Fritz Straßmann Award

Fritz Straßmann Award

Award regulations

§1 The Board of the Division of the nuclear chemistry division decides to award a Division Award under the name "Fritz Straßmann Award".

§2 The Fritz Straßmann Award is awarded to established scientists who have made outstanding contributions in the field of nuclear chemistry .

§3 The prize can generally be awarded every four years.

§4 All members of the Division are entitled to submit nominations. Self-nominations are not permitted. The award is decided by the board and advisory board members of the Division by a simple majority vote. In the event of a tie, the vote of the specialist group chair is decisive.

§5 Applications must be submitted electronically to the GDCh Office . The following documents must be attached to the proposal:

     

  • a detailed justification of the award's worthiness by the nominator
  • a CV of no more than three pages, a list of publications, and a selection of important lectures and awards.

§6 The award ceremony should ideally take place in conjunction with a Division conference and a lecture by the award recipient. The award includes a certificate outlining the recipient's achievements. The prize is endowed with €2,500.

§7 Amendments to these statutes are only possible with a 2/3 majority of the Divisions board.

Resolution of the Board of Directors dated April 28, 2025, Frankfurt am Main

Next call for proposals: Autumn/Winter 2029

Fritz Straßmann Award - awardee

2022
Dr. habil. Moritz Schmidt, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)

2017
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Modolo, Jülich Research Centre

2013
PD Dr. Thorsten Stumpf, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Management (INE)

2009
Dr. Sönke Szidat, University of Bern, Laboratory for Radio- and environmental chemistry
Dr. Clemens Walther, Institute for Nuclear Waste Management, Karlsruhe Research Centre

2005
Dr. Petra J. Panak, Institute for Nuclear Waste Management, Karlsruhe Research Centre

2001
Dr. Tobias Reich, Institute of Radiochemistry, FZ Rossendorf

1998
Dr. Thomas Fanghänel, Institute for Nuclear Waste Management, Karlsruhe Research Centre

1994
Dr. Andreas Türler, Paul Scherrer Institute/CH

1990
Dr. Klaus Lützenkirchen, University of Mainz

1989
Dr. Christoph Lierse, TU Munich

1986
Prof. Dr. Rolf Michel, University of Hanover

1984
Dr. Norbert Trautmann, University of Mainz

Institutions/Institutes/Titles at the time of the award ceremony

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