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Prizes and Awards for Jülich Scientists
In the world of science, there is a great variety of different prizes and awards for scientific merits and achievements. The most renowned and certainly the best known of them is the Nobel Prize, which is conferred in Stockholm every year. In 2007, Jülich scientist Peter Grünberg was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics with the French scientist Albert Fert for the discovery of giant magnetoresistance (also referred to as the GMR effect) – a great honour both for the scientist himself and Forschungszentrum Jülich.
Recent honors and awards
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Due to their sheer range and number, we cannot list all of the science prizes and awards received by researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich for their contributions to science and society since Forschungszentrum Jülich was established.
I. International prizes
Nobel Prize in Physics
2007
Prof. Peter Grünberg (Forschungszentrum Jülich) jointly with Prof. Albert Fert (Université Paris-Sud) for the discovery of the giant magnetoresistance effect (GMR effect) that paved the way for the miniaturization of hard disks.
European Inventor Award
2006
Prof. Peter Grünberg (Forschungszentrum Jülich)
Kavli Prize in Nanoscience
2020
Prof. Knut Urban (Forschungszentrum Jülich) jointly with Prof. Harald Rose (Ulm University), Prof. Maximilian Haider (CEOS GmbH, Heidelberg), and Prof. Ondrej Krivanek (Nion Company, Seattle/USA)
Wolf Prize in Physics (Israel)
2011
Prof. Knut Urban (Forschungszentrum Jülich), Maximilian Haider (CEOS GmbH, Heidelberg), and Prof. Harald Rose (Technical University of Darmstadt)
2007
Prof. Peter Grünberg ( Forschungszentrum Jülich)
Japan Prize
2007
Prof. Peter Grünberg (Forschungszentrum Jülich), and Prof. Albert Fert (Université Paris-Sud)
Honda Prize
2008
Dr. Maximilian Haider (Heidelberg), Prof. Harald Rose (Darmstadt), and Prof. Knut Urban (Forschungszentrum Jülich)
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
2014
Prof. Maximilian Haider (CEOS GmbH, Heidelberg), Prof. Harald Rose (senior professor at Ulm University), and Prof. Knut Urban (Forschungszentrum Jülich)
Further international prizes in chronological order
2024
NAATBatt Lifetime Achievement Award
Prof. Martin Winter, Helmholtz Institut Münster, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
2023
Justine and Yves Sergent Award
Prof. Katrin Amunts, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine
Tribology Gold Medal
Dr. Bo Persson, Peter Grünberg Institut
European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Prof. Harry Vereecken, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
2022
SOFT Innovation prize by the European Commission
Prof. Robert Vaßen, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
Alfred Wegener Medal by the European Geoscience Union
Prof. Harry Vereecken, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
Henry B. Linford Award by the Electrochemical Society
Prof. Martin Winter, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Helmholtz Institut Münster
IALB Research Award by the International Automotive Lithium Battery Association
Prof. Martin Winter Institute of Energy and Climate Researc, Helmholtz Institut Münster
2021
Award for Excellence by the Adhesion Society
Dr. Bo Persson, Peter Grünberg Institut
Lifetime Achievement Award by the Tire Society
Dr. Bo Persson, Peter Grünberg Institut
2020
Volta Medal Award
Prof. Martin Winter, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
Christian Friedrich Schönbein Award, 14th EUROPEAN SOFC & SOE FORUM
Prof. Ludger Blum, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
2019
Royal Society of Chemistry Faraday Medal
Prof. Martin Winter, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
Kuhl-Lassen Award 2019 by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)
Prof. Alexander Drzezga, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine
2018
Google Faculty Research Award 2018
Prof. Kristel Michielsen, Jülich Supercomputing Centre
Distinguished Scientist Award by the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prof. Ulf-G. Meißner, Nuclear Physics Institute and Institute for Advanced Simulation
2016
Lise Meitner Prize from the European Physical Society
Prof. Ulf-G. Meißner, Nuclear Physics Institute and Institute for Advanced Simulation
2013
German Research Foundation’s Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
Prof. Rainer Waser, Peter-Grünberg-Institut
II. International scholarships and grants
ERC Advanced Grant
2021
Prof. Ulf-G. Meißner, Institute for Advanced Simulation
2018
Prof. Peter Wasserscheid, Helmholtz-Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy
