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Liebig commemorative coin

Liebig commemorative coin

Liebig-Denkmünze

herausragende Leistungen in der Chemie
2026 - Peter Seeberger, Potsdam
2024 - Katharina Landfester, Mainz
2022 - Claudia Felser, Dresden
2020 - Herbert Waldmann, Dortmund
Herbert Waldmann
2026 - Peter Seeberger, Potsdam
2024 - Katharina Landfester, Mainz
2022 - Claudia Felser, Dresden
2020 - Herbert Waldmann, Dortmund
Herbert Waldmann

#Liebig commemorative coin

#2024 award winner: Katharina Landfester, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz

Professor Katharina Landfester receives the Liebig commemorative coin for the development of functional nanocapsules that, through a multidisciplinary combination of polymer concepts and biological principles, enable efficient drug delivery and release and can be used to construct artificial cell-like systems.

More information about Katharina Landfester
  • Field: Entire field of chemistry
  • Consists of: EUR 7,500, silver medal, certificate
  • First awarded: 1903
  • Awarded in: Even-numbered years
Mehr Informationen zu Justus Liebig
2024

Katharina Landfester, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz

2022

Claudia Felser, MPI for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden

2020Herbert Waldmann, Dortmund
2018Wolfgang Schnick, Munich
2016Markus Antonietti, Potsdam
2014Hans-Ulrich Reißig, Berlin
2012Walter Thiel, Mühlheim a. d. Ruhr
2010Joachim Sauer, Berlin
2008Wolfgang Krätschmer, Heidelberg
2006Herbert Mayr, Munich
2004Arndt Simon, Stuttgart
2002Hans Wolfgang Spiess, Mainz
2000Reinhart Ahlrichs, Karlsruhe
1998Helmut Schwarz, Berlin
1996Werner Kutzelnigg, Bochum
1994Wolfgang Beck, Munich
1993Reinhard W. Hoffmann, Marburg
1991Kurt Issleib, Halle (Saale)
1989Meinhart Zenk, Munich
1987Gerhard Ertl, Berlin
1986Rolf Appel, Bonn
1984Ulrich Schöllkopf, Göttingen
1983Dieter Oesterheit, Munich
1981Armin Weiss, Munich
1980Ernst Ruch, Berlin
1976Horst Pommer, Ludwigshafen
1973Leopold Horner, Mainz
1972Hans-Werner Kuhn, Göttingen
1969Oskar Glemser, Göttingen
1967Erich Thilo, Berlin
1965Wilhelm Husmann, Aachen
1964Günter Scheibe, Munich
1961Rolf Huisgen, Munich
1960Georg-Maria Schwab, Munich
1958Gerhard Schramm, Tübingen
1957Friedrich A. Paneth, Mainz
1956Heinrich Hock, Clausthal
1955Feodor Lynen, Munich
1953Wilhelm Moschel, Leverkusen
1951Wilhelm Klemm, Münster
1950Erich Konrad, Leverkusen

Prize winners of the Association of German Chemists

1940Otto Hönigschmid, Munich
1938Eduard Zintl, Darmstadt
1937Ernst Späth, Vienna/Austria
1936Gustav F. Hüttig, Prague/Czech Republic
1935

Walther A. Roth, Braunschweig

Karl Ziegler, Heidelberg

1934Ferdinand Flury, Würzburg
1933Adolf Spilker, Duisburg
1931

Friedrich Emich, Graz/Austria

Ida Noddack, Berlin

Walter Noddack, Berlin

1930Otto Ruff, Breslau
1929Hans Fischer, Munich
1928Friedrich Bergius, Heidelberg
1927Fritz Raschig, Ludwigshafen
1926Robert-Emanuel Schmidt, Wuppertal-Elberfeld
1925Gustav Tammann, Göttingen
1924Max Schroeder, Berlin
1922Wilhelm Normann, Chemnitz
1921Max Planck, Berlin
1919Carl Bosch, Ludwigshafen
1914Fritz Haber, Berlin
1913Emil Ehrensberger, Traunstein
1912Carl Harries, Berlin
1911Paul Ehrlich, Frankfurt a. M.
1909Otto Schott, Jena
1908Otto Schönherr, Dresden
1907Adolf Frank, Berlin
1905Eduard Buchner, Würzburg
1904Rudolf Knietsch, Ludwigshafen
1903Adolf von Baeyer, Munich

