Max Planck Research Prize

The Max Planck Research Prize promoted international collaborations between German and foreign scientists, "from whom further top scientific achievements are expected within the framework of international collaborations". Since 2018, it has been awarded in a different form and as the Max Planck Humboldt Research Prize to "outstanding scientific achievements by promising research personalities from abroad".

history

The program started in 1990 and annually honors numerous scientists from various disciplines. In 1995 the number of award winners was limited to 12 scientists a year, each receiving 125,000 euros (or 250,000  DM ).

From 2004 to 2016, the award was only given to one researcher working in Germany and one abroad, along with prize money of 750,000 euros each, with the topic being advertised annually between sub-areas of natural and engineering sciences, life sciences and humanities.

After the award in 2016, the award was replaced by the Max Planck Humboldt Research Award, which was awarded jointly with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and has been awarded annually to a person from abroad since 2018 and with prize money of 80,000 euros plus 1.5 Million euros for setting up and leading a research group in Germany.

A joint, independent selection committee of the Max Planck Society and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation decides on the award winners . The prize money is provided by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research .

Award winners

1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2018

1990-1994

1990:

Life Sciences / Medicine:

• Reinhard Kandolf ( Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry ),
  Bruce M. McManus ( University of Nebraska )
• Klaus Schildberger ( Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology ),
  John G. Hildebrand ( University of Arizona )
• Hilmar Meissl ( Max Planck Institute for Physiological and Clinical Research ),
  Peter Ekström ( Lund University )
• Reto Weiler ( University of Oldenburg ),
  John E. Dowling ( Harvard University )
• Reinhard Jahn ( Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry ),
  Pietro De Camilli ( Yale University )
• Detlev Ganten ( University of Oldenburg ),
  Kazuo Murakami ( Tsukuba University )

Chemistry:

• Peter Andresen ( Max Planck Institute for Fluid Dynamics ),
  Erhard Rothe ( Wayne State University )
• Reinhard Lührmann ( University of Marburg ),
  Christine Guthrie ( University of California, San Francisco )
• Stefan Müller ( Max Planck Institute for Nutritional Physiology ),
  Anatoli Schabotinski ( National Science Center of Hematology , Russia)

Physics / Astronomy / Geosciences:

• Thomas L. Wilson ( Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy ),
  Kenneth L. Johnston ( United States Naval Research Laboratory )
• Dieter Richter ( Forschungszentrum Jülich ),
  John Huang ( Exxon Research and Engineering Co. )

Humanities:

• Peter M. Gollwitzer ( Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research ),
  John A. Bargh ( New York University )
• Alexander Patschovsky ( University of Konstanz ),
  František Šmahel ( Prague Academy of Sciences )

Engineering:

• Hans Günther Natke ( University of Hanover ),
  James TP Yao ( Texas A&M University )
• Eduard Arzt ( University of Stuttgart ),
  William D. Nix ( Stanford University )
• Hans Hartnagel ( Technical University Darmstadt ),
  Hideki Hasegawa ( Hokkaido University )

Mathematics / Computer Science:

• Klas Diederich ( Comprehensive University of Wuppertal ),
  John E. Fornaess ( Princeton University )

1991:

Life sciences / medicine

• Thomas M. Krieg ( University of Cologne ),
  Dennis R. Roop ( Baylor College of Medicine , Houston, Texas, USA)
• Rudolf Rott ( University of Giessen ),
  Masato Tshiro ( Jichi Medical School , Tochigi, Japan)
• Winfried Boos ( University of Konstanz ),
  Howard A. Shuman ( Columbia University )
• Konrad Beyreuther ( University of Heidelberg ),
  Colin L. Masters ( University of Melbourne )
• Bernhard Fleckenstein ( University of Erlangen-Nuremberg ),
  Ronald C. Desrosier ( Harvard University )
• Rupert Timpl ( Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry ),
  Mon-Li Chu ( Thomas Jefferson University , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Reinhard Guckenberger ( Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry ),
  Andreas Engel ( University of Basel )
• Robert Franz Schmidt (Physiologist) ( University of Würzburg ),
  Akio Sato ( Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology , Japan)

