The "CIC Award for Computational Chemistry" is awarded for outstanding master's theses and dissertations that touch on the scientific fields represented in the Division of Computers in Chemistry and represent a special contribution to the further development of the CIC field. The nominees should have completed their work at a university in the German-speaking region. Evaluation criteria include thematic relevance as well as scientific quality and presentation.
The prizes are usually awarded annually and come with prize money of 350 euros (master's thesis) or 750 euros (doctoral thesis), a free one-year GDCh and CIC membership upon request, and a certificate outlining the merits of the awardee . From 2025, a maximum of two awardee will be awarded per call for proposals .
The GDCh Division "computers in chemistry" (CIC) is announcing the "CIC Young Scientist Award for Computational Chemistry" for 2026. It will be awarded for outstanding master's and dissertations that touch on the scientific fields represented in the Division and represent a special contribution to the advancement of the CIC field. Nominees should have completed their work at a university in German-speaking countries. Evaluation criteria include thematic relevance, scientific quality, and presentation. Theses must have been completed between January 1, 2025, and March 30, 2026. A maximum of two awardee will be honored per call for call for proposals . Repeat submissions are not permitted.
The jury consists of the members of the Executive Board and the associated members of the Executive Board. After reviewing the jury's report, the Board decides on the award by an absolute majority of all incumbent Executive Board members. Supervisors of the proposed works are excluded from the evaluation and decision-making process.
The prizes are endowed with €350 in the Master's category and €750 in the Dissertation category. In addition, the awardee receive a certificate acknowledging their achievements and, upon request, a free one-year GDCh and CIC membership. The awards will be presented at the 19th GCC 2026 (November 8-11, Bad Soden).
Proposals can be submitted by the graduates' supervisors. The master's thesis or dissertation should be graded at least "very good." The theses, possibly also in the form of publications of CIC-relevant results, as well as a CV listing the final grades for all study phases, including the doctorate (if applicable), and a brief explanation of the reasons for the nomination, must be submitted electronically to the CIC Board of the Division at n.buerger@gdch.de by March 30, 2026.
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Dr. Louis Bellmann, University of Hamburg, for his dissertation “Algorithmic methods for combinatorial chemical libraries”
Dr. Dennis F. Dinu, University of Innsbruck, for his dissertation “Rationalizing molecular vibration through matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy and vibrational configuration interaction computations”
Anne Germann, University of Düsseldorf, for her master's thesis "Computational investigation of the mechanochemistry of 2-ladderene derivatives"
Dr. Janosch Menke, University of Münster, for his dissertation "Improving Ligand-based Virtual Screening by Utilizing Neural Networks to Generate Domain-specific Molecular Representations"
dr Marwin Segler, University of Münster, for his dissertation "Computational Hypothesis Generation for Synthesis Planning, Molecular Design and Reaction Discovery"
Janine Isabel Hellmers, University of Kiel, for her master's thesis "Fragmentation methods for electronic interaction energies"
Sophia MN Hönig, University of Hamburg, for her master thesis "Convex Optimization of Matched Molecular Series Networks and its Application to Machine Learning"
Due to the pandemic, there was no award ceremony in 2021.
