Eberhard-Gerstel Award
From 2010 to 2024, the Working Group Separation Science of the GDCh Division of Analytical Chemistry awarded the Eberhard-Gerstel Award every two years for an outstanding publication in the field of analytical separation techniques in an internationally recognised, peer-reviewed journal. The award was aimed at early-career scientists and the decisive selection criteria were originality, scientific, methodological or instrument-related significance, and the independence of the work. The award ceremony traditionally took place as part of the analytica conference, held in Munich in even-numbered years. The prize money was donated by GERSTEL GmbH & Co. KG (Mülheim an der Ruhr), which was founded by Eberhard Gerstel in 1967 and developed into a world-leading provider of systems and solutions for automated sample preparation and sample introduction in GC/MS and LC/MS.
The Eberhard-Gerstel Award 2024, endowed by Gerstel GmbH & Co. KG, Mülheim an der Ruhr, was presented to M.Eng. Anish Das (Leipzig University) on 9 April 2024 as part of the analytica conference 2024 in Munich.
For outstanding achievements in the field of analytical separation techniques and in recognition of his contribution as first author to the publication “On-the-Fly Mass Spectrometry in Digital Microfluidics Enabled by a Microspray Hole: Toward Multidimensional Reaction Monitoring in Automated Synthesis Platforms” (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 10353-10360).
The Eberhard-Gerstel Award was presented on 21 June 2022 to Dr. Christoph Gstöttner (Leiden University Medical Center, Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics) as part of the analytica conference 2022 . His publication “Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis−Mass Spectrometry as a Tool to Unravel Proteoform-Specific Antibody−Receptor Interactions” in the journal Analytical Chemistry 2021, 93, 15133−15141 was honoured.
The Eberhard-Gerstel Award 2020 was presented to Sebastian K. Piendl (Leipzig University) at the virtual analytica conference 2020. His publication "2D in Seconds: Coupling of Chip-HPLC with Ion Mobility Spectrometry" in Analytical Chemistry 2019, 91, 7613−7620 was honoured.
Presentation of the 2018 Eberhard Gerstel Award to Josef Heiland (Leipzig University) during the analytica conference 2018 for his publication “Temperature Gradient Elution and Superheated Eluents in Chip-HPLC” in Analytical Chemistry 2017, 89, 3266−3271.
| Year | awardee | Affiliation* | Publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | M.Eng. Anish Das | Leipzig University | On-the-Fly Mass Spectrometry in Digital Microfluidics Enabled by a Microspray Hole: Toward Multidimensional Reaction Monitoring in Automated Synthesis Platforms J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 10353-10360 |
| 2022 | Dr. Christoph Gstöttner | Leiden University Medical Center | Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis−Mass Spectrometry as a Tool to Unravel Proteoform-Specific Antibody−Receptor Interactions Analytical Chemistry 2021, 93, 15133−15141 |
| 2020 | M.Sc. Sebastian K. Piendl | Leipzig University | 2D in Seconds: Coupling of Chip-HPLC with Ion Mobility Spectrometry Analytical Chemistry 2019, 91, 7613−7620 |
| 2018 | M.Sc. Josef Heiland | Leipzig University | Temperature Gradient Elution and Superheated Eluents in Chip-HPLC Analytical Chemistry 2017, 89, 3266−3271 |
| 2016 | M.Sc. Andrea Beutner | University of Regensburg | Two-Dimensional Separation of Ionic Species by Hyphenation of Capillary Ion Chromatography × Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry Analytical Chemistry 2015, 87(6), 3134-3138 |
| 2014 | M.Sc. Jakob Haun | University of Duisburg-Essen | Online and Splitless NanoLC x CapillaryLC with Quadrupole/Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometric Detection for Comprehensive Screening Analysis of Complex Samples Analytical Chemistry 2013, 85(21), 10083 - 10090 |
| 2012 | Dr. Stefan Ohla | Leipzig University | Monitoring on-Chip Pictet-Spengler Reactions by Integrated Analytical Separation and Label-Free Time-Resolved Fluorescence Chem. Eur. J. 2012, DOI: 10.1002/chem.201101768 |
| 2012 | Dr. Steffen Wiese | University of Duisburg-Essen | General Strategy for Performing Temperature Programming in High Performance Liquid Chromatography – Prediction of Linear Temperature Gradients Analytical Chemistry 2011, 83(6), 2227-2233 |
| 2010 | Dr. Jens Künnemeyer | University of Münster | Analysis of the Contrast Agent Magnevist and its Transmetalation Products in Blood Plasma by Capillary Electrophoresis / Electrospray Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Analytical Chemistry 2009, 81, 3600-3607 |
*at the time of the award ceremony