Ars legendi faculty award

Prize winner chemistry 2021 - Olalla Vázquez, Philipps University Marburg

Professor Olalla Vázquez is the recipient of the Ars legendi Faculty Prize for Mathematics and Natural Sciences in the Chemistry category 2021. She is recognized for her teaching concept, which focuses on the realistic and comprehensive teaching of the scientific process. With courses whose content and design are consistently based on current research, it prepares students precisely for activities in research. She places particular emphasis on imparting broad methodological knowledge, presentation experience, active learning and personal responsibility.

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Selection committee

The jury, chaired by the president of the specialist society that oversees the award in the respective year, is composed of:

One student representative per specialist society
One expert from the university for each professional society
One representative per sponsor
A university didactic specialist (selected by the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft)

The GDCh sends the following representatives to the jury:

A member of the JCF national board or a JCF regional spokesperson as student representative
The ADUC chairman as university experts