This award recognizes individuals in the instrumentation and laboratory supply industries who, through their entrepreneurship and/or innovations, have provided scientists and technologists with the tools needed for discovery.

Fasha Mahjoor is an architect, entrepreneur, visionary, and philanthropist who designs cultures of innovation that lead his scientific companies down the paths of transformative and explosive success.

Mahjoor was the founder and CEO of Phenomenex and CEO of Phenova and InventX, with subsidiaries in 16 countries and 75 distributors and partners around the world. With no background in chemistry, he nevertheless built leading companies in the chromatography world through research and development in manufacturing, and delivering products and customer service to the highest standard of quality.