Chemistry / pharmacy

• Helmut Schwarz ( Technical University of Berlin ),
  Chava Lifshitz ( Hebrew University of Jerusalem )
• Wolfgang A. Herrmann ( Technical University of Munich ),
  Jean-Marie Basset ( Center national de la recherche scientifique , Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse , Villeurbanne, France)
• Rolf Gleiter ( University of Heidelberg ),
  John E. McMurry ( Cornell University )
• Heinrich Vahrenkamp ( Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg ),
  Pierre Braunstein ( Université Louis Pasteur , Center National de la Recherche Scientifique)
• Udo Buck ( Max Planck Institute for Fluid Dynamics ),
  Robert Gerber ( Hebrew University of Jerusalem )
• Roger Goody ( Max Planck Institute for Medical Research ),
  Gregory Petsko ( Brandeis University )

Physics / astronomy / geosciences

• Fritz Peter Schäfer ( Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry ),
  Michael Hannam Key ( SERC , Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , University of Oxford )
• Michael John Shaw (SERC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory),
  Keith Burnett ( University of Oxford )
• Horst Schmidt-Böcking ( Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main ),
  Charles Lewis Cocke ( Kansas State University )
• Hartmut Graßl ( University of Hamburg / Max Planck Institute for Meteorology ),
  Yuri Timofeyev ( University of St. Petersburg )
• Helmut Kraus ( University of Bonn ),
  Peter Schwerdtfeger ( Flinders University )
• Karsten Danzmann ( Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics ),
  James Hough ( Glasgow University )

Humanities

• Dieter Nohlen ( University of Heidelberg ),
  Sonia Picado Sotela ( Inter-American Court of Human Rights in San José, Costa Rica)
• Werner F. Ebke ( University of Konstanz ),
  Detlev Vagts ( Harvard University )
• Klaus Brockhoff ( University of Kiel ),
  Alan W. Pearson ( University of Manchester )

Engineering

• Gerd Gudehus ( University of Karlsruhe ),
  Eugeniusz Dembicki ( Technical University of Danzig ),
  David G. Schaeffer ( University of Minnesota )
• Wolfgang Rodi ( University of Karlsruhe ),
  Joel H. Ferziger ( Stanford University )
• Helmut Sobieczky ( German Aerospace Research Institute ),
  A. Richard Seebass ( University of Colorado at Boulder )

Mathematics / computer science

• Werner Müller ( Max Planck Institute for Mathematics )
  Jeff Cheeger ( State University of New York, Stony Brook )

1992:

Life sciences / medicine

• Alfred Nordheim ( Hannover Medical School ),
  Robert A. Weinberg ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology )
• Ernst-Detlef Schulze ( Bayreuth ),
  Harold A. Mooney ( Stanford University )
• Dieter G. Weiss ( Technical University of Munich ),
  Sergej A. Kuznetsov ( Moscow State University )
• Josef Dudel ( Technical University of Munich ),
  Hanna Parnas ( Hebrew University of Jerusalem ),
  Itzchak Parnas (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
• Rolf Kemler ( Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology ),
  James W. Nelson ( Stanford University )
• Klaus Möbius ( Free University of Berlin ),
  Haim Levanon ( Hebrew University of Jerusalem )
• Detlev Riesner ( University of Düsseldorf ),
  Stanley B. Prusiner ( University of California, San Francisco )
• Wilhelm Stoffel ( University of Cologne ),
  Günter Blobel ( Rockefeller University )
• Klaus Willecke ( University of Bonn ),
  Bruce J. Nicholson ( State University of New York, Buffalo )
• Manfred Fahle ( University of Tübingen ),
  Tomaso A. Poggio ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology )
• Volker ter Meulen ( University of Würzburg ),
  Opendra Narayan ( Johns Hopkins University )