Dr. Martin Schultz, Jülich Supercomputing Centre
2016
Prof. Hans Ströher, Nuclear Physics Institute
2012
Prof. Rafal Dunin-Borkowski, Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons
2010
Prof. Hans Ströher, Nuclear Physics Institute
ERC Consolidator Grant
2023
Dr. Guillaume Lobet, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
2021
Prof. Nick Wierckx, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
2016
Prof. Wolfgang Hoyer, Institute of Biological Information processing
2015
Prof. Dr. Samir Lounis, Peter Grünberg Institute
Prof. Hendrik Fuchs, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
ERC Synergy Grant
2023
Prof. Karl Mayrhofer, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
Prof. Carsten Sachse, Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons
2022
Prof. Stefan Tautz, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
2019
Prof. Stefan Blügel, Institute for Advanced Simulation/ Peter Grünberg Institut
Prof. Rafal Dunin-Borkowski, Ernst Ruska-Centre/Peter Grünberg Institute
ERC Starting Grant
2022
Dr. Georgios Gkatzelis, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
Dr. Heidi Heinrichs, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
2021
Dr. Jenna Poonoosamy, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
Prof. Michael Saliba, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
2019
Prof. Benedikt Sabass, Institut of Complex Systems
2017
Prof. Julia Frunzke und Prof. Dörthe Rother und Dr. Christian Wagner, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
2014
Prof. Pitter Huesgen und Prof. Jan Marienhagen, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
2012
Prof. Paul Kögerler, Peter Grünberg Institute
III. International awards and memberships
2023
„Médaille d'honneur“ des Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Prof. Astrid Lambrecht, Chair of the Board of Directors of Forschungszentrum Jülich
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering des Vereinigten Königreichs
Prof. Wolfgang Marquardt, former Chair of the Board of Directors of Forschungszentrum Jülich
Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
Prof. David DiVincenzo, Peter Grünberg Institut
2022
Member of the Academia Europaea
Prof. Gereon Fink, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine
Fellow and Global Ambassador of the American Ceramics Society
Prof. Olivier Guillion, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
Fellow of the Materials Research Society
Prof. Martin Winter, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Helmholtz Institut Münster
2021
Fellow of the European Ceramic Society
Prof. Olivier Guillion, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
Corresponding Member of the Slovenian Academy of Engineering
Prof. Martin Winter, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Helmholtz Institut Münster
2020
Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) der USA
Prof. Wolfgang Marquardt, Chair of the Board of Directors of Forschungszentrum Jülich
Member of the International Advisory Council for Global Bioeconomy
Prof. Ulrich Schurr, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
2019
Honorary member of the Accademia delle Scienze dell’Istituto di Bologna
Prof. Paolo Carloni, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine
Member of the World Academy of Ceramics
Prof. Olivier Guillon, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
2018
Honorary doctorate of the Iwane Dschawachischwili University Tiflis
Prof. Ulf G. Meißner, Nuclear Physics Institute and Institute for Advanced Simulation
Medal of Honor of the Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan
Prof. Syed M. Qaim, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine
Honorary doctorate of the Tel Aviv University
Prof. Knut Urban, Ernst Ruska-Centrum
2016
John Dalton Medal (European Geosciences Union)
Prof. Harry Verrecken, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
Henry Wagner, Jr, MD Image of the year Award (Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging)
Dr. Gérard Nisal Bischof, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine
2014
Hatsujiro Hashimoto Medal by the International Federation of Societies for Microscopy
Prof. Deutsche Jia, Peter Grünberg Institut and Ernst Ruska-Centrum
2012
Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes academiques:
Dr. Sybille Krummacher, Forschungszentrum Jülich
2010
Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize
Prof. Claus M. Schneider, Peter-Grünberg-Institut
2003
French National Order of the Legion of Honour
Prof. Dr. Joachim Treusch, then Chairman of the Board of Directors of Forschungszentrum Jülich
