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CCDC scientist awarded prestigious BACG Young Scientists Award - EurekAlert


We are pleased to announce that Dr Pietro Sacchi, Research and Application Scientist at the CCDC, has been awarded the British Association for Crystal Growth (BACG) Young Scientists Award for his exceptional research on the HIV drug ritonavir. The BACG Young Scientists Award is granted annually to a candidate who has made the most significant advance in the understanding of the theory, practice, or characterization of crystal growth processes, as published in the scientific literature over the previous three years. Pietro’s former PhD supervisor, Professor Aurora Cruz-Cabeza, Durham University, nominated him for this award based on his ground-breaking paper, Crystal Size, Shape, and Conformational Changes Drive Both the Disappearance and Reappearance of Ritonavir Polymorphs in the Mill.

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