Fresenius Award

Fresenius Prize

     

  • Subject: Analytical Chemistry
  • Consists of: 7,500 euros, gold medal, certificate
  • First awarded: 1962
  • Awarded in: Odd years
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§ 1 of the award regulations for the "Fresenius Prize" of the GDCh

In memory of the secret councilor Professor Dr. C. Remigius Fresenius, who was one of the first to decisively promote analytical chemistry in Germany through his well-known textbook and the laboratory he founded and the associated training center, awarded the German Chemical Society in 1961 for special services to analytical chemistry

Fresenius Prize

created. The prize consists of a gold commemorative coin with a portrait of Remigius Fresenius, created by the sculptor Heinrich Moshage, Düsseldorf, and a cash prize of ? 7,500.

Current award winner - Kathrin Breuker, University of Innsbruck

Professor Kathrin Breuker has been awarded the Fresenius Award for her outstanding achievements in the field of biomolecular mass spectrometry. With her innovative methods, she makes important contributions to the understanding of complex molecular systems, particularly in the areas of native protein structure, protein folding and unfolding, and the dissociation of proteins and nucleic acids. Furthermore, she is actively involved in scientific committees and promotes international networks of great importance to the scientific community.

More information about Professor Breuker

Distinguished people since 1962

2025 Kathrin Breuker, Innsbruck
2023

Mario Thevis, German Sport University Cologne

2019 

Detlev Belder, Leipzig

Andrea Sinz, Halle-Wittenberg

2017 Bernhard Spengler, Gießen
2015 Renato Zenobi, Zurich
2013 Torsten C. Schmidt, Duisburg-Essen
2011 Christian Huber, Salzburg/Austria
2009 

Uwe Karst, Münster

Ulrich Panne, Berlin

2007 Detlef Günther, Zurich/Switzerland
2005 Adam Heller, Austin/USA
2003 

Franz Hillenkamp, ​​Münster

Michael Karas, Frankfurt am Main

2001 Matthias Mann, Odense/Denmark
2000 Reinhard Nießner, Munich
1998 Gerhard Werner, Leipzig
1996 Helmut Günzler, Weinheim
1994 Ernst Bayer, Tübingen
1992 Heinrich Kriegsmann, Berlin
1991 Josef FK Huber, Vienna/Austria
1990 Karlheinz Ballschmitter, Ulm
1989 Klaus Dörffel, Leuna-Merseburg
1987 Lutz Rohrschneider, Marl
1985 Kurt Laqua, Dortmund
1982 Günther Tölg, Schwäbisch-Gmünd
1979 Hals Ulrich Bergmeyer, Tutzing
1975 Hermann Kienitz, Ludwigshafen
1972 

Herhard Hesse, Erlangen Nuremberg

Erwin Lehrer, Ludwigshafen

1970 Walter Koch, Duisburg-Hamborn
1966 

Peter Dickens, Duisburg-Huckingen

Egon Stahl, Saarbrücken

1962 Wilhelm Geilmann, Mainz

selection committee

Prof. Dr. Andrea Sinz, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (lead management)
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Daubenfeld, Fresenius University
dr Grit Baier, BASF SE
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Spengler, Justus Liebig University Gießen
Professor Renato Zenobi, ETH Zurich

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