ADUC Prize

As part of the Chemiedozententagung , the ADUC awards the ADUC Prize to up to three young scientists (postdoctoral qualification, junior professorship, scholarship or tenure track) who are striving for permanent employment in the German scientific landscape for establishing an independent research area in chemistry. The award is accompanied by a certificate, a book prize and prize money of 4,000 euros each. Nominations and self-nominations should be made no later than eight years after the completion of the doctorate and before taking up a permanent/permanent professorship. The establishment of the independent research area must be demonstrated by publications in relevant scientific journals .

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ADUC Awards 2025

Award ceremony of the ADUC Prizes at the CDT 2025 on 17 March 2025 in Braunschweig by Prof. Dr. Hans-Dieter Arndt (ADUC- Chair) to:

Associate Professor Dr. Nina Hartrampf "...in recognition of her stimulating approaches in the field of preparative peptide research, particularly the combination of modern flow-chemical synthesis methods with biosynthesis steps in the generation of lasso peptides."
Dr. John James Molloy "...in recognition of his pioneering research on the use of organoboron compounds for the generation of structural complexity using photocatalytic strategies. "
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Johannes Markus Wahl "...in recognition of his creative contributions to the development of stereoselective synthetic methods, especially through the skillful conversion of small-ring compounds with new catalytic processes."

ADUC Awards 2024

Award ceremony of the ADUC Prizes at the CDT 2024 in Aachen by Prof. Dr. Hans-Dieter Arndt (ADUC- Chair) (Photos: Felix Garg):

Dr. Moritz Malischewski "...for his successes in the field of highly reactive and unusual coordination compounds, particularly through reactions in superacidic media and using highly fluorinated cyclopentadienide ligands."
Dr. Jola Pospech "...for her creative contributions to the field of photoredox catalysis, in particular for the development of catalytically active pyrimidopteridines, their mechanistic investigation, and their application in hydroamination and hydroacylation reactions."

ADUC Prizes 2023

Awarding of the ADUC Prizes on the occasion of the CDT 2023 in Dresden by Prof. Dr. Nobert W. Mitzel (ADUC- Chair) (Photos: GDCh; Photographer: J. Lösel):

Dr. Terrance Hadlington "... . for the implementation of the single-center ambiphilicity concept, which enables sophisticated cooperative bond activations on transition metal complexes with low-valent, redox-active main group ligands and makes them usable for homogeneous catalytic processes, especially hydroamination."
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Christoph Kerzig "...for the further development of photochemical energy conversion, especially in water, as well as for the development of novel two-photon processes for photocatalysis with visible light."
Dr. Golo Storch "...for the biomimetic development and investigation of substituted flavins as molecular redox catalysts in organic synthesis."

Terrance Hadlington (Mitte),
Thomas Fässler (re)

Christoph Kerzig (Mitte),
Oliver Wenger (re)

ADUC Awards 2022

On the occasion of the CDT 2022 in Saarbrücken, Prof. Dr. Nobert W. Mitzel (ADUC Chair; photos: left) awarded the ADUC Prizes 2022 (photos: Jean M. Laffitau) to:

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Kai S. Exner "...for the original and groundbreaking research in the field of theoretical electrocatalysis to improve electrode materials for electrocatalytic processes or batteries."
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Max M. Hansmann "...for the development of synthetic approaches to unusual and highly reactive carbon compounds such as mesoionic N-heterocyclic olefins, diazoalkenes, triplet vinylidenes and electron-rich olefins as well as their comprehensive physical characterization."
Dr. Christopher J. Teskey "...for the development of light-switchable transition metal catalysts, exemplified by cobalt-mediated hydroborations, which enable stereoselective aldol reaction cascades and exhibit switchable chemoselectivity."

ADUC Awards 2021

Dr. Robert Göstl "...for the development of molecular force sensors that open up novel possibilities to characterize and manipulate the mechanical behavior of polymeric materials."

Ass.-Prof. Dr. Vera Krewald "...for quantum chemical calculations to elucidate the reaction mechanisms and to better understand the catalytically relevant active centers in the activation of small molecules such as nitrogen or oxygen in the context of chemical energy conversion."
Dr. Christian Sindlinger "...for the development of efficient syntheses of free boroles and the use of their dianions, the borole diides, as cyclopentadienide-analogous ligands for the stabilization of unprecedented sandwich complexes and cluster-like half-sandwich complexes of electropositive p-block elements."

ADUC Awards 2020

Dr. Urs Gellrich "...for the development of the novel concept of inter- and intramolecular boron-ligand cooperation for bond activation and catalysis, including the first organocatalytic dehydrogenation of amine-borane."

Dr. Jannika Lauth "...for the preparation of novel ultra-thin 2D semiconductor materials and their characterization using ultrafast spectroscopic methods. The materials have innovative optoelectronic properties such as photoexcitable highly mobile charge carriers or bound excitons with strong emission."
Dr. habil. Crispin Lichtenberg "...for his preparative work in the fields of low-valent, cationic and radical bismuth chemistry, including the isolation and characterization of new classes of substances, the design and optimization of chemical properties using tailor-made ligands and the application of these compounds in the areas of CH activation, controlled radical reactions and activation of small, strongly bound molecules."