IV. International awards for early-career scientists
2022
Gehard Ertl Young Investigator Award by the German Physical Society (DPG)
Dr. Taner Esat, Peter Grünberg Institut
2020
Brain Imaging Council Young Investigator Award 2020 by the Society for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)
Dr. Merle Hönig, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine
2019
Enzo Ferroni Award for a Young Scientist by the European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS)
Dr. Christian Lang, Jülich Centre for Neutron Science
Biotrans Junior Award 2019
Prof. Dörte Rother, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
2018
Early Career Research Award der Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANST)
Dr. Gabriel Patrick Lynch Murphy, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
2011
Nicholas Metropolis Award by the American Physical Society
Dr. Dmitry Fedosov, Jülich Institute of Complex Systems
V. National prizes and awards
German Future Prize: Prize of the Federal President for Technology and Innovation
2002
Prof. Maria-Regina Kula, Dr. Martina Pohl, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
1998
Prof. Peter Grünberg, Peter-Grünberg-Institut
Erwin Schrödinger Prize of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (and the Helmholtz Association)
2013
Prof. Nicolas Brüggemann, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences and four other members of a German-Chinese research group
2009
Dr. Martin Bram, Prof. Hans-Peter Buchkremer, Prof. Detlev Stöver, Institute of Energy and Climate Research and Dr. Thomas Imwinkelried, Synthes
2005
Prof. Peter Tass, former Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, and Prof. Volker Sturm, University of Cologne
2002
Prof. Jürgen Allgaier, Prof. Dieter Richter, Jülich Centre for Neutron Science, Prof. Gerhard Gompper, Institute of Biological Information processing and Dr. Thomas Sottmann, Prof. Reinhard Strey, University of Cologne
German Research Foundation’s Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
2014
Prof. Rainer Waser, Peter Grünberg Institut
Alexander von Humboldt Professorship
2016
Prof. Wolf Frommer
2010
Prof. David DiVincenzo, Peter-Grünberg-Institut
Sofja Kovalevskaja Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2012
Dr. Dmitry A. Fedosov, Institute of Biological Information processing
Further national prizes in chronological order
2023
Helmholtz High Impact Award
Prof. Michael Saliba, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
2022
North Rhine-Westphalia Innovation Award
Dr. Gabriela Figueroa Miranda und Dr. Viviana Rincón Montes, Institut für Biologische Informationsprozesse
2021
Bernd Rendel Prize of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Dr. Simon Rosanka, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
Hector Science Award of the Hector Foundation
Prof. Katrin Amunts, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine
Klaus Tschira Boost Fund of the Klaus Tschira Foundation
Dr. Georgios Gkatzelis, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
Klaus Tschira Boost Fund of the Klaus Tschira Foundation
Dr. Miriam Menzel, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine
Harald Rose Lecture Award of the German Society for Electron Microscopy
Prof. Joachim Meyer, Ernst Ruska Centrum
2020
Heinz Maier Leibnitz Award of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Prof. Michael Saliba, Institute of Energy and Climate Research and Institute of Photovoltaic University Stuttgart
Prize of the DECHEMA Future Forum Biotechnology
Laura Helleckes, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
Energy Research Prize 2020 of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitization and Energy of NRW
Dr. Steffen Schemme, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
Innovation Award of the BioRegionen in Germany
Prof. Dieter Willbold, Institute of Biological Information Processing
Friedrich Wilhelm Award of the Friedrich Wilhelm Foundation
Laura Helleckes, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
Geoverbund ABC/J- Research prize for young scientists
Dr. Anne Klosterhalfen, Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften
August Homburger Award 2020
Dr. Vanessa Reindl, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine
2019
Dr. Klaus Erkelenz Award
Dr. Evan Berkowitz, Institute for Advanced Simulation
BioSC Supervision Award 2019
Dr. Stephan Noack, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
Friedrich Wilhelm Award of the RWTH Aachen
Dr.-Ing. Jamal Slim, Nuclear Physics Institute
Arfvedson Schlenk Award of the German Chemical Society
Prof. Dr. Martin Winter, Helmholtz-Institut Münster, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
