The awards presented by the German Society for Crystallography were once again handed out at this year’s annual conference in Lübeck.
The Carl Hermann Medal was awarded to Prof. Dr. Horst Philipp Beck from the Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry at Saarland University. Prof. Beck received the award for his structural investigations of inorganic halides and chalcogenides using experimental and quantum mechanical methods, as well as for developing a better understanding of bonding principles and structure-directing influences.
The Max Von Laue Prize for outstanding work by young scientists went to Dr. Florian Kleemiß for his outstanding contributions to modern quantum crystallography, in particular for his innovative methods and software development for integrating non-spherical electron densities into X-ray structural analysis. Florian Kleemiß has since been appointed junior professor at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at RWTH Aachen.
The Lieselotte Templeton Prize was awarded to three master’s theses this year.
Johanna Bantol received it in recognition of her work on CO2-emission-reduced hydrogen reduction of tungsten and vanadium oxide using in situ X-ray powder diffractometry.
Greta Hempelmann was honored for her work on the coordination chemistry of metal radionuclides with TREN-based ligands for theranostic radiopharmaceuticals.
Lukas Manuel Seifert was awarded the prize in recognition of his work on predicting electron densities using machine learning for application in the crystal structure refinement of large molecules.