ADUC Prize

Presentation of the ADUC Awards on the occasion of CDT 2025 on 17 March 2025 in Braunschweig by Prof. Dr. Hans-Dieter Arndt (ADUC Chair) to:

• Ass.-Prof. Dr. Nina Hartrampf "...in recognition of her stimulating approaches in the field of preparative peptide research, particularly the combination of modern flow-chemical synthesis methods with biosynthetic steps in the generation of lasso peptides."
• Dr. John James Molloy "...in recognition of his groundbreaking research into the use of organoboron compounds to generate structural complexity with photocatalytic strategies."
• Jun.-Prof. Dr. Johannes Markus Wahl "...in recognition of his creative contributions to the development of stereoselective synthesis methods, specifically through the skilful implementation of small-ring compounds using new catalytic methods."

Presentation of the ADUC awards on the occasion of CDT 2024 in Aachen by Prof. Dr. Hans-Dieter Arndt (ADUC Chair) to (photos: Felix Garg):

• Dr. Moritz Malischewski "...for his achievements in the field of highly reactive and unusual coordination compounds, particularly through reactions in superacidic media and using highly fluorinated cyclopentadienide ligands."
• Dr. Jola Pospech"...for her creative contributions in the field of photoredox catalysis, particularly for the development of catalytically active pyrimidopteridines, their mechanistic investigation and their use in hydroamination and hydroacylation reactions."

Presentation of the ADUC prizes on the occasion of CDT 2023 in Dresden by Prof. Dr. Nobert W. Mitzel (ADUC-Chair) to (photos: GDCh; photographer: J. Lösel):

• Dr. Terrance Hadlington "...for the implementation of the single-centre ambiphilicity concept, which enables sophisticated cooperative bond activations at transition-metal complexes with low-valent, redox-active main-group ligands and makes them usable for homogeneous catalytic processes, particularly hydroamination."
• Junior Professor Dr. Christoph Kerzig "...for the further development of photochemical energy conversion, particularly in water, as well as for the development of novel two-photon processes for photocatalysis with visible light."
• Dr. Golo Storch "...for the biomimetic development and investigation of substituted flavins as molecular redox catalysts in organic synthesis."

On the occasion of CDT 2022 in Saarbrücken, Prof. Dr. Nobert W. Mitzel (ADUC Chair; photos: left) presented the ADUC Prizes 2022 (photos: Jean M. Laffitau) to:

• Junior Prof. Dr. Kai S. Exner "...for original and groundbreaking research in the field of theoretical electrocatalysis to improve electrode materials for electrocatalytic processes or batteries."
• Junior Prof. Dr. Max M. Hansmann "...for the development of synthetic approaches to unusual and highly reactive carbon compounds such as mesoionic N-heterocyclic olefins, diazoalkenes, triplet vinylidenes and electron-rich olefins, as well as their comprehensive physical characterisation."
• Dr. Christopher J. Teskey "...for the development of photoswitchable transition-metal catalysts using cobalt-mediated hydroborations as an example, which enable stereoselective aldol reaction cascades and exhibit switchable chemoselectivity."

• Dr. Robert Göstl "...for the development of molecular force sensors that open up novel possibilities for characterising and manipulating the mechanical behaviour of polymeric materials and substances."
• Assistant Professor Dr. Vera Krewald "...for quantum chemical calculations to elucidate reaction mechanisms and to gain a better understanding of the catalytically relevant active centres involved in the activation of small molecules such as nitrogen or oxygen in the context of chemical energy conversion."
• Dr. Christian Sindlinger "...for the development of efficient syntheses of free boroles and the use of their dianions, the borolides, as cyclopentadienide-analogue ligands for stabilising unprecedented sandwich complexes and cluster-like half-sandwich complexes of electropositive p-block elements."

• Dr. Urs Gellrich "...for the development of the novel concept of inter- and intramolecular boron–ligand cooperation for bond activation and catalysis, including the first organocatalytic dehydrogenation of amine–borane."
• Dr. Jannika Lauth "...for the preparation of novel ultrathin 2D semiconductor materials and their characterisation using ultrafast spectroscopic methods. The materials possess innovative optoelectronic properties, such as photoexcitable highly mobile charge carriers or bound excitons with strong emission."
• Dr. habil. Crispin Lichtenberg "...for his preparative work in the fields of low-valent, cationic and radical bismuth chemistry, including the isolation and characterisation of new classes of compounds, the design and optimisation of chemical properties using tailor-made ligands, and the application of these compounds in the areas of C–H activation, controlled radical reactions and activation of small, strongly bound molecules."