Horst Pracejus Prize

The Horst Pracejus Prize is awarded to scientists for outstanding work in the field of enantioselectivity or chirality. The GDCh created the award in 1997. The namesake Pracejus was known for his research in the field of chiral catalysis and Head of the Catalysis Research Institute in Rostock. This was a branch of the Central Institute for Organic Chemistry of the GDR Academy of Sciences.

Prize winner 2019 - Albrecht Berkessel, Cologne

The GDCh awarded Professor Albrecht Berkessel the Horst Pracejus Prize in recognition of his diverse and outstanding contributions
for enantioselective synthesis, especially for his pioneering work in the characterization of important intermediates in carbene catalysis and the asymmetric epoxidation of terminal olefins.

More information on Professor Berkessel

selection committee

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bach, Technical University of Munich (lead management)
Prof. Dr. Albrecht Berkessel, University of Cologne
Prof. Dr. Olga Garcia Mancheno, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Prof. Dr. René Peters, University of Stuttgart
Prof. Dr. Christoph Schneider, University of Leipzig