In honor of Theodor Förster (1910-1974), the GDCh Division of Photochemistry and the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry award the Theodor-Förster Memorial Lectureship , usually every two years, to personalities who have made outstanding scientific achievements and made special contributions to the field field of photochemistry. The name lecture comes with a certificate of award and an invitation to give four lectures. The first of these lectures will be held after the award ceremony at the "Lecture Conference on Photochemistry" that takes place in even years. A selection committee appointed for this purpose, which represents the Division of Photochemistry and the German Bunsen Society, decides on the award of the award.
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The Theodor Förster Memorial Lecture of the GDCh Division of Photochemistry and the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry was awarded to Prof. Dr. Katja Heinze on the occasion of the 29th Lecture Conference on Photochemistry in Mainz on September 17, 2024.
"In recognition of her groundbreaking work in the field of molecular photophysics and photochemistry. With her research, Ms. Heinze builds an exemplary bridge between coordination chemistry, photophysics and the theoretical description of electronically excited states. Through this methodological and holistic approach, Ms. Heinze succeeds in highly innovative work on the investigation of various luminescence phenomena, spectral upconversion, intra- and intermolecular energy and electron transfer processes and molecular sensor technology. The focus here is on coordination compounds of frequently occurring metals, which has resulted in a paradigm shift away from the "classical" but rare elements Ru, Ir and Pt. Ms. Heinze's work opens the door to fundamentally new concepts in the development of photoactive coordination compounds and lays the foundation for their technological applications in the coming decades."
The self-chosen title of the Theodor-Förster Memorial Lectureship 2024 is:
"Photophysics and Photochemistry of Complexes with Earth-abundant Metals"
The Theodor Förster Memorial Lecture of the GDCh Division of Photochemistry and the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry was given to Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bach awarded.
"In recognition of his outstanding achievements in the development and application of organic photochemistry and asymmetric photocatalysis. As a long-time chair of organic chemistry at the Technical University of Munich, he managed to combine two important research directions, photochemistry and asymmetric catalysis, in his contributions. Professor Bach is one of the most important contemporary organic photochemists who, in his partly groundbreaking work, has revolutionized the areas of enantioselective photochemistry, [2+2] photocycloadditions and asymmetric photochemistry with chiral catalysts. He achieved this using these new methods and catalysis to produce numerous natural and active substances in a targeted manner and with high yields. We honor Professor Bach with the Theodor-Förster Memorial Lectureship for his extraordinary contributions to the combination of photochemistry and organic chemistry.
| Year | name | institute |
| 2024 | Prof. Dr. Katja Heinze | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz |
| 2022 | Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bach | Technical University of Munich |
| 2020 | No award ceremony | |
| 2018 | Prof. Dr. Michael Grätzel | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland |
| 2016 | Prof. Dr. Douglas C. Neckers | Perrysburg, Ohio |
| 2014 | Prof. Dr. Ben L. Feringa | University of Groningen |
| 2012 | Prof. JC Scaiano | University of Ottawa |
| 2010 | Prof. Miguel A. Miranda | University of Politecnica Valencia |
| 2008 | Prof. Masahiro Irie | University, Tokyo |
| 2007 | Prof. Dr. Gion Calzaferri | University of Bern |
| 2005 | Prof. Nicholas J. Turro | Columbia University, New York |
| 2003 | Prof. Dr. Jakob Wirz | University of Basel |
| 2001 | Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Kurt Schaffner | Max Planck Institute, Mülheim |
| 1999 | Prof. Dr. Frans De Schryver | University of Leuven |
| 1997 | Dietmar Möbius | Göttingen |
| 1995 | Waldemar Adam | Würzburg |
| 1993 | Jan W. Verhoeven | Amsterdam |
| 1991 | Fritz P. Schäfer | Göttingen |
| 1989 | Zbigniew R. Grabowski | Warsaw |
| 1987 | Albert Weller | Göttingen |
| 1975 | George Porter | London |
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