Carl-Duisberg Memorial Award
The GDCh honours Junior Professor Dr Markus Suta for his pioneering work in the field of inorganic, luminescent materials for a wide range of applications, including light-emitting diodes, displays and upconversion. Particular emphasis is placed on his design concepts for luminescent thermometers, which are used in optical temperature sensing and combine the principles of inorganic solid-state and materials chemistry with physical models. In this way, he makes an important contribution to a more fundamental understanding of non-radiative processes and to the development of sustainable phosphors.
The Carl-Duisberg Memorial Award supports early-career academics in chemistry and is endowed with a total of 7,500 euros. It is awarded to individuals working at a German university or, as Germans, at a university abroad, who do not yet hold a W2/W3 professorship or an equivalent position and are no older than 40.
In 1935, IG Farbenindustrie established the Carl Duisberg Memorial Foundation at the Association of German Chemists to support early-career academics. It was intended to express the close connection between the industrial chemist Carl Duisberg and chemical research and teaching. After the Second World War, the foundation was not initially renewed. At the suggestion of the GDCh Executive Board, Bayer AG agreed in 1969 to revive the award. It is now financed from the proceeds of a special fund for awards at the GDCh.
Prof. Dr Sonja Herres-Pawlis, RWTH Aachen University (lead responsibility)
Dr Frank Dissinger, University of Ulm
Prof. Dr Ute Hellmich, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Prof. Dr Bill Morandi, ETH Zurich
Prof. Dr Ralf Tonner-Zech, Leipzig University
Prof. Dr. Sonja Herres-Pawlis, RWTH Aachen (Federführung)
Dr. Frank Dissinger, Universität Ulm
Prof. Dr. Ute Hellmich, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Prof. Dr. Bill Morandi, ETH Zürich
Prof. Dr. Ralf Tonner-Zech, Universität Leipzig