#Distinguished individuals since 1903

2026Peter Seeberger, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam
2024Katharina Landfester, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz
2022Claudia Felser, MPI for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden
2020Herbert Waldmann, Dortmund
2018Wolfgang Schnick, Munich
2016Markus Antonietti, Potsdam
2014Hans-Ulrich Reißig, Berlin
2012Walter Thiel, Mühlheim a. d. Ruhr
2010Joachim Sauer, Berlin
2008Wolfgang Krätschmer, Heidelberg
2006Herbert Mayr, Munich
2004Arndt Simon, Stuttgart
2002Hans Wolfgang Spiess, Mainz
2000Reinhart Ahlrichs, Karlsruhe
1998Helmut Schwarz, Berlin
1996Werner Kutzelnigg, Bochum
1994Wolfgang Beck, Munich
1993Reinhard W. Hoffmann, Marburg
1991Kurt Issleib, Halle (Saale)
1989Meinhart Zenk, Munich
1987Gerhard Ertl, Berlin
1986Rolf Appel, Bonn
1984Ulrich Schöllkopf, Göttingen
1983Dieter Oesterheit, Munich
1981Armin Weiss, Munich
1980Ernst Ruch, Berlin
1976Horst Pommer, Ludwigshafen
1973Leopold Horner, Mainz
1972Hans-Werner Kuhn, Göttingen
1969Oskar Glemser, Göttingen
1967Erich Thilo, Berlin
1965Wilhelm Husmann, Aachen
1964Günter Scheibe, Munich
1961Rolf Huisgen, Munich
1960Georg-Maria Schwab, Munich
1958Gerhard Schramm, Tübingen
1957Friedrich A. Paneth, Mainz
1956Heinrich Hock, Clausthal
1955Feodor Lynen, Munich
1953Wilhelm Moschel, Leverkusen
1951Wilhelm Klemm, Münster
1950Erich Konrad, Leverkusen

Prize winners of the Association of German Chemists

1940Otto Hönigschmid, Munich
1938Eduard Zintl, Darmstadt
1937Ernst Späth, Vienna/Austria
1936Gustav F. Hüttig, Prague/Czech Republic
1935

Walther A. Roth, Brunswick

Karl Ziegler, Heidelberg

1934Ferdinand Flury, Würzburg
1933Adolf Spilker, Duisburg
1931

Friedrich Emich, Graz/Austria

Ida Noddack, Berlin

Walter Noddack, Berlin

1930Otto Ruff, Breslau
1929Hans Fischer, Munich
1928Friedrich Bergius, Heidelberg
1927Fritz Raschig, Ludwigshafen
1926Robert-Emanuel Schmidt, Wuppertal-Elberfeld
1925Gustav Tammann, Göttingen
1924Max Schroeder, Berlin
1922Wilhelm Normann, Chemnitz
1921Max Planck, Berlin
1919Carl Bosch, Ludwigshafen
1914Fritz Haber, Berlin
1913Emil Ehrensberger, Traunstein
1912Carl Harries, Berlin
1911Paul Ehrlich, Frankfurt a. M.
1909Otto Schott, Jena
1908Otto Schönherr, Dresden
1907Adolf Frank, Berlin
1905Eduard Buchner, Würzburg
1904Rudolf Knietsch, Ludwigshafen
1903Adolf von Baeyer, Munich

#Auswahlkommission

Prof. Dr. Ryan Gilmour, Universität Münster (Federführung)
Prof. Dr. Evamarie Hey-Hawkins, Universität Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Franc Meyer, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Prof. Dr. Markus Reiher, ETH Hönggerberg
Prof. Dr. Marie Weinhart, Freie Universität Berlin