The basis for the work of our selection committees
for the GDCh prizes are the working guidelines.
(as of 3/2023)

Members of the selection committees are appointed by the GDCh Executive Board. Membership extends over two possible terms of office of four years each.

• Adolf-von-Baeyer-Denkmuenze

• Albrecht-Kossel-Preis

• Alfred-Stock-Gedächtnispreis

• Ars legendi-Fakultätenpreis

• Arfvedson-Schlenk-Preis

• August-Wilhelm-von-Hofmann-Denkmünze

• Award for Excellent Supervisors of Chinese PhD Students

• Carl-Duisberg-Gedaechtnispreis

• Carl-Duisberg-Plakette

• Carl-Roth-Förderpreis

• Emil-Fischer-Medaille

• Erich Hueckel Prize

• Franz Effenberger Postdoctoral Fellowship

• Fresenius-Preis

• GDCh-Preis für Biokatalyse

• GDCh Prize for Writers and Journalists

• Gmelin-Beilstein-Denkmünze

• Heinz-Schmidkunz-Preis

• Hermann-Staudinger-Preis

• Hildegard Hamm-Bruecher Prize for Equal Opportunities in Chemistry

• Horst-Pracejus-Preis

• Joseph-König-Gedenkmünze

• Liebig-Denkmünze

• Otto-Hahn-Preis

• Prize for Bioconversion of Renewable Resources

• Primo-Levi-Prize

• Richard-Willstätter-Preis für Chemische Biologie

• Wilhelm-Klemm-Preis

• Wilhelm-Ostwald-Nachwuchspreis

• Wöhler Prize for Sustainable Chemistry

Ex officio:
President of the GDCh, (in charge): Prof Peter R. Schreiner (2020/2021)
President of the SCI, (lead management): Prof. Gaetano Guerra (2019 - 2021)
GDCh Managing Director: Prof. Wolfram Koch, Frankfurt a.M. (as Secretary without voting rights)
A member of the Levi family: Prof. Renzo Levi, Turin/IT
Other members:
Prof Raffaele Riccio, Salerno/IT
Prof Francesco de Angelis, L'Aquila/IT
Prof Dr Henning Hopf, TU Braunschweig
Prof Dr Gisela Lück, University of Bielefeld

Prof. Alois FÜRSTNER, Mülheim/R. (Lead)
Prof. Detlev BELDER, Leipzig
Prof. Claudia FELSER, Dresden
Prof. Claudia WICKLEDER, Siegen
Prof. Ruth GSCHWIND, Regensburg
Prof. Thomas CARELL, LMU Munich

Prof. Katharina AL-SHAMERY, Oldenburg (lead)
Prof. Frank NEESE, Mülheim a.d.Ruhr
Prof. Beate KOKSCH, FU Berlin
Prof. Ulrich S. SCHUBERT, Jena
Prof. Franc MEYER, Göttingen

Prof. Herbert WALDMANN (Lead, Otto Hahn Prize Board of Trustees)
Prof. Barbara ALBERT (Otto Hahn Prize Board of Trustees)
Prof. Jürgen GAUß, Mainz
Prof. Katharina LANDFESTER, MPI Mainz
Prof. Joachim SAUER, TU Berlin
Prof. Benjamin LIST, MPI Mülheim

Prof. Rainer HERGES, Kiel (lead, Emil Fischer Medal)
Prof. Albrecht BERKESSEL, Cologne (lead, Adolf von Baeyer Memorial Medal)
Prof. Tanja WEIL, MPI Mainz
Prof. Klaus MÜLLEN, MPI Mainz
Prof. Anke KRÜGER, Würzburg
Prof. Frank WÜRTHNER, Würzburg

Prof. Katharina LANDFESTER, MPI Mainz (lead)
Prof. Christopher BARNER-KOWOLLIK, Brisbane/AUS, KIT Karlsruhe
Prof. Rainer HAAG, FU Berlin
Prof. Doris KLEE, RWTH Aachen
Prof. Holger FREY, Mainz

Prof. Peter H. SEEBERGER, Potsdam (Lead)
Prof. Georg SCZAKIEL, University Hospital Lübeck
Prof. Sabine MÜLLER, Greifswald
Prof. Thisbe K. LINDHORST, Kiel
Prof. Christian HACKENBERGER, Leibniz Research Institute, Berlin

Prof. Sven SCHNEIDER, Göttingen (lead)
Prof. Martin KAUPP, TU Berlin
Prof. Beate PAULUS, FU Berlin
Dr Frank ROSOWSKI, Berlin
Prof. Sonja HERRES-PAWLIS, Dortmund

Prof. Fritz FRIMMEL, Karlsruhe (lead)
Dr Alfred Wagner, representative of Carl Roth GmbH + Co KG (sponsor)
Prof. Stefan BRÄSE, KIT Karlsruhe
Prof. Iris OPPEL, Aachen
Prof. Ivana FLEISCHER, Tübingen
Prof. Lukas HINTERMANN, TU Munich
Prof. Iris OPPEL, Aachen
Prof Ivana FLEISCHER, Tübingen
Prof Lukas HINTERMANN, TU Munich
Prof. Florian KRAUS, Marburg
Alkit BEQIRAJ, Potsdam (GDCh-JCF (JungesChemieForum))

