Awards and Honours
Leopoldina Prize for Junior Scientists
In 2021 Dr Hayley Allison received the Leopoldina Prize for Young Scientists. | Photo: Christof Rieken for the Leopoldina
After a recommendation from the Presidium, the decision in favor of the Leopoldina Prize for Junior Scientists was passed by the Senat and first conferred in 1993. Until 2007, the €1.000 prize money was funded through interest generated from a donation from former member and Cothenius Medal winner Karl Lohmann (Berlin). Starting in 2009, the sum was raised to €2.000. Supported by the Leopoldina Academy Circle of Friends, since 2015 the award is endowed with €5.000 and conferred to two scientists.
This award is presented every other year to researchers under the age of 30, who have produced exceptional scientific work in one of the fields represented by the Leopoldina. The circle of candidate selection is supranationa.
| Year | Laureate | City | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Hayley Allison (born 1993) | Potsdam | Astrophysik |
| 2021 | Philipp Lorenz-Spreen (born 1990) | Berlin | Bildungsforschung |
| 2019 | Moises Exposito-Alonso (born 1990) | Stanford, CA | Entwicklungsbiologie |
| 2019 | Monika Schönauer (born 1988) | Princeton | Neuropsychologie |
| 2017 | Tobias Giessen (born 1986) | Boston, MA | Biochemie |
| 2017 | Markus Tschurtschenthaler (born 1987) | Munich | Genetik |
| 2015 | Pascal Beese-Vasbender (born 1985) | Düsseldorf | Chemie |
| 2015 | Bart Kranstauber | Radolfzell | Biologie |
| 2013 | Aline Zimmer (born 1985) | Pasadena, CA | Raumfahrttechnik |
| 2011 | Marc Remke (born 1981) | Heidelberg | Kindliche Neoplasien |
| 2009 | Dagmar Bock | Stuttgart | Raumfahrttechnik |
| 2007 | Robert Seguin | Berlin | Physik |
| 2007 | Andrea Scrima | Dortmund | Biochemie |
| 2005 | Sven Diederichs (born 1976) | Boston | Molekular- und Zellbiologie |
| 2005 | Melanie Blokesch (born 1976) | Stanford | Biologie |
| 2003 | Katrin Pesch (born 1973) | Tübingen | Biologie |
| 2001 | Oliver Krüger (born 1975) | Bielefeld | Zoologie |
| 2001 | Pascal Döring (born 1972) | Frankfurt/M. | Biologie |
| 1999 | Ulrich Schwarz-Linek (born 1969) | Leipzig | Biochemie |
| 1999 | Gerlind Stoller (born 1971) | Biochemie | |
| 1997 | Oliver Hobert (born 1967) | Boston | Biochemie |
| 1997 | Karl-Peter Hopfner (born 1968) | Martinsried | Biologie |
| 1995 | Kerstin Dagge (born 1968) | Stuttgart | Physik |
| 1995 | Christoph Heinemann (born 1969) | Berlin | Chemie |
| 1995 | Anja Krieger (born 1965) | Würzburg | Botanik |
| 1993 | Martin Arnold (born 1964) | Mathematik | |
| 1993 | Hartmut Lüß (born 1964) | Rostock | Medizin |
