awards and honors

The Society of Food Chemistry (LChG) - Division in the GDCh awards the Werner Baltes Award to young colleagues who are already independently active in scientific research but have not yet been appointed for special scientific achievements. The prize is intended to be an incentive for further successful activities. The prize money is EUR 2000. The prize is awarded at the gala meeting of the annual Food Chemistry Days. The awardee presents his scientific achievements in a lecture.

The prize for young scientists was established in 1969 as the "Young Scientist Prize" and was named after Prof. Dr. Kurt Täufel (1892-1970) from 1998 to 2017. In 2017, the prize was renamed the "Werner Baltes Award " in honor of Prof. Dr. Werner Baltes (1929-2013) and was awarded under this name for the first time in 2018. Since 2023, the prize has been called the "Werner Baltes Award". The food chemist Werner Baltes was the first awardee of the "Young Scientist Prize" in 1970. He is and was particularly known for his teaching publications and has made a special contribution to the training and promotion of young food chemists.

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Proposals are to be submitted by - a - university lecturer in food chemistry by 28 February of each year in electronic form with a letter of suggestion or endorsement, CV, structured list of publications and a description of the candidate's scientific projects to the

Board of the Food Chemistry Society
Varrentrappstr. 40 - 42
60486 Frankfurt am Main
Email: n.buerger@gdch.de

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The award has been given to (location at the time of the award ceremony):

2024
Dr. Florian Kaltner, Vienna/Austria

2023
Prof. Dr. Simon Hammann, Erlangen

2022
Dr. Helene Loos, Erlangen

2021
PD Dr. habil- Claudia Oellig, Hohenheim

2020
Dr. Franziska S. Hanschen, Großbeeren

2019
Dr. Michael Hellwig, Dresden

2018
Dr. Daniel Wefers, Karlsruhe

2017
PD Dr. Jörg Fahrer, Mainz

2016
Dr. Michael Granvogl, Freising

2015
Prof. Dr. Nils Helge Schebb, Wuppertal

2014
Dr. Jens Brockmeyer, Münster

2013
Jun. Prof. Dr. Melanie Esselen, Kaiserslautern

2012
Dr. Dietmar Rolf Kammerer, Stuttgart-Hohenheim

2010
PD Dr. Andrea Büttner, Munich and Erlangen

2009
PD Dr. Getrud Morlock, Stuttgart-Hohenheim

2008
Prof. Dr. Tanja Schwerdtle, Berlin/Münster

2007
Dr. Michael Rychlik, Munich/Garching

2006
Dr. Mirko Bunzel, Hamburg

2005
Dr. Dietmar Breithaupt, Stuttgart-Hohenheim

2004
Dr. Markus Jürgen Fischer, Munich

2003
Dr. Marcus Glomb, Berlin

2001
Dr. Markus O. Lederer, Stuttgart-Hohenheim

2000
Dr. Markus Herderich, Würzburg

1999
Dr. Thomas Hofmann, Garching

1997
Dr. Stefan Vieths, Langen

1996
Dr. Ulrich H. Engelhardt, Brunswick

1995
Dr. Thomas Henle, Freising

1994
Dr. Peter Winterhalter, Würzburg

1993
Dr. Peter Fürst, Münster

1992
Dr. Peter Schieberle, Munich

1986
Dr. Michael Petz, Münster

1984
Dr. Rudolf Galensa, Hanover

1978
Dr. Erhard Schulte, Münster

1973
Dr. Hans-Peter Thier, Erlangen

1970
Dr. Werner Baltes, Hamburg

The Society of Food Chemistry (LChG) - a Division in the GDCh - annually awards the "Future Award of the Society of Food Chemistry" for the best dissertation in the field of food chemistry . The prize money of 2,000 euros, which is provided through a private donation, is intended to honor an outstanding work that stands out for its innovative character and its particular relevance for the future and further development of the field of food chemistry . The results of the doctorate must have appeared in at least one original scientific publication or be in print at the time of application. The prize is awarded at the gala session of the annual German Food Chemistry Days.

The prize was launched in 2020 as the successor to the Gerhard Billek Prize on the initiative of Dr. Gunter Fricke as an ideological and financial supporter and the board of the LChG.

Food chemists with doctorates are invited to apply independently. The following documents must be enclosed with the application:

 

• Summary of the doctoral thesis
• Cover letter with a convincing presentation of the innovative character and relevance of the scientific results for the further development of the field of food chemistry
• Proof of successful defence / disputation
• a CV of the candidate including contact details and
• the dissertation as a PDF file.

The applicants’ eligibility for the award will be decided by a panel of experts consisting of Dr. Gunter Fricke (Chair and donor), Frankfurt, Prof. Dr. Thomas Henle, Dresden, Thomas Böhm, Chemnitz, and Moritz Popp, Leinburg (WG JLC).

Proposals should be submitted in electronic form by April 15 of each year to the chairman of the jury, Dr. Gunter Fricke (donor), c/o Society of Food Chemistry – Division in the GDCh, email n.buerger@gdch.de.

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The award has been given to (location at the time of the award ceremony):

2024
Dr. Christine A. Stübner, Düsseldorf

2023
Dr. Vivien Michaelis, Wuppertal

2022
Dr. Garima Maheshwari, Bonn

2021
Dr. Alexander M. Voigt, Bonn

2020
Dr. Franziska K. Haag, Munich

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The Bruno Rossmann Award of the Bruno Rossmann Foundation is awarded during the Food Chemistry Days by the Society of Food Chemistry - Division of the German Chemical Society . The prize consists of a certificate, the photo and CV of the donor and a cash amount of up to 5,000 euros.