Prof. Willem KLOPPER, Karlsruhe (lead)
Prof. Beate PAULUS, Berlin
Prof. Christel MARIAN, Düsseldorf
Prof. Christian OCHSENFELD, Munich
Prof. Stefan GRIMME, Bonn
Prof. Leticia GONZÁLEZ, Vienna/Austria

Prof. Franz-Peter MONTFORTS, Bremen (Lead)
StD. Karola RAGUSE, Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Thomas SCHLEID, Stuttgart
Prof. Dr Insa MELLE, TU Dortmund
Dr Marco ROSSOW, Reppenstedt
Prof. Marco OETKEN, University of Education, Freiburg

Prof. Stefan BUCHHOLZ, Evonik, Marl (for the GDCh)
Prof. Regine VON KLITZING, TU Berlin (for the GDCh)
Dr Klaus FUNKE, Münster (for the Bunsen Society)
Dr Eckart RÜHL, Berlin (for the Bunsen Society)
Prof. Helmut PAPP, Großbothen (for the Wilhelm Ostwald Society)

Dr Frank OELLIEN, Stadecken-Elsheim (Representing the specialist group: "CIC") (lead)
Dr Gisela BOECK, Rostock
Dr Steffen PAULY, Heidelberg
Prof Achim ZIELESNY, Recklinghausen
Dr Vera KÖSTER, Wiley-VCH

Dr Peter GÖLITZ, Weinheim, (lead)
GDCh Executive Board (ex officio): Prof Wolfram KOCH, Frankfurt a.M.
GDCh President (ex officio) - 2020/2021 - : Prof Peter R. SCHREINER, Giessen
Dr Uta BILOW, Dresden
Dr Michael GROSS, Oxford/GB
Prof Evamarie HEY-HAWKINS, Leipzig
Prof Klaus GRIESAR, Darmstadt

Prof. Monika PISCHETSRIEDER, Erlangen-Nuremberg (lead)
Prof. Leane LEHMANN, Würzburg
Prof. Gerd HAMSCHER, Gießen
Dr Katrin HOENICKE, Eurofins Hamburg
Prof. Markus FISCHER, Hamburg

Prof Torsten C. SCHMIDT, Duisburg-Essen (lead)
Prof Renato ZENOBI, ETH Zurich/CH
Prof Torsten DAUBENFELD, Fresenius University, Idstein
Prof Bernhard SPENGLER, Gießen
Prof Uwe KARST, Münster

Prof. Thomas FÄSSLER, TU Munich (lead)
Prof. Carsten STROHMANN, Dortmund
Dr Urich WIETELMANN, Albemarle, Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Theresa SCHMIDT, Albemarle, Langelsheim
Dr Margret WOHLFAHRT-MEHRENS, ZSW Ulm
Prof. Dietmar STALKE, Göttingen

Prof. Eric MEGGERS, Marburg (lead)
Prof. Benjamin LIST, Mülheim a. d. Ruhr
Prof. René PETERS, Stuttgart
Prof. Thorsten BACH, TU Munich
Prof. Uwe MEIERHENRICH, Nice/F

Prof. Harald GRÖGER, Bielefeld (lead)
Prof. Kathrin CASTIGLIONE, Erlangen-Nuremberg
Prof. Andreas LIESE, TU Hamburg-Harburg
Prof. Dörte ROTHER, Forschungszentrum Jülich
Prof. Udo KRAGL, Rostock
Prof. Anett SCHALLMEY, TU Braunschweig
Prof. Uwe T. BORNSCHEUER, Greifswald
Prof. Udo KRAGL, Rostock
Prof. Anett SCHALLMEY, TU Braunschweig
Prof. Uwe T. BORNSCHEUER, Greifswald
Prof. Vlada URLACHER, Düsseldorf

Prof. Bernhard RIEGER, TU Munich (lead)
Prof. Michael MEIER, KIT Karlsruhe
Prof. Regina PALKOVITS, Aachen
Dr Maximilian HEMPEL, DBU Osnabrück
Dr Dorit WOLF, Hanau
Prof. Ferdi SCHÜTH, MPI Mülheim

The jury, chaired by the president of the professional society that is operationally responsible for the prize in the respective year, is made up of

• One student representative per professional society
• One expert from the university per professional society
• One representative per sponsor
• One university didactician (selected by the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft)

The GDCh sends the following representatives to the jury:

• A member of the JCF federal board or a JCF regional spokesperson as a student representative
• The ADUC chairperson as a university expert

All current members of the GDCh Board

Did you know that the promotion of equal opportunities is enshrined in our Articles of Association?

What does this mean in practice?