The Award for Excellent Supervisors of Chinese PhD Students was established in 2017 together with the Society of Chinese Chemists and Chemical Engineers in the Federal Republic of Germany (GCCCD). The prize is endowed with 5,000 euros and was awarded by Dr. Dahai Yu, a founding member of GCCCD and former board member of Evonik Industries AG.
The prize is awarded to university lecturers who supervise doctorates by Chinese students at German colleges, universities or research institutions.
Professor Xianling Feng, Chair of Molecular Functional Materials at the Technical University of Dresden, has been awarded the GCCCD Award for Excellent Supervisors of Chinese PhD Students 2025. Since 2021, he has been Director of the Department of Synthetic Materials and Functional Devices (SMFD) at the Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics in Halle. His current research interests include the synthesis of novel polymers, supramolecular chemistry, 2D polymers and materials for optoelectronics and spintronics, as well as technologies for energy storage and conversion.
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Professor André Thess, Director of the DLR Institute of Technical Thermodynamics and Chair of Energy Storage at the University of Stuttgart, has been awarded the GCCCD Award for Excellent Supervisors of Chinese PhD Students 2025. Professor Thess's research focuses on efficient energy storage and modern energy conversion technologies, including theoretical studies, laboratory investigations, and the operation of pilot plants. He also analyzes the technological, environmental, and economic potential within a broader energy-economic context.
| 2025 | Xianling Feng, TU Dresden |
| 2024 | Helmut Ehrenberg, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
| 2023 | Gianaurelio Cuniberti, TU Dresden |
| 2022 | Anke Weidenkaff, Fraunhofer IWKS, Alzenau Lutz Ackermann, Georg-August University of Göttingen |
| 2019 | Klaus Müllen, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz |
| 2018 | A. Stephen K. Hashmi, Heidelberg |
| 2017 |
Yong Lei, Ilmenau An-Ping Zeng, Hamburg |
Prof. Dr. Armin De Meijere, Göttingen (Chair)
Prof. Dr. Birgit Weber, Bayreuth
Dr. Peter Nagler, Singapore
Prof. Dr. Wenjin Ding, Chair GCCCD
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