Award Winners
Nobel Laureates
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Benjamin List
Honorary Professor
2021
Nobel Prize in Physics
- Peter Andreas Grünberg
Adjunct Professor
2007
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Kurt Alder
Chair in Chemistry
1950
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
- Professor Anne Storch (2017)
Institute for African Studies and Egyptology - Faculty of Arts and Humanities - Professor Achim Rosch (2013)
Institute of Theoretical Physics – Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Professor Martin Zirnbauer (2009)
Institute of Theoretical Physics – Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Professor Jens Claus Brüning (2007)
Institute of Genetics – Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Professor Dr. Thomas Mussweiler (2006) (since 11/2016 no longer at the university)
Institute of Psychology – Faculty of Education - Professor. Axel Ockenfels (2005)
Department of Governance and Public Policy – Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences - Professor Martin Krönke (2001)
Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene – Faculty of Medicine - Profesor Andreas Kablitz (1997)
Department of Romance Studies – Faculty of Arts and Humanities - Professor Ulf-Ingo Flügge (1996)
Botanical Institute – Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Professor Thomas Schweizer (†) (1995)
Institute of Ethnology – Faculty of Arts and Humanities - Professor Peter Schneider (1992)
Mathematics – Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Humboldt Professorship
- Professor Kate Rigby, Bath Spa University, UK, Environmental Humanities (2022)
- Professor Christian Frezza, PhD, University of Cambridge, UK, Metabolomics (2021)
- Professor Bart Thomma, Wageningen University, Phytopathology (2021)
- Professor Malte Gather, University of St Andrews, Schottland, Nanobiophotonics (2019)
- Professor Henning Walczak, University College London, Cancer Biology (2019)
- Professor Jijie Chai, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Structural Biology (2017)
- Professor Sven Bernecker, University of California, Irvine, USA, Theoretical Philosophy (2016)
Humboldt Research Award
- Professor Tracy C. Davis, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA, Theatre studies and media studies (in collaboration with Professor Peter W. Marx) (2015)
- Professor Kathleen J. Green, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA (in collaboration with Professor Carien M. Niessen) (2015)
Sofja Kovalevskaja Prize
- Professor Mirka Uhlirova, Institute for Genetics (2008)
- Dr Mark Depauw, Institute of Egyptology (2004)
- Professor Manuel Koch, Faculty of Medicine (2002)
ERC-Grant
Advanced Grant ERC
- Professor Thorsten Hoppe, CECAD – Cluster of Excellence Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (2024)
- Professor Malte Gather, Chemistry Department (2023)
- Professor Michael Bollig, Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology (2022)
- Professor Joachim Saur, Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology (2021)
- Professor Stephan Schlemmer, Institute for Astrophysics (2021)
Consolidator Grant ERC
- Professor Katrin Bringmann, Mathematical Institute (2021)
- Professor Sven-Oliver Proksch, Cologne Center for Comparative Politics (2021)
- Professor Ana Garcia, Institute for Genetics (2019)
- Professor Christian Frezza, CECAD – Cluster of Excellence Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (2019)
- Professor Gunther Döhlemann, Botanical Institute (2018)
Starting Grant ERC
- Professor Pia Pinger ECONtribute (2023)
- Dr Gilles Storelli CECAD – Cluster of Excellence Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (2022)
- Professor Marcel Schubert, Biointegrated Photonics (2022)
- Professor Matthias Heinz, Professorship for Strategy (2022)
- Professor Sebastian Siegloch, Cluster of Excellence ECONtribute: Markets & Public Policy (2022)
- Dr Jane Reznick, CECAD – Cluster of Excellence Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (2021)
- Professor Thomas Leopold, Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology (2020)
ERC Synergy Grant
- Professor Björn Schumacher, CECAD – Cluster of Excellence Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (2023)
Further Prizes
Max Planck Research Award
- Professor W. Eck (2000)
- Professor W. Stoffel (1992)
- Professor T. Krieg (1991)
Ernst Jung Prize in Medicine (Jung Foundation)
- Professor J. Brüning, Institute for Genetics (2009)
- Professor T. Benzing, Faculty of Medicine (2008)
- Professor W. Stoffel, Faculty of Medicine (1990)
Cologne Innovation Prize (City of Cologne)
- Professor K. Meerholz, Chemistry Department (2004)
Postbank Finance Award (Deutsche Postbank)
- Professor A. Kempf (2007/2008)
SASTRA Ramanujan Prize
- Professor K. Bringmann (2009)
Wilhelm Vaillant Prize (Wilhlem Vaillant Foundation)
- Professor J. Brüning (2005)
Heinz Maier Leibnitz Prize (DFG)
- Jun.-Professor Stefanie Gänger (2019)
- Dr Daniel Gutzmann (2016)
- Dr Silvia Gruhn (Daun) (2014)
- Professor C. Kubisch (2000)
Alfried Krupp Prize for the Advancement of Young Professors
(Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation)
- Professor K. Bringmann (2009)
Innovation Prize of the State of NRW
- Professor Brunhilde Wirth (2019)
- Professor J. Wolf, Cancer Center Cologne (2016)
- Professor Klaus Meerholz, Chemistry Department (2010)
- Professor Günther Schwarz, Chemistry Department (2010)
- Dr Björn Schumacher, Institute for Genetics (2009)
Karl Arnold Prize (North Rhine-Westphalia Academy of Sciences and Arts)
- Professor P. Schmitz (2006)
Europhysics Prize
- Professor A. Rosch (2016)
Outstanding Achievement Award, American Diabetes Association
- Professor Jens Brüning (2013)
German Cancer Prize
- Professor Michael Hallek (2017)
Communicator Prize
- Dr. Stefan Kröpelin (2017)
Max Planck Medal
- Professor Martin Zirnbauer (2012)
Lichtenberg Professorship
- Professor Birgit Hellwig (2014)
- Professor Michal-Ruth Schweiger (2014)
Heisenberg Professorship
- Professor Dr. Thiemo Breyer (2018)
- Dr Nils Gehring (2016)
- Professor Silvia Daun (2016)
Reinhart Koselleck- Research Prize
- Professor Patrick Schmitz (2020)
- Professor Thomas Langer (2015)
Further Award Winners
- Prof Dr. Peter Hanau, Order of the Rising Sun (Japan) (2009)