Adolf von Baeyer commemorative medal

Subject: organic chemistry
Consists of: 7,500 euros, gold medal, certificate
First awarded: 1911
Awarded in: Odd years

The Adolf von Baeyer Commemorative Medal is awarded to scientists for outstanding work in the field of organic chemistry. The prize was donated by Carl Duisberg in 1910 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the lecturer and the 75th birthday of his teacher Adolf von Baeyer. The GDCh has been awarding this award since 1949. It was initially financed by Bayer AG and later by a special fund of the GDCh. The namesake Adolf von Baeyer is one of the most important chemists of his time and was honored with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1905 for the synthesis of indigo and triphenylmethane dyes.

awardee 2025 - Armido Studer, University of Münster

Professor Armido Studer is the awardee of the 2025 Adolf von Baeyer Memorial Medal. Armido Studer is one of the world's leading scientists in the field of organic chemistry and has significantly shaped radical chemistry over the past twenty years. In his early work, he recognized the potential of persistent radicals for radical-radical cross-coupling reactions. In current research projects, he has expanded the application of TEMPO radicals as single-electron oxidants and established the innovative field of NHC catalysis (N-heterocyclic carbenes). His high international visibility is reflected, among other things, in numerous publications in renowned journals.

The prize will be awarded at the GDCh Award Dinner as part of the Science Forum Chemistry on September 29, 2025.

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Distinguished people since 1911

2025	Armido Studer, University of Münster
2023	Rainer Herges, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel
2019	Frank Würthner, Würzburg
2017	Peter R. Schreiner, Gießen
2015	Carsten Bolm, Aachen
2013	Klaus Müllen, Mainz
2011	François Diederich, Zurich/Switzerland
2009	Gerhard Erker, Münster
2007	Wolfram Sander, Bochum
2005	Armin de Meijere, Göttingen
2003	Fritz Vögtle, Bonn
2001	Dieter Hoppe, Münster
1999	Manfred Regitz, Kaiserslautern
1996	Henning Hopf, Braunschweig
1994	Rolf Gleiter, Heidelberg
1991	Günther Maier, Gießen
1989	Horst Prinzbach, Freiburg
1987	Wolfgang Kirmse, Bochum
1986	Paul von Ragué Schleyer, Erlangen
1985	Wolfgang Richard Roth, Bochum
1983	Christoph Rüchardt, Freiburg
1980	Klaus Hafner, Darmstadt
1979	Heinz A. Staab, Heidelberg
1978	Rudolf Wiechert, Berlin
1975	Hans Albert Offe, Wuppertal-Elberfeld
1971	Eugen Müller, Tübingen
1968	Otto Scherer, Frankfurt a. M.
1967	Siegfried Hünig, Würzburg
1965	Franz Sondheimer, Cambridge/UK
1963	Otto Roelen, Oberhausen-Holten
1961	John Eggert, Zurich/Switzerland
1960	Erich Haack, Mannheim Fritz Lindner, Frankfurt a. M. Heinrich Ruschig, Frankfurt a. M.
1958	Paul Schlack, Frankfurt am Main
1957	Alfred Rieche, Berlin-Adlershof
1956	Gerhard Schrader, Wuppertal-Elberfeld
1955	Hermann OL Fischer, Berkeley/USA
1954	Arthur Zitscher, Offenbach a. M.
1953	Georg Wittig, Tübingen
1952	Gustav Ehrhart, Frankfurt a. M.
1951	Otto Bayer, Leverkusen
1949	Walter Reppe, Ludwigshafen

awardee of the Carl Duisberg Foundation

1934	Richard Kuhn, Heidelberg
1931	Otto Diels, Kiel
1929	Adolf Grün, Grenzach
1927	Adolf Windaus, Göttingen
1925	Otto Heinrich Warburg, Berlin
1924	Oscar Dressel, Bonn Bernhard Heymann, Leverkusen Richard Kothe, Leverkusen
1921	Max von Laue, Berlin
1919	Wilhelm Connstein, Berlin Karl Lüdecke, Berlin
1914	Richard Willstätter, Munich
1911	Paul Friedlaender, Darmstadt

Selection committee

Prof. Dr. Frank Würthner, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (lead)
Prof. Dr. Lutz Ackermann, Georg August University of Göttingen
Prof. Dr. Anke Krüger, University of Stuttgart
Dr. Carl Friedrich Nising, Bayer AG
Prof. Dr. Bart Jan Ravoo, Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster
Prof. Dr. Tanja Weil, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research