Chemistry / pharmacy

• Jozef Schell ( Max Planck Institute for Breeding Research ),
  Ádám Kondorosi ( Center national de la recherche scientifique , Gif-sur-Yvette)
• Günter Engelhardt ( University of Stuttgart ),
  Endel Lippmaa ( Estonian Academy of Sciences )
• Bernt Krebs ( Westphalian Wilhelms University ),
  Jan Reedijk ( Leiden University )
• Dietrich Haarer ( University of Bayreuth ),
  Robert J. Silbey ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology )
• Peter Jutzi ( Bielefeld University ),
  Jean Pierre Corriu ( Université Montpellier II )

Physics / astronomy / geosciences

• Jan Peter Toennies ( Max Planck Institute for Fluid Dynamics ),
  Giorgio Benedek ( Università degli studi di Milano )
• John Stuart Briggs ( Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg ),
  Howard S. Taylor ( University of Southern California )
• Richard Wielebinski ( Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy ),
  John Bartlett Whiteoak ( Australia Telescope National Facility , Epping, Australia)
• Julius Wess ( Max Planck Institute for Physics ),
  Bruno Zumino ( University of California, Berkeley )
• Richard Sigel ( Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics and Technical University of Darmstadt ),
  Sadao Nakai ( University of Osaka )
• Rudolf Peter Huebener ( University of Tübingen ),
  Chang-Chyi Tsuei ( Thomas J. Watson Research Center )
• Achim Richter ( Technical University Darmstadt ),
  Jacques Pierre François Sellschop ( Witwatersrand University )
• Karl H. Welge ( Bielefeld University ),
  Daniel Kleppner ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology )
• Manfred Winnewisser ( University of Giessen ),
  Frank C. DeLucia ( Ohio State University )

Humanities

• Géza Alföldy ( University of Heidelberg ),
  Silvio Panciera ( University of La Sapienza )
• Jürgen Weissenborn ( Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics ),
  Ruth A. Berman ( Tel Aviv University )
• Hans Kamp ( University of Stuttgart ),
  Barbara H. Partee ( University of Massachusetts )
• Wolfgang Welsch ( University of Bamberg ),
  Gianni Vattimo ( University of Turin )
• Alois Angleitner ( Bielefeld University ),
  Jan Strelau ( Warsaw University )
• Nanny Wermuth ( University of Mainz ),
  David R. Cox ( Nuffield College at the University of Oxford )

Engineering

• Franz Durst ( University of Erlangen-Nuremberg ),
  Kemal Hanjalic ( University of Sarajevo )

Mathematics / computer science

• Sergio Albeverio ( University of Bochum ),
  Michael Röckner ( University of Bonn ),
  Zhi-Ming Ma ( Academia Sinica )
• Peter Gritzmann ( University of Trier ),
  Victor Klee ( University of Washington )
• Emo Welzl ( Free University of Berlin ),
  Micha Sharir ( University of Tel Aviv )

1993:

Life Sciences / Medicine:

• Hermann Eduard Gaub ( Technical University of Munich ),
  Paul Hansma ( University of California )
• Wilfried Jänig ( University of Kiel ),
  Elspeth Mary McLachlan ( Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute , Randwick, Sydney, AUS)
• Klaus Kloppstech ( University of Hanover ),
  Izthad Ohad ( Hebrew University of Jerusalem )
• Hans-Walter Heldt ( University of Göttingen ),
  Marshall Davidson Hatch ( Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization , Division of Plant Industry, Australia)
• Thomas F. Meyer ( Max Planck Institute for Biology ),
  Paul Manning ( University of Adelaide )
• Ulrich Rüther ( Hannover Medical School ),
  Erwin F. Wagner ( Research Institute for Molecular Pathology , Vienna)
• Georg E. Schulz ( Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg ),
  Richard N. Perham ( University of Cambridge )

Chemistry / Pharmacy:

