Inhoffen Medal
In memory of the chemist Prof. Hans Herloff Inhoffen, who died in 1992, the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and the Technical University (TU) Braunschweig annually organize the Inhoffen lecture and award the Inhoffen Medal since 1994. The prize is endowed with 5000 Euros. The Inhoffen Medal is one of the most prestigious German prizes within the area of natural compound chemistry.
From 1946 to 1974, Inhoffen taught at the TU Braunschweig and served as its rector from 1948 to 1950. In 1965, he founded the "Institute of Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics", the precursor of the "German Research Centre for Biotechnology" and today´s HZI.
The Inhoffen Medal is awarded by the Friends of the HZI, who sponsor the prize money amounting to 8,000 Euro.
The award winner for 2023 is Prof Jörn Piel from ETH Zurich. He received the award at a ceremony in June 2023.
Award Winners:
- 2023 Jörn Piel, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- 2022 Sarah Reisman, California Institute of Technology, USA
- 2020 Christian Hertweck, Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie – Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI) Jena
- 2019 Phil Baran, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA
- 2018 Rolf Müller, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland
- 2017 Helma Wennemers, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- 2016 Thomas Carell, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- 2015 Hiroyuki Osada, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Japan
- 2014 Alois Fürstner, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
- 2013 Christopher T. Walsh, Harvard Medical School, USA
- 2012 Peter Leadlay, Abteilung für Biochemie, Universität Cambridge, GB
- 2011 Peter Seeberger, Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung, Potsdam
- 2010 Herbert Waldmann, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Dortmund
- 2009 William H. Fenical, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA
- 2008 Steven V. Ley, Universität Cambridge, GB
- 2007 François Diederich, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- 2006 Gerhard Höfle und Hans Reichenbach, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Braunschweig
- 2005 Wilhelm Boland, Max-Planck-Institut, Jena
- 2003 Manfred T. Reetz, Mülheim an der Ruhr
- 2002 Horst Kessler, Universität München
- 2001 Pierre Potier, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- 2000 Rudolf Wiechert, Berlin
- 1999 Carl Djerassi, Universität Stanford, USA
- 1998 Ekkehard Winterfeldt, Universität Hannover
- 1997 Sir Alan R. Battersby, Universität Cambridge, GB
- 1996 Kyriacos C. Nicolaou, Scripps Institute, La Jolla, USA
- 1995 Albert Eschenmoser, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- 1994 Gerhard Quinkert, Universität Frankfurt