Liebig Lectureship

The Liebig Association has been organizing a lecture series since 1999

- the Liebig Lectureship -

for outstanding young scientists in organic chemistry, preferably from other European countries.

This lecture series takes the recipients – the Liebig Lecturers – on an academic tour of Germany, visiting several universities or research institutes of their choice. The Liebig Lecturer receives EUR 4,000 in prize money for organizing the tour.

call for proposals 2026

The Liebig Association for Organic Chemistry within the German Chemical Society (GDCh) is once again offering the Liebig Lectureship for 2026. The award will honor an outstanding young scientist in organic chemistry, preferably from other European countries. The award recipient will travel to Germany to visit several universities or research institutes of their choice, where they will present their own scientific work. The Liebig Society's Board will select the lecturer.

Suitable candidates should be nominated with a letter of motivation, CV and list of publications by Monday, 13 April 2026, exclusively in electronic form to n.buerger@gdch.de.

Previous Lecturers

The previous holders of the Liebig Lectureship were:

2025: Prof. Renana Gershoni-Poranne, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology/IL ( Poster )

2024: DrSci. Pavel Mykhailiuk, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and Enamine Ltd/Ukraine
(Lecture tour postponed due to travel restrictions)

2023: Dr. Paul McGonigal, University of York/UK ( Poster )

2022: Prof. Joseph Moran, University of Strasbourg & CNRS/ F ( Poster )

2021: Prof. John F. Bower, Liverpool/UK ( symposium poster )

2020: suspended due to pandemic

2019: Prof. Dr. Alexander D. Dilman, Moscow/Rus ( Poster )

2018: Prof. Marcin Stępień, Wroclaw/Poland ( poster )

2017: Prof. Rubén Martín, Tarragona/Spain ( poster )

2016: Dr. Géraldine Masson, Gif-sur-Yvette/France ( Poster )

2015: Prof. Dr. Rafal Klajn, Rehovot/Israel ( Poster )

2014: Prof. Dr. David J. Procter, Manchester/GB ( Poster )

2013: Prof. Dr. Lucas Brunsveld, Eindhoven/Netherlands ( Poster )

2012: Prof. Dr. Grzegorz Mloston, University of Lodz/Poland ( Poster )

2011: Prof. Dr. Véronique Governor, University of Oxford/GB ( Poster )

2010: Prof. Dr. Valentin Ananikov, RAS Moscow/Russia ( Poster )

2009: Prof. Dr. Karl Gademann, ETH Lausanne/Switzerland ( Poster )

2008: Dr. Paolo Melchiorre, University of Bologna/Italy ( Poster )

2007: Prof. Karl Hale, Queen's University Belfast/Ireland ( Poster )

2006: Prof. Antonio M. Echavarren, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia/Spain ( poster )

2005: Prof. Robert Madsen, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet Lyngby/Denmark ( poster )

2004: Dr. Jieping Zhu, CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette/France ( Poster )

2003: Dr. Guy Lloyd-Jones, University of Bristol/GB ( Poster )

2002: Prof. Carolyn R. Bertozzi, University of California, Berkeley/USA

2001: Dr. David M. Hodgson, Lecturer at the University of Oxford

2000: Prof. Varrinder K. Aggarwal, University of Sheffield/UK

1999: Prof. Philippe Renaud, University of Lausanne/Switzerland