990 Giorgio Mantovani, University of Ferrara, Italy

"Growth and Morphology of the Sucrose Crystal"

1988 Leslie Hough, King's College London, (KQC), Department of Chemistry, Kensington, London

"Sucrose, Sweetness and Sucralose"

1986 Andrew VanHook, Chemistry Department, Holy Cross College, Worcester, Massachusetts

"Events in Sugar Crystallization"