The Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize serves to promote young academics in chemistry and is endowed with a total of 7,500 euros. It is awarded to individuals who work at a German university or as a German at a foreign university, who do not yet hold a W2 / W3 in a comparable position and who are not over 40 years of age.
In 1935, the IG Farbenindustrie established the Carl Duisberg Memorial Foundation at the Association of German Chemists to promote the next generation of academics. It was intended to express the close ties between industrial chemist Carl Duisberg and chemical research and teaching. After the Second World War, the foundation was initially not renewed. At the suggestion of the GDCh board of directors, Bayer AG agreed in 1969 to revive the award. Financing is now provided from the proceeds of a special fund for awards at the GDCh.
The German Chemical Society (GDCh) honors Junior Professor Dr. Markus Suta for his pioneering work in the field of inorganic luminescent materials for diverse applications, including light-emitting diodes, displays, and upconversion. Of particular note are his design concepts for luminescent thermometers used in optical temperature sensing, which combine the principles of inorganic solid-state and materials chemistry with physical models. In doing so, he makes a significant contribution to a more fundamental understanding of non-radiative processes and to the development of sustainable phosphors.
| 2026 | Markus Suta, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf |
| 2025 | Christoph Kerzeg, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz |
| 2024 | Corina Andronescu, University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 2023 | Kai Exner, University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 2022 | Juliane Simmchen, TU Dresden |
| 2020 | Felix Schacher, Jena |
| 2019 | Sandra Luber, Zurich/Switzerland |
| 2018 | Bill Morandi, Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| 2017 | Shigeyoshi Inoue, Munich |
| 2016 | Felix R. Fischer, Berkeley/USA |
| 2015 | Kallol Ray, Berlin |
| 2014 | Tanja Junkers, Diepenbreek/Belgium |
| 2013 | Mathias Christmann, Dortmund |
| 2012 | Daniel Seidel, Piscataway/USA |
| 2011 | Christian Hartinger, Vienna/Austria |
| 2010 | Sebastian Schlücker, Osnabrück |
| 2009 | David Scheschkewitz, London/UK |
| 2008 | Harald Gröger, Erlangen-Nuremberg |
| 2007 | Lukas J. Gooßen, Kaiserslautern |
| 2006 | Margaret-Jane Crawford, Munich |
| 2005 | Cosima Stubenrauch, Dublin/Ireland |
| 2004 | Andreas Terfort, Hamburg |
| 2003 | Benjamin List, La Jolla/USA |
| 2002 | Christian Limberg, Garching and Heidelberg |
| 2001 | Hendrik Zipse, Munich |
| 2000 | Thisbe K. Lindhorst, Kiel |
| 1999 | Ulrich Bernd Wiesner, Ithaca/USA |
| 1998 | Rüdiger Beckhaus, Aachen |
| 1997 | Carlo Unverzagt, Garching |
| 1996 | Jürgen Gauss |
| 1995 | Manfred Martin, Darmstadt |
| 1994 | Hansjörg Grützmacher, Freiburg |
| 1993 | Wilhelm F. Maier, Stuttgart |
| 1992 | Herbert Waldmann, Bonn |
| 1991 | Joachim Maier, Stuttgart |
| 1989 | Michael Buback, Göttingen |
| 1988 | Werner P. Müller-Esterl, Munich |
| 1987 | Gerd Meyer, Gießen |
| 1986 | Hans-Joachim Gais, Darmstadt |
| 1985 | Hans-Josef Altenbach, Cologne |
| 1984 | Heino Finkelmann, Clausthal-Zellerfeld |
| 1983 | Heinrich Betz, Martinsried |
| 1982 | Siegfried Schneider, Munich |
| 1981 | Wolf Peter Fehlhammer, Erlangen-Nuremberg |
| 1980 | Hans-Dieter Martin, Würzburg |
| 1979 | Manfred Zeidler, Karlsruhe |
| 1978 | Hans-Friedrich Klein, Munich |
| 1977 | Bernd Giese, Freiburg |
| 1976 | Konrad Sandhoff, Munich |
| 1975 | Dieter Sellmann, Munich |
| 1974 | Richard R. Schmidt, Stuttgart |
| 1972 | Fritz Eckstein, Göttingen |
| 1971 | Werner Kutzelnigg, Karlsruhe |
| 1970 | Henri Brunner, Munich |
| 1969 | Gert Köbrich, Heidelberg |
| 1943 | Hans Lettré, Göttingen |
| 1941 | Karl Gleu, Jena |
| 1939 | Hans Brockmann, Göttingen |
| 1938 | Elisabeth Dane, Munich |
| 1937 | Herbert Brintzinger, Jena |
| 1936 | Rudolf Tschesche, Göttingen |
Prof. Dr. Sonja Herres-Pawlis, RWTH Aachen University (lead)
Dr. Frank Dissinger, University of Ulm
Prof. Dr. Ute Hellmich, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Prof. Dr. Bill Morandi, ETH Zurich
Prof. Dr. Ralf Tonner-Zech, University of Leipzig
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