
Marianne Baudler Prize

Professor Peter Roesky receives the Marianne Baudler Prize for his innovative and pioneering contributions to lanthanoid chemistry. He has had a lasting influence on this field of chemistry. In addition to synthesising numerous novel compounds, he has also described their successful applications, for example in catalytic processes or in the production of luminescent and magnetic materials. Outstanding and versatile synthetic strategies, systematic investigations of structure and properties, and intelligent ligand design, which has recently enabled access to spectacular polynuclear complexes, form the basis of his successes.
The Marianne Baudler Prize is awarded to chemists for outstanding scientific work in the field of inorganic chemistry. The chemistry professor Marianne Baudler was director of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Cologne and conducted research in the field of non-metals. She was particularly interested in phosphanes and other compounds with at least one phosphorus–phosphorus bond.
At its meeting on 4 March 2022, the GDCh Board decided that the prize for inorganic chemistry, previously named after the chemist Alfred Stock (1876–1946), should no longer bear Stock’s name. The Board thereby followed a recommendation from the “Prizes 2.0” Commission, which had examined Alfred Stock in detail on behalf of the Board. The Chair of the Division of History of Chemistry, Prof. Carsten Reinhardt, University of Bielefeld, was also consulted. With this measure, the Board and the Commission emphasise the GDCh’s clear stance against antisemitism and discrimination, as well as its unequivocal commitment to diversity and equal opportunities. A detailed explanation can be found in issue 07/08 2022 of Nachrichten aus der Chemie. On 8 December 2022, the GDCh Board decided to name the prize after the inorganic chemist Prof. Dr Marianne Baudler.

| 2024 | Peter W. Roesky, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
| 2022 | Franc Meyer, Georg August University of Göttingen |
| 2020 | Stefanie Dehnen, Marburg |
| 2018 | Christian Limberg, Berlin |
| 2016 | Holger Braunschweig, Würzburg |
| 2014 | Wolfgang Kaim, Stuttgart |
| 2012 | Werner Uhl, Münster |
| 2010 | Matthias Drieß, Berlin |
| 2008 | Michael Lappert, Brighton/UK |
| 2006 | Karl Otto Christe, Los Angeles CA/USA |
| 2004 | Hans Georg Schnöckel, Karlsruhe |
| 2002 | Peter Jutzi, Bielefeld |
| 2000 | Achim Müller, Bielefeld |
| 1998 | Peter Paetzold, Aachen |
| 1996 | Martin Jansen, Bonn |
| 1994 | Otto J. Scherer, Kaiserslautern |
| 1992 | Gottfried Huttner, Heidelberg |
| 1990 | Herbert W. Roesky, Göttingen |
| 1988 | Helmut Werner, Würzburg |
| 1986 | Marianne Baudler, Cologne |
| 1983 | Eugene G. Rochow, Captiva/USA |
| 1982 | Hubert Schmidbaur, Munich |
| 1981 | Hans Georg von Schnering, Stuttgart |
| 1979 | Ulrich Wannagat, Braunschweig |
| 1976 | Heinrich Nöth, Munich |
| 1974 | Rudolf Hoppe, Gießen |
| 1972 | Max Schmidt, Würzburg |
| 1970 | Gerhard Fritz, Karlsruhe |
| 1967 | Harald Schäfer, Münster |
| 1964 | Werner Fischer, Hanover |
| 1963 | Friedrich Seel, Saarbrücken |
| 1961 | Margot Becke-Goehring, Heidelberg |
| 1959 | Ernst Otto Fischer, Munich |
| 1958 | Rudolf Scholder, Karlsruhe |
| 1956 | Hermann Irving Schlesinger, Chicago/USA |
| 1955 | Ulrich Hofmann, Darmstadt |
| 1954 | Harry Julius Emeléus, Cambridge/UK |
| 1953 | Josef Goubeau, Stuttgart |
| 1952 | Robert Schwarz, Aachen |
| 1951 | Walter Hieber, Munich |
| 1950 | Egon Wiberg, Munich |
Prof. Dr. Christian Limberg, Humboldt University of Berlin (lead responsibility)
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Dehnen, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Prof. Dr. Bettina Valeska Lotsch, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Prof. Dr. Nils Metzler-Nolte, Ruhr University Bochum
Prof. Dr. Michael Ruck, TU Dresden
Dr. Andrey Karpov, BASF