Competent jury decided that award in memory of Dr. Emil Benatov 2018 in Bulgaria goes to Stefan Dochev, a doctoral student at the Technical University of Vienna for the applied research PROCESS FOR THE SELECTIVE OXIDATION OF 5-HYDROXYMETHYLFURFURAL (European patent No. EP 3157910 B1 dated 14.03.2018). Congratulations to the winner and we wish him more scientific achievements!