The finalists 2022

Meet the finalists for the 2022 European Inventor Award. We will reveal the winners in each category below and the Lifetime achievement laureate at the livestream ceremony on 21 June at 12.00 hrs CEST.

Industry

• Frank Herre, Hans-Georg Fritz, Timo Beyl, Marcus Kleiner and Benjamin Wöhr (DE)
  Revolutionary no-waste car body paint system

• Jaan Leis, Mati Arulepp, and Anti Perkson (EE)
  Superior carbon-based materials for ultracapacitors

• Frédérick Pasternak (FR)
  Unlocking next-gen weather forecasts and climate models

Research

• Elena García Armada (ES)
  World’s first adaptable robotic exoskeleton for children

• Claude Grison (FR)
  Decontaminating polluted soils with metal-eating plants

• Johan Martens, Tom Bosserez and Jan Rongé (BE)
  Green hydrogen from sunlight and air

Non-EPO countries

• Donald Sadoway (CA/US)
  Liquid metal batteries for storing renewable energy

• Ido Sella and Shimrit Perkol-Finkel † (IL)
  Concrete technology to encourage marine biodiversity

• Marco Stampanoni (CH), Zhentian Wang and team (CN)
  Phase-contrast X-ray imaging for advanced breast cancer screening

Small and medium-sized enterprises

• Nuno Correia, Carla Gomes and team (PT)
  Floating solar farm mooring system that tracks the sun

• Madiha Derouazi (CH), Elodie Belnoue (FR) and team
  Therapeutic vaccine platform to treat cancer

• Nuria Espallargas (ES) and Fahmi Mubarok (ID)
  Ground breaking spray-on ceramic coatings

• Joachim Fiedler (DE)
  Fun, strong fasteners for quick release