According to the founder’s wishes, scientific work in the following areas can be awarded:

 

• Rapid methods for the detection of harmful substances on and in food,
• Methods for the examination of foodstuffs using simple means, for example when the technical equipment is no longer usable for external reasons, as well as
• Improvement of nutrition, elimination of harmful substances, better physiological utilization.

The funding objective is therefore to promote practical consumer protection with particular emphasis on rapid methods and innovative approaches to resource-saving food analysis, as well as improving the nutritional situation through technological advances, including the reduction of undesirable substances. Explanations of individual terms can be found in the announcement of the Bruno Rossmann Prize in the journal food chemistry 45, Issue No. 5 (1991).

Young scientists whose work corresponds to the foundation's purpose are invited to apply for the Bruno Rossmann Award through calls for applications - usually every two years - in the most important journals and magazines. To do so, the work must be from the above-mentioned areas, written in German or English, a one-page German summary and documents about the scientific career. Suitable work can also be suggested by third parties if the relevant documents are enclosed.

The eligibility of the submitted or nominated works will be decided by a panel of experts consisting of Prof. Dr. Mirko Bunzel, Karlsruhe ( Chair), Prof. Dr. Thomas Kuballa, Karlsruhe, and Dr. Katrin Hoenicke, Hamburg.

Applications and suggestions are requested in electronic form by April 15 of every second year to the chairman of the Society of Food Chemistry - Division in the GDCh, n.buerger@gdch.de. For the next award ceremony, applications and suggestions are requested by April 15, 2025.

The Josef Schormüller Scholarship promotes the scientific development of younger, professionally successful food chemists
particularly through research stays abroad. The assets contributed by Professor Schormüller are managed by the Josef Schormüller Memorial Foundation.

The scholarship is awarded after an assessment of the previous scientific achievements and the use of the scholarship by the foundation's board of directors, which consists of Prof. Dr. Monika Pischetsrieder (Erlangen), Prof. Dr. Tanja Schwerdtle (Potsdam), Prof. Dr. Reiner Wittkowski (Berlin), Dr. Gunter Fricke (Frankfurt) as industry representative and Prof. Dr. Gerd Hamscher (Gießen).

Applications or candidate proposals should include documents about the applicant's previous academic career, certificates and information about what the scholarship will be used for. These documents should be sent together with the completed and signed application using the keyword "Josef Schormüller Memorial Foundation" by April 15th to:

Prof. Dr. Reiner Wittkowski
Driftcamp 8
14532 Kleinmachnow
rwittkowski@t-online.de

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The scholarship has so far been awarded to:

2024
Dr. Vivien Michaelis, Wuppertal

2023
Dr. Maria Maares, Berlin

2022
Dr. Florian Kaltner, Gießen

2021
Dr. Jana Raupbach, Nuthetal

2020
Dr. Simon Hammann, Erlangen

2019
No award

2018
Dr. Claudia Oellig, Hohenheim

2017
Dr. Fabian Weber, Bonn

2016
Dr. Sven Meckelmann, Lüdenscheid
Dr. Sören Meyer, Potsdam

2015
Dr. Franziska Hanschen, Grossbeeren

2014
Dr. Michael Granvogl, Freising

2013
Constanze Hartmann, Erlangen
Mareen Smuda, Halle

2012
Dr. Julia Bornhorst, Münster
Dr. Michael Hellwig, Dresden

2010
Jens Brockmeyer, Münster

2009
Dr. Sascha Rohn, Berlin
Dr. Nils Schebb, Münster

2008
Dr. Ines Laube, Berlin

2007
Dr. Jörg Hegele, Lausanne

2006
Dr. Simone Höhle, Karlsruhe

2005
Sylvia Riedel, Münster
Dr. Tanja Schwerdtle, Berlin
Dr. Holger Zorn, Hanover

2004
Dr. Carlo Carsten Peich, Erlangen

2003
Dr. Stefan Bauer, Münster
Michael Schwarz, Brunswick

2002
Dr. Andreas Schieber, Stuttgart-Hohenheim

2001
Dr. Andrea Büttner, Munich
Andreas Degenhardt, Brunswick
Thomas Kislinger, Erlangen
Christoph Pfahler, Berlin
Dr. Uwe Schwarzenbolz, Dresden

2000
Mirko Bunzel, Hamburg
Dr. Frank Podebrad, Frankfurt am Main

1999
Dr. Wilfried Schwab

1998
Dr. Jan Fritsche

1997
PD Dr. Stefan Vieths

1996
Dr. Hans-Ulrich Humpf

1996
Dr. Un-Sook Gi

1995
Dr. Monika Pischetsrieder

1992
Dr. Karl Speer

1989
Dr. Rainer Malisch

1987
Dr. Peter Fürst

1986
Dr. Franz Ledl

1984
Dr. Reiner Wittkowski

1982
Dr. Christian Gertz

1979
Dr. Hans Büning-Pfaue

The German Chemical Society announced the Gerhard Billek Prize for the best dissertation in food chemistry from 2007 to 2019. The prize money of 2,000 euros was awarded to an outstanding work that is characterized by scientific originality, an interdisciplinary approach with special consideration of food technology aspects as well as significant advances in the scientific field. The prize was awarded every year on the occasion of the festive meeting of the German Food Chemists' Days.

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