GDCh Award for Biocatalysis

GDCh Prize for Biocatalysis

     

  • Subject: biocatalysis
  • Consists of: 2,000 euros, certificate
  • First awarded: 2020
  • Awarded in: Even years
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For outstanding dissertations in the field of biocatalysis, our member Prof. Dr. em. Manfred Schneider set up the GDCh Prize for Biocatalysis. It is awarded to young doctors who received their doctorate no more than two years ago.

Current awardee: Dr. Sebastian Gergel, EnginZyme AB, Solna, Sweden

Dr. Sebastian Gergel receives the GDCh Award for Biocatalysis for his dissertation "Directed evolution and mechanistic studies of carbonyl-selective alkene oxygenases and their application in asymmetric synthesis", which he completed at the universities of Stuttgart and Bielefeld. In this thesis he dealt with protein engineering and the design of new enzymes.

More information about Dr. Gergel

Award winners since 2020

2024

Sebastian Gergel, EnginZyme AB, Solna, Sweden

2022

Ulrich Markel, University of California, San Diego/USA

2020 Nadine Zumbrägel, Bielefeld

Selection committee

Prof. Dr. Uwe T. Bornscheuer, University of Greifswald (lead)
Prof. Dr. Kathrin Castiglione, Fr.-A.-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Jun. Prof. Stephan Hammer, Bielefeld University
Prof. Dr. Udo Kragl, University of Rostock
Prof. Dr. Dörte Rother, Research Center Jülich GmbH
Prof. Dr. Anett Schallmey, TU Braunschweig
Prof. Dr. Cathleen Zeymer, Technical University of Munich

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