Otto Bayer Prize
The Otto Bayer Prize was donated by Otto Bayer (1902–1982), who headed research at Bayer AG for many years , as a disposition in his will. Bayer, who is not related to the company's founders, is considered the inventor of polyurethane chemistry.
The Otto Bayer Prize, established in 1984, is endowed with 75,000 euros (as of 2018) and was initially awarded annually and since 1996 every two years - alternating with the Hansen Family Prize - to scientists in German-speaking countries for outstanding research achievements in future-oriented Areas of chemistry and biochemistry .
The Otto Bayer Prize is awarded by the Bayer Science & Education Foundation .
Award winners
- 1984 Gerhard Wegner , Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz
- 1985 Heinz Saedler , Jozef Schell and Klaus Hahlbrock , Max Planck Institute for Breeding Research, Cologne
- 1986 Horst Kessler , Technical University of Munich, and Manfred T. Reetz , Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim
- 1987 Martin Jansen , University of Bonn, and Arndt Simon , Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
- 1988 Johann Deisenhofer , Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, and Hartmut Michel , Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, Frankfurt
- 1989 Helmut Schwarz , TU Berlin
- 1990 Wolfgang A. Herrmann , Technical University of Munich, and Kurt Peter C. Vollhardt , University of California, Berkeley
- 1991 Martin Quack , ETH Zurich
- 1992 Herbert Jäckle , Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard , Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen
- 1993 François Diederich , ETH Zurich, and Dieter Hoppe , University of Münster
- 1994 Robert Schlögl , Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin
- 1995 Gerhard Erker , University of Münster, and Paul Knochel , Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich
- 1996 Stefan Jentsch , Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried
- 1998 Ulrich Koert , University of Marburg, and Carsten Bolm , RWTH Aachen
- 2001 Herbert Waldmann , Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology, Dortmund
- 2003 Christian Griesinger , Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen
- 2006 Alois Fürstner , Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim / Ruhr
- 2008 Thomas Carell , Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich
- 2010 Detlef Weigel , Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen
- 2012 Benjamin List , Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim an der Ruhr
- 2014 Frédéric Merkt , Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich
- 2016 Dirk Trauner , Ludwig Maximilians University Munich
- 2018 Tobias J. Erb , Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg
Web links
- Bayer Foundations: Otto Bayer Prize
Individual evidence
- ↑ Katharina Jansen: Otto Bayer Prize 2018 goes to Dr. Tobias Erb. Bayer AG, press release from April 26, 2018 from Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de), accessed on April 26, 2018.