Jan Blasius, University of Bonn, for his master's thesis "Theoretical Modeling of Chiral Systems"
Dr. Christoph Bannwarth, Stanford University, for his dissertation "Development and Application of Efficient Methods for the Computation of Electronic Spectra of Large Systems"
Dr. Jan Meisner, Stuttgart, for his dissertation "Theoretical Investigations of Atom Tunneling in the Interstellar Medium"
Jochen Sieg, Hamburg, for his master's thesis "Evaluation of Benchmark Datasets for Virtual Screening with Machine Learning"
Lisa Warczinski, Bochum, for her master's thesis "Heuristic estimation of the dynamic correlation energy: Research for the validation of a novel approach"
Stephanie Maria Linker, Woellstadt, for her master's thesis "Predicting Drug-Fragment Binding Sites with Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Markov State Models" Christina Nutschel, Düsseldorf, for her master's thesis "Large scale analysis of protein thermostability: Bacillus subtilis Lipase A as a test case"
Dr. Stefan Bietz, Hamburg, for his dissertation "Methods for computer-aided generation and processing of structural ensembles for protein binding pockets" Julia Jasper, Dortmund, for her master's thesis "Application of protein-ligand interaction fingerprints for the analysis and evaluation of docking results"
Dr. Markus Zimmermann, Tübingen, for his dissertation / research telegram "ChemPL PXB: Implementation of QM-based terms for the recognition of halogen bonding in drug design" Patrick Jascha Kibie s, Dortmund, for his master's thesis "Efficient integral equation-based conformational analysis in solution" Manuel Ruff, Kirchheim unter Teck, for his master's thesis "Using Support Vector Regression to Develop a Quantum Chemical-based Scoring Function for the Recognition of Halogen Bonds Targeting Methionine"
Achim Sandmann, Erlangen, for his master's thesis "Molecular Dynamics Simulations of p53 core domain"
Dr. Anne Mai Wassermann, Boston / USA, for her dissertation "Computational Analysis of Structure-Activity Relationships - From Prediction to Visualization Methods"
Dr. Anselm CH Hor n, Erlangen, for his dissertation "Development of computer-chemical simulation methods and application to the amyloid-? peptide of Alzheimer's disease" Florian Pfeiffer, Stuttgart, for his dissertation "Acceleration of self-consistent multi-configuration methods for calculating molecular vibration states by introducing polynomials"
Daniel Moser, Frankfurt, for his dissertation "Automatic extraction of 3-D pharmacophores"
Dr. Simone Fulle, Düsseldorf, for her dissertation "Constraint counting on RNA and ribosomal structures: Linking flexibility and function"
Karen Schomburg, Hamburg, for her master's thesis "Visualization of molecular subgraph patterns using the example of SMARTS expressions"
Dr. José Batista, Bonn, for his dissertation "Analysis of Random Fragment Profiles for the Detection of Structure-Activity Relationships" Frank Tristram, Karlsruhe, for his diploma thesis "Modeling the main chain mobility of proteins in computer-aided drug development"
Dr. Oliver Korb, Konstanz, for his dissertation "Efficient Ant Colony Optimization Algorithms for Structure- and Ligand-Based Drug Design" Andreas Jahn, Tübingen, for his diploma thesis "Incorporating Molecular Flexibility into three-dimensional Structural Kernels"
Dr. Ole Kayser, Hamburg, for his diploma thesis "Efficient Methods for the Generation of Bioactive Conformers of Small Molecules" Dr. Lars Schäfer, Göttingen, for his dissertation "Photoactivated Processes in Condensed Phase studied by Molecular Dynamics Simulations"
Dr. Alexander Schug, San Diego / USA, for his dissertation "Free-Energy Simulations using Stochastic Optimization Methods for Protein Structure Prediction" Birte Seebeck, Hamburg, for her diploma thesis "Modeling metal interaction geometries for the protein-ligand docking problem"
Dr. Andreas Fuchs, Kiel, for his dissertation "Design and synthesis of ligands for the lectin FimH" Michael Meissner, Frankfurt am Main, for his diploma thesis "A meta-optimizing particle swarm algorithm for training artificial neural networks"
Dr. Edgar Luttmann, Paderborn, for his dissertation "Molecular-Modeling Investigations on the Way to Understanding Alzheimer's Disease"
Dr. Frank Oellien, Schwabenheim, for his dissertation "Algorithms and applications for interactive visualization and analysis of chemistry-specific data sets" Gabriele Vierhuff, Bremen, for her diploma thesis "Conception and design of a system for the application of structure-activity relationships to the risk analysis of environmental chemicals"
Dr.-Ing. Matthias Keil, Darmstadt, for his dissertation "Modeling and Prediction of Structures of Biomolecular Associations on the Basis of Statistical Database Analysis" Frauke Meyer, Heidelberg, for her thesis "Calculation of Binding Free Energies including Protein Flexibility"
Dr. Andreas Bohne-Lang, Heidelberg, for his dissertation "A knowledge-based system for the rapid generation of 3D structures of relevant N-glycans and their mimicking glycoclusters"
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