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ESAO AWARDEES

We are proud to celebrate the outstanding achievements of the researchers, clinicians, and innovators recognized with awards at the ESAO Congress. This page honors their contributions to advancing the field and highlights the talent and dedication shaping the future of artificial organs and related technologies.


Emil-Bücherl Award

Birgit Glasmacher - for Lifetime Achievement

ESAO SAGE-Research Award

Isabell Esslinger - Charité University Hospital Berlin, Germany

Platelet Adhesion on Modified Titanium Surfaces: Effects of Surface Roughness, Zeta Potential, and Coatings for Continuous-Flow Ventricular Assist Devices

Best Oral Presentation

Bettina Wiegmann - Hannover Medical School

Biohybrid lung architectures beyond hollow fibers: TPMS membranes for hemocompatible and implantable respiratory support

Best Poster

Avishka Wickramarachchi - Queensland University of Technology, Australia

An In-Silico Assessment of Left Atrial Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (LA-VA ECMO)

ESAO PhD Award

Nina Langer

Evaluation of Device-Based Treatment Options for Patients with Heart Failure with

Preserved Ejection Fraction
Monash University, Australia

Avishka Wickramarachchi

Evaluation of Cannula Flow Dynamics During

Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane

Oxygenation
Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Michaela Orlitová

DRIVING THE FLOW

Unveiling the Right Ventricle’s

Role in Lung Transplantation

From Physiology to Mechanical Support
KU Leuven, Belgium

Ana Martins Costa

RENOX: A NOVEL ARTIFICIAL LUNG DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED KIDNEY SUPPORT

University of Twente, The Netherlands

yESAO Exchange Award

Minu Bahrami (University of Bath, United Kingdom)

& Twan Bakker (Linköping University, Sweden)

Rosemarie Schoefbeck (University of Porto, Portugal)

& Isabell Esslinger (Charité University Hospital Berlin, Germany)