• Alfred Xaver Trautwein ( Medical University of Lübeck ),
  Raymond E. Weiss ( Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg )
• Jürgen Wolfrum ( University of Heidelberg ),
  George C. Schatz ( Northwestern University )
• Egerhard Erker ( Westphalian Wilhelms University ),
  Friedrich Bickelhaupt ( Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam )
• Philipp Gütlich ( University of Mainz ),
  Olivier Kahn ( Université Paris Sud )
• Jörg Kärger ( University of Leipzig ),
  Douglas Morris Ruthven ( University of New Brunswick , Fredericton, Canada)
• Klaus Müllen ( Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research ),
  Giuseppe Zerbi ( Politecnico di Milano )
• Jürgen Troe ( Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry and Heidelberg University ),
  Fleming Crim ( University of Wisconsin )

Physics / Astronomy / Geosciences:

• Johann S. Peisl ( University of Munich ),
  Simon C. Moss ( University of Houston )
• Herbert Spohn ( University of Munich ),
  Joel Lebowitz ( Rutgers University )
• Gisbert Winnewisser ( University of Cologne ),
  Eric Herbst ( Ohio State University )

Humanities:

• Leo Montada ( University of Trier ),
  Melvin J. Lerner ( Washington University )

Engineering:

• Heinz Fissan ( University of Duisburg ),
  David Pui ( University of Minnesota )
• Herbert Gleiter ( Saarland University ),
  Dieter Wolf ( Argonne National Laboratory )
• Peter Haasen ( University of Göttingen ),
  David N. Seidmann ( Northwestern University )
• Egon Krause ( Technical University of Aachen ),
  Roger Peyret ( Université de Nice ),
  Kunio Kuwahara ( Institute of Space and Astronautical Science , Japan)
• Erwin Stein ( University of Hanover ),
  Piotr Perzyna ( Polish Academy of Sciences )

Mathematics / Computer Science:

• Joachim Cuntz ( Heidelberg University ),
  Gennadi Georgijewitsch Kasparow ( Aix-Marseille University and Russian Academy of Sciences , Chernogolowka )
• Klaus Kirchgässner ( University of Stuttgart ),
  Gérard Iooss ( Université de Nice )
• Stefan Müller ( University of Bonn ),
  Vladimír Šverák ( Charles University in Prague )

1994:

Life Sciences / Medicine:

• Hubert E. Blum ( Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg ),
  Jack R. Wands ( Harvard Medical School )
• Lothar Willmitzer ( Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology ),
  Ilan Chet ( Hebrew University of Jerusalem )
• Rainer Jaenicke ( University of Regensburg ),
  Michel E. Goldberg ( Institute Pasteur )
• Karlheinz Altendorf ( University of Osnabrück ),
  Axel Zeeck ( University of Göttingen ),
  Emma Jean Bowman ( University of California, Santa Cruz )
• Karl Martin Pirke ( University of Trier ),
  James A. Schafer ( University of Alabama )
• Günter Schultz ( Free University Berlin ),
  David L. Garbers ( University of Texas )

Chemistry / Pharmacy:

• Helmut Werner ( University of Würzburg ),
  Martin Arthur Bennett ( Australian National University )
• Paul Josef Crutzen ( Max Planck Institute for Chemistry ),
  Mario J. Molina ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology )
• Peter Shaw ( Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology ),
  Melanie Cobb ( University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas )
• Manfred Eigen ( Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry ),
  Rudolf Rigler ( Karolinska Institutet )
• Henning Hopf ( Technical University of Braunschweig ),
  Marit Traetteberg ( Universitet Trondjem , Dragvoll)

Physics / Astronomy / Geosciences:

• Manuel Cardona ( Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research ),
  Eugene E. Haller ( University of California, Berkeley )
• Dierk Rainer ( University of Bayreuth ),
  James A. Sauls ( Northwestern University , Evanston)
• Reinhard Schinke ( Max Planck Institute for Fluid Dynamics ),
  Hanna Reislert ( University of Southern California )
• Alexander M. Bradshaw ( Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society ),
  D. Phil Woodruff ( University of Warwick )

Humanities:

• Heinrich W. Ursprung ( University of Konstanz ),
  Arye L. Hillman ( Bar Ilan University )
• Wolfgang Fikentscher ( University of Munich ),
  Robert D. Cooter ( University of California, Berkeley )
• Werner Hildenbrand ( University of Bonn ),
  Truman F. Bewley ( Yale University )
• Manfred Korfmann ( University of Tübingen ),
  Charles Brian Rose ( University of Cincinnati )
• Wolfgang Schluchter ( University of Heidelberg ),
  Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt ( Hebrew University of Jerusalem )

Engineering:

• Wolfgang Gust ( University of Stuttgart ),
  Lasar Shvindlerman ( Russian Academy of Sciences , Tschernogolowka ),
  Raymond Fournelle ( Marquette University )
• Columban Hutter ( Technical University Darmstadt ),
  Brian Straughan ( University of Glasgow )
• Wilfried B. Krätzig ( University of Bochum ),
  Claudio Borri ( University of Florence ),
  Gerhart Schuëller ( Leopold-Franzens-University of Innsbruck )
• Otto Molerus ( University of Erlangen-Nürnberg ),
  John Chen ( Lehigh University , Bethlehem, USA)

Mathematics / Computer Science:

• Klaus Fraedrich ( University of Hamburg ),
  Lance Leslie ( University of New South Wales )
• Marek Karpiński ( University of Bonn ),
  Dima Grigoriev ( Penn State University )
• Friedrich Pukelsheim ( University of Augsburg ),
  Norman R. Draper ( University of Wisconsin )

1995-2003

1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |

1995:

Life Sciences / Medicine:

• Gerrit Isenberg ( University of Halle ) - " Electrophysiology / Cardiac and Vascular Muscles"
• Eric H. Torebjörk ( University of Uppsala ) - "Microneurology / Pathophysiology "

Chemistry / Pharmacy:

• Helmut Knözinger ( University of Munich ) - "Surface Chemistry / Heterogeneous Catalysis "

Physics / Astronomy / Geosciences:

• Franco A. Gianturco ( University of Rome ) - “Theoret. chemical physics / theoretical molecular physics "
• Olle Gunnarsson ( Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research ) - "Electron Theory / Spectroscopy "
• Jörg Peter Kotthaus ( University of Munich ) - " Solid State Physics / Semiconductor Physics "
• Joachim Ernst Trümper ( Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics ) - " X-ray Astronomy "

Humanities:

• Helga Haftendorn ( Freie Universität Berlin ) - "Foreign and Security Policy / Theory of International Relations "
• Aditi Lahiri ( University of Konstanz ) - " Linguistics "
• Klaus Tiedemann ( University of Freiburg ) - " Criminal law / procedural law / criminology and comparative law "

Engineering:

• Thomas Weiland ( Technical University of Darmstadt ) - "Physics and technology of accelerators "

1996:

Life Sciences / Medicine:

• Michel Caboche ( Institut National de la Recherche en Agronomie (INRA) , Versailles) - " Microbiology "
• Frank Schaeffel ( University of Tübingen ) - " Neurobiology , Optics , Neuropharmacology"
• Klaus Rajewsky ( University of Cologne ) - " Immunology "

Chemistry / Pharmacy:

• Raphael David Levine ( Hebrew University ) - " Theoretical Chemistry "
• Hans-Joachim Werner ( University of Stuttgart ) - "Theoretical Chemistry"

Physics / Astronomy / Geosciences:

• Michael Danilov ( Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics , Moscow) - " High Energy Physics "
• Yuen-Ron Shen ( University of California ) - " Experimental and Theoretical Physics "

Humanities:

• Jan Assmann ( University of Heidelberg ) - " Egyptology "
• Robert E. Lerner ( Northwestern University ) - " Medieval History "

Engineering:

• René de Borst ( Delft University of Technology ) - "Computational Mechanics"

Mathematics / Computer Science:

• Donald Dawson ( Carleton University ) - " Mathematics "
• Jean-Pierre Demailly ( University of Grenoble ) - "Mathematics"