Dieter Möhl Medal of the international COOL 2019 conference in Novosibirsk
Dr. Rolf Stassen, Nuclear Physics Institute
2018
DECHEMA Prize 2018
Prof. Dörte Rother, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
Research Prize 2018 of the University of Münster (WWU)
Prof. Dr. Martin Winter, Helmholtz-Institut Münster, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
Heinrich Pette Award of the German Neurological Society
Prof. Christian Grefkes, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine
Wayne B. Nottingham Prize 2018 by the Physical Electronics Conference (PEC)
Felix Lüpke, Peter Grünberg Institut
2016
Research prize of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM)
Prof. Julia Frunzke, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
Du Bois-Reymond Prize from the German Physiological Society (DPG)
Dr. Jan-Philipp Machtens, Institute of Complex Systems – Cellular Biophysics
Braunschweig Research Prize
Prof. Martin Winter, Helmholtz-Institut Münster and Institute of Energy and climate research
f-cell award – innovation prize for fuel cells
Vitali Weißbecker, Andreas Schulze Lohoff and Klaus Wedlich, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
2012
Steel Innovation Prize
Forschungszentrum Jülich and ThyssenKrupp
2011
Niels-A.-Lassen-Preis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Klinische Neurophysiologie und Funktionelle Bildgebung
Dr. Christian Grefkes, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine
Deutscher Innovationspreis Medizin
Prof. Peter Tass, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine
2009
Walter Hälg Prize
Prof. Dieter Richter, Jülich Centre for Neutron Science
2006
Beckurts Prize
Team of three scientists, with Prof. Knut Urban, Ernst-Ruska-Centrum
VI. National awards and memberships
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2022
Prof. Katrin Amunts, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine
2018
Prof. Martin Winter, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Helmholtz-Institut Münster
2002
Prof. Heiner Müller-Krumbhaar, Peter Grünberg Institute and Institute for Advanced Simulation
1997
Prof. Joachim Treusch, former Chair of the Board of Directors of Forschungszentrum Jülich
Elected to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
2024
Prof. Astrid Lambrecht, Chair of the Board of Directors of Forschungszentrum Jülich
2023
Prof. Katrin Amunts, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine
2022
Prof. Wulf Amelung, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
2021
Prof. Svenja Caspers, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine
Elected to the German National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
2021
Prof. Tommaso Calarco, Peter Grünberg Institut
Elected to the Academy of Science NRW
2021
Prof. Martin Winter, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Helmholtz Institut Münster
Elected to the to the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz
2019
Prof. Dr. Markus Diesmann, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine
Elected to the Young Academy of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts
2022
Dr. Vincent Mourik, Peter Grünberg Institut
2019
Jun.-Prof. Alexander Grünberger, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
„Einheitsbotschafter“ of North Rhine-Westphalia
2021
Prof. Martin Winter, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Helmholtz Institut Münster
Rudolf Diesel Medal of the German Institute for Inventions
2008
Prof. Peter Grünberg, Peter-Grünberg-Institut
VII. National awards for early career scientists
NRW Innovation Award
2018
Dr. Bugra Turan, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
2015
Dr. Stephan Binder, Dr. Georg Schaumann, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
Further national awards for early career scientists in chronological order
2024
Emmy Noether Programme of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Dr. Casey Paquola, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine
2023
ICSOS Young Scientist Prize
Anja Haags, former Peter Grünberg Institut
2022
Gehard Ertl Young Investigator Award by the German Physical Society (DPG)
Dr. Taner Esat, Peter Grünberg Institut
Early Career Award by the the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Prof. Francesca Santoro, Institut für Biologische Informationsprozesse
2020
Wolfram Prandl Award for Early Career Scientists
Dr. Sabrina Disch, former Jülich Centre for Neutron Science
2019
DECHEMA University Lecturer Young Talent Award for Biotechnology 2019
Jun.-Prof. Alexander Grünberger, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
2011
RWE Future Award
Dr. John Kettler, Institute of Energy and Climate Research
Last Modified: 07.08.2024