2007: Dr Dana Small, The John B. Pierce Laboratory, New Haven, USA
2006: Dr. Barbara Cerf-Ducastel, San Diego State University, USA
2005: No Award given
2004: Dr Andrea Karin Büttner, Technical University Munich, Garching, Germany
2003: No Award given
2002: Dr Thomas Hofmann, University of Münster, Germany
2001: Dr Peter Mombaerts, The Rockefeller University, New York, USA
2000: Dr Paul A.S. Breslin, Monell Institute, Philadelphia, USA