1997:

Life Sciences / Medicine:

• Wolfgang Hillen ( University of Erlangen-Nuremberg )
• Melvin I. Simon ( California Institute of Technology )
• Klaus Unsicker ( Ruprecht-Karls-University )

Chemistry / Pharmacy:

• Henri Brunner ( University of Regensburg )

Engineering:

• Frederick F. Lange ( University of California at Santa Barbara )
• Niels Olhoff ( Ålborg Universitetscenter )

Humanities:

• Philippe Burrin ( Geneva University Institute for International Studies )
• Peter Hommelhoff ( Ruprecht-Karls-University )
• Frank Kolb ( University of Tübingen )

Physics / Earth Sciences / Astronomy:

• David E. Aspnes ( North Carolina State University )
• Steven Beckwith ( Max Planck Institute for Astronomy )
• Dietrich Menzel ( Technical University of Munich )

1998:

Mathematics / Computer Science:

• Cornelis Johannes van Duijn ( TU Delft )

Chemistry / Pharmacy:

• Stephen Mann ( University of Bristol )
• Itamar Willner ( Hebrew University of Jerusalem )

Life Sciences / Medicine:

• Peter Jonas ( Albert Ludwigs University )
• Ulf Rapp ( University of Würzburg )
• Günther Schütz ( Heidelberg University , German Cancer Research Center )
• Ralph M. Steinman ( Rockefeller University )

Engineering:

• Günter Gottstein ( Technical University Aachen )

Humanities:

• Peter Häberle ( University of Bayreuth )
• Eddy Omer L. Wymeersch ( Ghent University )

Physics / Geosciences:

• Joseph M. Alcamo ( University of Kassel )
• Pedro Miguel Echenique ( University of the Basque Country , San Sebastián )

1999:

Life Sciences and Medicine:

• Gillian Bates ( King's College London , GKT Medical and Dental School Guy's Hospital) - " Huntington 's disease - St. Vitus' dance "
• Fred Gage ( University of California ) - "Pluripotent Stem Cells in the Brain and Spinal Cord"
• Helmut Remschmidt ( Philipps University Marburg ) - "Research and Therapy of Adolescent Psychoses "
• Konrad Sandhoff ( Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität ) - "Synthesis and degradation of glycolipids "

Chemistry and Pharmacy:

• Dieter Hoppe ( Westphalian Wilhelms University ) - " Enantioselective Synthesis "

Humanities:

• Peter Galison ( Harvard University ) - "Generating scientific knowledge"
• Jutta Heckhausen ( Max Planck Institute for Human Development ) - "Life cycle theory of psychological control"

Engineering:

• Frank E. Talke ( University of California ) - "Phenomena in Magnetic Recordings "

Physics, Earth Sciences and Astronomy:

• Stephan W. Koch ( Philipps University of Marburg ) - "Interaction of light with matter"
• Klaus Ploog ( Paul Drude Institute for Solid State Electronics ) - " Molecular Beam Epitaxy "
• Bernard Wood ( University of Bristol ) - "Liquid metal - the core of the earth "
• J. Anton Zensus ( Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy ) - " Radio interferometry of large base lengths"

2000:

Life Sciences and Medicine:

• George Augustine ( Duke University ) - "Messages between nerve cells"
• Wolfgang Baumeister ( Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry ) - "Molecular Machines in 3D"
• Herta Flor ( Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg ) - "Where the pain sits"
• Michael Frotscher ( Albert Ludwigs University ) - "Help with incorrect switching in the brain "
• Bruce Kemp ( University of Melbourne ) - "Signal transmitter in the cell "

Chemistry:

• Dieter Enders ( Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule ) - " Active ingredients in the mirror"

Humanities:

• Werner Eck ( University of Cologne ) - "The mass media of antiquity"
• Albrecht Wezler ( University of Hamburg ) - "Values ​​as an inheritance"

Physics:

• Simon White ( Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics ) - "The Universe in the Computer"
• Peter Wölfle ( University of Karlsruhe ) - " Quantum phenomena in nano-electronics"

