Priit Väljamäe, Associate Professor of General and Microbial Biochemistry at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, was awarded a research prize of 20,000 euros.
The Estonian government confirmed this year's state research award laureates. Seven researchers from the University of Tartu received the annual award for the best research completed and published in the previous four years.:
Ingrid Rüütel and Ene-Margit Tiit received Lifetime Achievement Award of 40,000 euros for long-term successful research and development work.
Priit Väljamäe's CV in the Estonian Scientific Information System and list of publications (according to Google Scholar)
Website of the IMCB Cellulose research group.
Referenced from the article published on the website of the Ministry of Education and Research (in Estonian)
Photo in the header: the key members of the IMCB cellulose research group, left to right: Priit Väljamäe, Silja Kuusk, Jürgen Jalak. Photo: Andres Tennus / University of Tartu.