US scientist Michael R. Wasielewski has received a Humboldt Research Award. He will now pursue his research activities in the field of artificial photosynthesis at the Nanosystems Chemistry Center of the University of Würzburg with Professor Frank Würthner.

Good News for Sofja-Kovalevskaja Awardee Dr. Gustavo Fernández-Huertas – Due to his excellent research results, which were published in top chemistry journals and also received attention at international conferences, he was chosen the very first awardee of the newly established “Keck-Köppe-Förderstiftung” with 5000 €.

We are happy to announce that two of our postdoctoral fellows were given grants for their excellent efforts

Andreas Liess, PhD student in the working group of Prof. Frank Würthner, was awarded a regarded poster prize at an international conference in Cork, Ireland.

Alhama Arjona Esteban, PhD student in the working group of Prof. Frank Würthner, was awarded a regarded poster prize at an international conference in Strasbourg.

David Bialas, from Professor Würthner’s research group, is awarded with a „Chemiefonds-Stipend“ for completing his dissertation about „Supramolekulare p/n Heteregrenzflächen: Modellsysteme für die organische Photovoltaik“.

Ulrich Mayerhöffer, who successfully defended his PhD thesis with distinction on "Synthese, Eigenschaften und funktionale Anwendung von NIR absorbierenden Squarainen" on February 15, 2012, was chosen as an awardee by the VAA Foundation.

At this year’s Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau the Institute of Organic Chemistry is particularly well represented by three young researchers.

Takeshi Maeda from Osaka, Japan Invited as Guest Researcher at the Institute of Organic Chemistry