Mathematics and Computer Science:

• Stephen Kudla ( University of Maryland ) - "The Elementary Particles of Mathematics"
• Jerrold Marsden ( California Institute of Technology ) - "With new equations to Jupiter "

2001:

Life Sciences and Medicine:

• Arthur Konnerth ( Ludwig Maximilians University Munich ) - "I think therefore I am"
• Alexander Varshavsky ( California Institute of Technology ) - "A protein with unpredictable effects"

Chemistry:

• Horst Kessler ( Technical University of Munich ) - " Organic chemistry - literally"
• Frans de Schryver ( Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ) - "Architecture of Nature"

Humanities:

• Adolf Hoffmann ( Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus ) - "Past + Present = Future (Adolf Loos)"
• Benedict Moldovanu ( University of Mannheim ) - "Free forces in complex economic systems "

Engineering:

• Gérard Maugin ( University of Pierre and Marie Curie ) - "Everything flows - how to calculate Panta Rhei "

Mathematics and Computer Science:

• Andreas Griewank ( Technical University of Dresden ) - "Computer software optimizes gears and weather forecasts"
• Felix Otto ( University of Bonn ) - "Nature in the number network"

Physics:

• Frank Arnold ( Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics ) - "The future of our atmosphere : a search for traces"
• Igor Kukushkin (Institute for Solid State Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow) - "On the quantum leap to new semiconductor components"
• Matthias Scheffler ( Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society ) - "Product research under the electron microscope "

2002:

Life Sciences and Medicine:

• Pamela J. Bjorkman ( California Institute of Technology ) - "Mechanisms of the Immune System "
• Klaus Palme ( Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg ) - "The trick with the kink"
• Nikolaus Pfanner ( Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg ) - "Traffic control in the cells "

Chemistry and Pharmacy:

• Wilfred van Gunsteren ( Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ) - "Simulated molecules "
• Franz Hofmann (doctor) ( Technical University of Munich ) - "Organic Communication"

Humanities and Social Sciences:

• Ekkehard König ( Free University of Berlin ) - "Pattern finding in the confusion of languages"
• Frank Rösler ( Philipps University of Marburg ) - "A look into the brain "

Engineering:

• Hans Jürgen Herrmann ( University of Stuttgart ) - " On the trail of the dunes "

Physics:

• Helmut Eschrig ( Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research ) - "Visions become calculable"
• Vladimir Fortov ( Russian Academy of Sciences ) - "Research under high pressure "
• Mark G. Raizen ( University of Texas at Austin ) - "Hit the nerve"
• Wolfgang Schleich ( Ulm University ) - "Light into the darkness of quantum theory "

2003:

Life Sciences and Medicine:

• Eckart Gundelfinger ( Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology ) - "A Spark of Mind"
• Jürgen Hennig ( Freiburg University Hospital ) - " Magnetism lets you see deeply"
• Gary Westbrook ( Oregon Health & Science University ) - "A receptor for learning"

Chemistry and Pharmacy:

• Michael Grunze ( University of Heidelberg ) - "" Superficial "research with far-reaching benefits"
• Stefan Jentsch ( Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry ) - "Damage to the genome - proteins as a repair team"

Engineering:

• Antony Selvadurai ( McGill University ) - "Fundamental Research - Mechanics in the Underground"

Mathematics:

• Stephan Luckhaus ( University of Leipzig ) - "Groundbreaking Calculations"
• Wolfgang Lück ( Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität ) - "Function follows form - how mathematics takes shape"

Humanities and Social Sciences:

• Thomas Risse ( Freie Universität Berlin ) - "International Relations - Politics as a Research Subject"
• Kathleen Thelen ( Northwestern University ) - "Social Institutions through the Ages"

Physics:

• Klaas Bergmann ( University of Kaiserslautern ) - "Manipulated matter - an impetus for quantum physics "
• Yuval Gefen ( Weizmann Institute for Science ) - "From the electron brain to the quantum computer "

