Meyer Galow Foundation for Business Chemistry

Science and Aesthetics

This sculpture by the sculptor Günter Steinmann will be presented to all award winners. It translates creative activity into artistic design language and thus creates a lasting symbol.

The founder

Professor Dr. In his professional life, Erhard Meyer-Galow has mainly worked at the interface between chemistry and the market. That is why business chemistry runs like a red thread through his professional work. During his time as President of the GDCh in 1998/1999, Professor Meyer-Galow campaigned particularly for the establishment of the "Vereinigung Chemie und Wirtschaft (VCW)" in the GDCh and for the establishment of a "Business Chemistry" course at German universities. In order to accelerate this course of study, HÜLS AG established the endowed professorship "Business Administration for Natural Sciences, especially Chemistry" at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster for a period of five years for a period of five years under his leadership. This chair was the first of its kind in Germany and continues to train business chemists very successfully to this day. The founder himself gave lectures on "Business Chemistry in the Chemical Industry" at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster for many years. Prof. Dr. Erhard Meyer-Galow was appointed honorary professor on July 28, 1998 and received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon on October 20, 1998 for his diverse achievements.

The Foundation

To further promote business chemistry, especially from the point of view of sustainability and the need for chemical products or processes with high value for our society, he founded the " Meyer - Galow Foundation for Business Chemistry", whose task is the annual award of the "Meyer-Galow -Price for Business Chemistry "is. The foundation is administered by the GDCh in accordance with the decision of the board of the German Chemical Society eV on March 5, 2012. Endowments are welcome and welcome.

The Meyer-Galow Award for Business Chemistry

The prize is endowed with 10,000 euros.

It is awarded to people who - alone or with a team - have successfully introduced a current innovation in chemistry to the market in German-speaking countries. It can be a product or a process. The invention that is brought to innovation can, but does not have to, come from himself. However, he should be the driving force for implementation in the market.

The award awardee proves to be worthy in particular if he or she

 

• has introduced an innovation to the market that largely takes sustainability into account,
• has introduced an innovation to the market that means a special necessary value for society ("must have" and not "nice to have"!)
• is a mature personality and enjoys a high level of human esteem among employees, colleagues, superiors and in business relationships. The management style is characterized by a particularly high degree of empathy.

2021 - Drs. Götz Baumgarten, Axel Kobus and Jörg Balster, Evonik Operations GmbH

Drs. Götz Baumgarten, Axel Kobus and Jörg Balster, Evonik Operations GmbH, convinced the foundation advisory board with their development of the hollow-fiber membranes made from polyimides known under the brand name SEPURAN. Within a very short time, they and their team managed to develop and market a gas separation membrane that is the leading biogas upgrading technology today.

2016 - dr Thorsten Bartels, Boris Eisenberg, Dr. Klaus Schimossek, Dr. Torsten Stoehr, EVONIK

2015 - dr Andreas Lutz and Dr. Stefan Schmatloch, DOW

2014 - dr Michael Heckmeier, Dr. Harold Hirschmann, Dr. Sang-Kyu Lee, Dr. Roman Maisch, Merck KGaA

The Board of Trustees

The work to fulfill the purpose of the foundation is carried out by an advisory board. In addition to the founder, the following should be represented on this board of trustees:

 

• the Chemical and Economic Association (VCW) in the GDCh
• the representatives of industry on the GDCh Board
• a university teacher for business chemistry

Current members of the Board of Trustees are

Prof. Dr. Erhard MEYER-GALOW, Essen (founder and chairman of the foundation)
dr Felix MÜLLER, vonik Industries AG, Essen (Secretary of the Foundation)
dr Matthias URMANN, Sanofi/Frankfurt am Main
Prof. Michael DRÖSCHER, Dorsten
dr Martin VOLLMER, BMI Group/United Kingdom
dr Carla SEIDEL, BASF/Ludwigshafen
Professor Jens LEKER, Munster

Nomination Guidelines

The nomination must be accompanied by the following documents:

• Brief meaningful justification by the proposer(s) (1 page)

• Curriculum vitae of the nominee (1 page)

• Description of the innovation by the nominee (1 page)

• The nomination is to be sent to the foundation secretary Dr. Felix Müller to felix.mueller@evonik.com.

• to the tender documents