We’re incredibly proud to congratulate the remarkable recipients of the ILS Early Career Award 2025. This achievement reflects not just your talent and dedication, but the passion, curiosity, and drive you bring to your work every day.
It’s truly an inspiration for all us.
We’re celebrating your success with genuine joy and admiration. May this award be just the beginning of many exciting milestones in a career full of discovery, innovation, and impact.
Congratulations — keep up the great work!
On behalf of the whole Lipidomics Society
Kim

From Left to Right:
- Dr. Kim Ekroos, Esbo, Finland – President of the International Lipidomics Society
- Johanna Schubarth is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics at Leipzig University in Germany. She received the award for her conference contribution, ‘Detection Limits of Oxidized Bulk Phospholipids in Biological Samples Using Conventional Matrices and 1-Pyrenebutyric Hydrazide in MALDI-TOF MS’.
- Yasmin Kadyrbekova is a PhD candidate in the Holčapek Mass Spectrometry Group at the University of Pardubice in the Czech Republic. She won the award for her conference contribution, ‘Quantitative Analysis of Monohydroxy Sterols and Vitamin E in Human Plasma Combining Derivatization and RP-UHPLC/MS/MS in Negative Ion Mode’ homepage
Michal’s group: https://holcapek.upce.cz/ - Dr. Carlos Canez is a postdoctoral researcher in Liang Li’s group at the University of Alberta in Canada. He received the award for his conference contribution, ’Lipid CAT: An Open-Access, User-friendly Contaminant Annotation Tool for MS-Based Lipidomics Workflows’.
- Prof. Óscar Pastor Rojo, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal Madrid, Spain – Conference Organizer