2004-2016

2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016

2004: Bioinformatics

• Eugene Myers ( University of California, Berkeley ) -
  " Genes and Computer Science - Programs for Analyzing Genome "
• Martin Vingron ( Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics ) -
  " (D) Needle in a haystack"

2005: Astrophysics

• Christopher Carilli ( National Radio Astronomy Observatory , Socorro) -
  "One of the world's leading experts in the field of radio astronomy and significantly involved in the development of new radio telescopes."
• Christof Wetterich ( Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg ) -
  "One of the most creative thought leaders in astro- and particle physics "

2006: Art History

• Horst Bredekamp ( Humboldt University Berlin ) -
  "The Power of Images - From Art History to Visual Studies"
• Alina Payne ( Harvard University ) -
  "Ut poesis architectura - literature, architecture and the question of ornament "

2007: Neuromodulation and Behavior

• Raymond Dolan ( University College London and Wellcome Trust Center for Neuroimaging ) -
  "Revolution in neuro-behavior research by using imaging techniques to explore the anatomy of emotions in the brain"
• Hans-Christian Pape ( Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität ) -
  "Description of the fundamentals of how wakefulness and sleep are controlled, and research into fear memory"

2008: Biomaterials

• Peter Fratzl ( Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces ) -
  "Structure-function relationships for the development of biologically inspired materials and systems"
• Robert Langer ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology ) -
  "Structure-function relationships for the development of biologically inspired materials and systems"

2009: memory research

• Aleida Assmann ( University of Konstanz ) -
  "interdisciplinary linking of historical studies with subjects such as psychology, neurobiology and literary studies"
• Karl Galinsky ( University of Texas at Austin ) -
  "Cultural research, in which he links areas such as Latin studies or art and social history with religious and classical studies"

2010: evolution

• Timothy Bromage ( New York University College of Dentistry) -
  "He researches how the living conditions of early humans can be read from the structure of bones and teeth."
• Michael Tomasello ( Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology ) -
  "At the border between the humanities and the natural sciences, his main interest is the origin of language and the cultural evolution in humans."

2011: Intelligent Systems

• Sebastian Thrun ( Stanford University )
• Bernhard Schölkopf ( Max Planck Institute for Metals Research )

2012: Regulation of financial markets

• Katharina Pistor ( Columbia University School of Law)
• Martin Hellwig ( Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods )

2013: Research on the impact of climate change on ecosystems

• Christopher Field ( Carnegie Institution , Stanford University )
• Markus Reichstein ( Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry )

2014: Pioneering work in the field of quantum nanoscience

• Robert J. Schoelkopf ( Yale University )
• Jörg Wrachtrup ( University of Stuttgart )

2015: Religion and Modernity: Secularization, Social and Religious Plurality

• Hans Joas ( Humboldt University Berlin )
• Bryan S. Turner ( City University of New York )

2016: Groundbreaking research on the sensory perception of organisms

• Bonnie Bassler ( Princeton University )
• Martin Wikelski ( Max Planck Institute for Ornithology )

Max Planck Humboldt Research Award (since 2018)

• 2018: Catherine Heymans ( University of Edinburgh )
• 2019: Ufuk Akcigit ( University of Chicago )

See also

• Max Planck Medal , awarded by the German Physical Society (DPG) for special achievements in the field of theoretical physics.
• Category: Max Planck Research Award Winners

Web links

• Official website of the Max Planck Research Award with award winners' portraits

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BMBF press release of November 29, 2000 ( Memento of December 29, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Press release of the MPG from November 26, 2003 ( Memento from February 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Max Planck Humboldt Research Prize. lexander von Humboldt Foundation, accessed on February 5, 2020 . 
4. ^ Johannes Seiler: Top-class award for Catherine Heymans. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, press release from October 29, 2018 at the Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de), accessed on October 29, 2018.
5. ↑ Max Planck Humboldt Research Award will enter the second round in 2019. In: humboldt-foundation.de. September 19, 2019, accessed November 8, 2019 .