Felix-Bloch Lectureship
The Division of Magnetic Resonance of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) generally awards the Felix-Bloch Lectureship annually, recognising outstanding achievements by more established early-career researchers in the field of magnetic resonance over the preceding five years, as demonstrated by scientific publications. The award includes a certificate and prize money of 1000 euros. The awardee generally gives four lectures, the first of which is delivered immediately after the award ceremony, held as part of the Division conference FGMR Annual Discussion Meeting.
Award committee: Chairs of the previous, current and subsequent FGMR Annual Discussion Meetings
The prize is not currently open for applications (next call for proposals: early 2027).
Dr. James Eills (Forschungszentrum Jülich) was awarded the Felix-Bloch Lectureship 2026 on 14 September 2026 as part of the 47th FGMR Annual Discussion Meeting in Mainz.
"In recognition of his innovative work in the field of para-hydrogen-induced hyperpolarisation and its establishment for NMR spectroscopy and MRI imaging.
In this context, Dr. Eills has made pioneering contributions both to methodological development and instrumentation. For example, he used the special quantum-mechanical properties of hyperpolarised metabolites for the direct detection of metabolic reactions and expanded the range of applications of para-hydrogen-induced hyperpolarisation through the systematic transfer of hyperpolarisation between different substances and by optimising the lifetime of hyperpolarised metabolites. Overall, at a young age he has already made a valuable contribution to the field of NMR spectroscopy and imaging by establishing para-hydrogen-induced hyperpolarisation for widespread application."
The title chosen by the recipient of the Felix-Bloch Lectureship 2026 is:
Parahydrogen-Based Hyperpolarization and Ultralow-Field NMR
Junior Professor Dr. Jan Behrends (Freie Universität Berlin) was awarded the 2024 Felix-Bloch Lectureship on 9 September 2024 as part of the 45th FGMR Annual Discussion Meeting in Rostock.
The self-chosen title of the 2024 Felix-Bloch Lectureship is:
"Spins at Work in Energy Conversion and Storage Devices“
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jan Behrends (Freie Universität Berlin) wurde am 9. September 2024 im Rahmen des 45. FGMR Annual Discussion Meetings in Rostock mit der Felix-Bloch-Vorlesung 2024 ausgezeichnet.
Der selbst gewählte Titel der Felix-Bloch-Vorlesung 2024 lautet:
"Spins at Work in Energy Conversion and Storage Devices“
Dr. Dominik Benjamin Bucher (Technical University of Munich) was honoured with the 2022 Felix-Bloch Lectureship on 12 September 2022 during the 43rd FGMR Annual Discussion Meeting in Karlsruhe.
Title of the 2022 Felix-Bloch Lectureship: "Diamond quantum sensors for nano- and microscale NMR spectroscopy".
Junior Professor Dr. Ann-Christin Pöppler (University of Würzburg) and Dr Stefan Glöggler (Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen) were each honoured with the Felix-Bloch Lectureship 2021 during the 42nd FGMR Discussion Meeting on 1 October and 29 September 2021, respectively.
With the 2019 Felix-Bloch Lectureship, Prof. Dr. Franz Hagn was honoured during the 41st FGMR Annual Discussion Meeting (EUROISMAR; Berlin) on 25 August 2019.
The Felix-Bloch Lectureship 2018 was awarded to Dr. Manuel Etzkorn on the occasion of the 40th FGMR Annual Discussion Meeting on 10 September 2018 in Leipzig.
The Felix-Bloch Lectureship 2017 was awarded to Dr. Muslim Dvoyashkin on the occasion of the 39th FGMR Annual Discussion Meeting on 15 September 2017 in Bayreuth.
The 2016 Felix-Bloch Lectureship was awarded to Dr. Björn Corzilius at the 38th FGMR Annual Discussion Meeting on 12 September 2016 in Düsseldorf.
The Felix-Bloch Lectureship 2015 was awarded to Dr. Rasmus Jan Linser on the occasion of the 37th Conference of the Division of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy on 7 September 2015 in Darmstadt.
| Year | Place of award ceremony | Name | Affiliation at the time of the award | |
| 2025 | Bonn | apl. Prof. Dr. Torsten Gutmann | Technical University of Darmstadt | |
| 2024 | Rostock | Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jan Behrends | Free University of Berlin | |
| 2023 | Konstanz | Dr. Loren B. Andreas | Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen | |
| 2022 | Karlsruhe | Dr. Dominik Benjamin Bucher | Technical University of Munich | |
| 2021 | Online | Jun.-Prof. Dr. Ann-Christin Pöppler | University of Würzburg | |
| 2021 | Online | Dr. Stefan Glöggler | Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen | |
| 2019 | Berlin | Prof. Dr. Franz Hagn | Technical University of Munich | |
| 2018 | Leipzig | Dr. Manuel Etzkorn | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf | |
| 2017 | Bayreuth | Dr. Muslim Dvoyashkin | University of Leipzig | |
| 2016 | Düsseldorf | Dr.-Ing. Björn Corzilius | Goethe University Frankfurt | |
| 2015 | Darmstadt | Dr. Rasmus Linser | Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen |
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| Year | Place of award ceremony | Name | Affiliation at the time of the award | |
| 2026 | Mainz | Dr. James Eills | Forschungszentrum Jülich | |
| 2025 | Bonn | apl. Prof. Dr. Torsten Gutmann | Technische Universität Darmstadt | |
| 2024 | Rostock | Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jan Behrends | Freie Universität Berlin | |
| 2023 | Konstanz | Dr. Loren B. Andreas | Max-Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen | |
| 2022 | Karlsruhe | Dr. Dominik Benjamin Bucher | Technische Universität München | |
| 2021 | Online | Jun.-Prof. Dr. Ann-Christin Pöppler | Universität Würzburg | |
| 2021 | Online | Dr. Stefan Glöggler | Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen | |
| 2019 | Berlin | Prof. Dr. Franz Hagn | Technische Universität München | |
| 2018 | Leipzig | Dr. Manuel Etzkorn | Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf | |
| 2017 | Bayreuth | Dr. Muslim Dvoyashkin | Universität Leipzig | |
| 2016 | Düsseldorf | Dr.-Ing. Björn Corzilius | Goethe-Universität Frankfurt | |
| 2015 | Darmstadt | Dr. Rasmus Linser | Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen |