Liebig commemorative coin

Extract from the deed of foundation

In the foundation charter of the Liebig Memorial Medal of the Association of German Chemists it says:

"Donated by the association on May 12, 1903, Liebig's centenary.
In honor of the old German master of chemistry, who pointed new paths in the lecture hall and workshop;
the creator of the modern laboratory,
to the memory of the classical writer and thinker in a wide area of the knowledge of nature;
as an incentive and reward for creative and researching German chemists in fulfillment of the association's purpose: the promotion of chemistry. "

The GDCh awards the Liebig Memorial Medal for outstanding achievements in the entire field of chemistry.

Current awardee: Herbert Waldmann, Dortmund

Professor Herbert Waldmann received the Liebig commemorative coin Medal 2020 as recognition for the development of new concepts for the production of various natural substance-based substance libraries and the discovery of novel synthesis methods for the production of lipidated peptides and proteins for the study of cancer-relevant G-proteins such as the Ras / RasG system.

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Prize winner 2018 - Wolfgang Schnick, Munich

Professor Wolfgang Schnick was honored by the GDCh with the Liebig memorial coin for his pioneering work on the development and structural characterization of numerous new nitrides and for the use of these findings to develop highly innovative luminophores.

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Selection committee

Prof. Beate KOKSCH, Berlin (lead)
Prof. Frank NEESE, Mülheim ad Ruhr
Prof. Evamarie HEY-HAWKINS, Leipzig
Prof. Ulrich S. SCHUBERT, Jena
Prof. Franc MEYER, Göttingen