Dr. ZHAO Da (Supervisor: Professor Xie Zuowei) has been awarded the Springer Thesis Prize 2015 and his research work with title “Functionalization of Carborane via Carboryne Intermediates” will be published in the Springer Theses series that brings together a selection of the very best PhD theses from around the world. A world-renowned publisher, Springer, is the world’s largest book and second-largest journal publisher worldwide.