ADUC Prizes 1998ff

Year	Award ceremony at	Award ceremony on the occasion of the CDT
2025	Associate Professor Dr. Nina Hartrampf, Zurich Dr. John James Molloy, Potsdam/Berlin Junior Professor Dr. Johannes Markus Wahl, Mainz	March 17, 2025 (Brunswick)
2024	Dr. Moritz Malischewski, Berlin Dr. Jola Pospech, Rostock	March 11, 2024 (Aachen)
2023	Dr. Terrance Hadlington, Munich Jun.-Prof. Dr. Christoph Kerzig, Mainz Dr. Golo Storch, Munich	March 13, 2023 (Dresden)
2022	Jun.-Prof. Dr. Kai S. Exner, Duisburg-Essen Jun.-Prof. Dr. Max M. Hansmann, Dortmund Dr. Christopher J. Teskey, Aachen	March 21, 2022 (Saarbrücken)
2021	Dr. Robert Göstl, Aachen Ass.-Prof. Dr. Vera Krewald, Darmstadt Dr. Christian Sindlinger, Göttingen	March 15, 2021 (online)
2020	Dr. Urs Gellrich, Gießen Dr. Jannika Lauth, Hanover Dr. Crispin Lichtenberg, Würzburg	By post
2019	Dr. Lutz Greb, Heidelberg Dr. Thomas-Christian Jagau, Munich Dr. Manuel van Gemmeren, Münster	March 18, 2019 (Koblenz-Landau)
2018	Dr. Ulf-Peter Apfel, Bochum Jun.-Prof. Dr. Philipp Heretsch, Berlin Dr. Oldamur Hollóczki, Bonn	March 5, 2018 (Jena)
2017	Dr. Rubén D. Costa Riquelme, Erlangen Dr. Robert Langer, Marburg Dr. Bill Morandi, Mülheim an der Ruhr	March 13, 2017 (Marburg)
2016*	Jun. Prof. Dr. Annette Andrieu-Brunsen, Darmstadt Dr. Inke Siewert, Göttingen Dr. Thomas Magauer, Munich	March 21, 2016 (Heidelberg)
2014*	Dr. Tanja Gaich, Hanover Dr. Viktoria H. Däschlein-Geßner, Würzburg Dr. Michael Sommer, Freiburg	March 2, 2015 (Regensburg)
2013	Dr. Jan Streuff, Freiburg i. Brsg. Dr. Roland Marschall, Giessen Dr. Sebastian Seiffert, Berlin	March 10, 2014 (Paderborn)
2012	Dr. Manuel Alcarazo Velasco, Mülheim/Ruhr Jun. Prof. Dr. Guido Clever, Göttingen Prof. Dr. Franziska Schoenebeck, Zurich	March 11, 2013 (Berlin)
2011	Dr. Philip Adelhelm, Gießen Prof. Dr. Shigeyoshi Inoue, Berlin Dr. Nuno Maulide, Mülheim/Ruhr	March 5, 2012 (Freiburg)
2010	Dr. Christian Hackenberger, Berlin Dr. Sebastian Hasenstab-Riedel, Freiburg Dr. Dai Zhang, Tübingen	March 14, 2011 (Mainz)
2009	Dr. Torsten Brezesinski, Gießen Dr. Nicolai Cramer, Zurich Dr. Martin Wilkening, Hanover	March 8-0, 2010 (Gießen)
2008	Dr. Markus Rolf Heinrich, Munich Dr. Jens Bredenbeck, Frankfurt am Main Dr. Johannes Neugebauer, Zurich/Switzerland	March 8, 2009 (Göttingen)
2007	Dr. Stefan Kirsch, Garching Dr. Christina Marie Thiele, Darmstadt Dr. Oliver Trapp, Mülheim/Ruhr	March 30, 2008 (Kaiserslautern)
2006	Dr. Lutz Ackermann, Munich Dr. Anke Krüger, Kiel Dr. Sebastian Schlücker, Würzburg	March 11, 2007 (Halle)
2005	Dr. Stefan Hecht, Mülheim/Ruhr Dr. Jörn Schmedt at the Günne, Munich Dr. Bernd Franz Straub, Munich	March 19, 2006 (Hamburg)
2004	Dr. Dirk Deubel, Lugano Dr. Kai Carsten Hultzsch, Erlangen Dr. Martin Oestreich, Freiburg i. Br.	March 6, 2005 (Munich)
2003	Dr. Dr. Hans-Jörg Himmel, Karlsruhe Dr. Kilian Muniz, Bonn Dr. Markus Reiher, Bonn	March 7, 2004 (Dortmund)
2002	Dr. Thorsten Glaser, Münster Dr. Cosima Stubenrauch, Cologne Dr. Arne Lützen, Oldenburg	March 16, 2003 (Chemnitz)
2001	Dr. Ingo Krossing, Karlsruhe Dr. Bernd Goldfuß, Heidelberg Dr. Thomas Lenzer, Göttingen	March 10, 2002 (Cologne)
2000	Dr. Rainer Haag, Freiburg Dr. Werner Nau, Basel Dr. Kay Severin, Munich	March 18, 2001 (Leipzig)
1999	Dr. Barbara Albert, Gießen Dr. Norbert Mitzel, Munich Dr. Peter R. Schreiner, Athens/GA, USA, and Göttingen	March 19, 2000 (Regensburg)
1998	Dr. Andreas Gansäuer, Göttingen Dr. Christian Limberg, Heidelberg Dr. Ulrich Simon, Essen	March 14, 1999 (Oldenburg)

*Since 2016, the year of the award corresponds to the year of the award ceremony. Up to and including 2014, the year referred to the year of the call for proposals.

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