Berlin-Brandenburg Academy Award
Encyclopedia
The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
annually bestows its Akademiepreis ("Academy Award"), a science prize worth 30,000 euros, to a "distinguished scientist whose research achievements have opened new and promising lines of research." The prize is given for outstanding scientific achievements in the fields of humanities and social sciences, mathematics and natural sciences, life sciences and medicine, and engineering sciences. The award ceremony coincides with a Leibniztag plenary lecture in commemoration of Gottfried Leibniz
, in which the award winner describes his or her research.
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
The Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften is the academy of sciences of the German states Berlin and Brandenburg. As the word "Wissenschaft", in German includes both the natural sciences and the humanities, the academy's title is best translated as Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of...
annually bestows its Akademiepreis ("Academy Award"), a science prize worth 30,000 euros, to a "distinguished scientist whose research achievements have opened new and promising lines of research." The prize is given for outstanding scientific achievements in the fields of humanities and social sciences, mathematics and natural sciences, life sciences and medicine, and engineering sciences. The award ceremony coincides with a Leibniztag plenary lecture in commemoration of Gottfried Leibniz
Gottfried Leibniz
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a German philosopher and mathematician. He wrote in different languages, primarily in Latin , French and German ....
, in which the award winner describes his or her research.
Award winners
- 1996 - Marius Grundmann and Richard Nötzel (experimental physicsExperimental physicsWithin the field of physics, experimental physics is the category of disciplines and sub-disciplines concerned with the observation of physical phenomena in order to gather data about the universe...
) - 1997 - David Vokrouhlický (astronomyAstronomyAstronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
and celestial mechanicsCelestial mechanicsCelestial mechanics is the branch of astronomy that deals with the motions of celestial objects. The field applies principles of physics, historically classical mechanics, to astronomical objects such as stars and planets to produce ephemeris data. Orbital mechanics is a subfield which focuses on...
) - 1998 - Thomas Kaufmann (theologyTheologyTheology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
) - 1999 - Franz-Ulrich HartlFranz-Ulrich HartlFranz-Ulrich Hartl is a German biochemist and Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry. He is known for his pioneering work in the field of protein-mediated protein folding....
(biochemistryBiochemistryBiochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
) - 2000 - Axel MeyerAxel MeyerAxel Meyer is an evolutionary biologist and a Professor of Zoology and Evolutionary Biology at the Universität Konstanz, Germany....
(evolutionary biology) - 2001 - Achim von Keudell (plasma physics)
- 2002 - Albrecht Koschorke (literary criticismLiterary criticismLiterary criticism is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often informed by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of its methods and goals...
) - 2003 - Jürgen GaußJürgen GaußJürgen Gauß is a German theoretical chemist.He was born 13 August 1960 in Konstanz. He studied chemistry at the University of Cologne from 1979 till 1984...
(theoretical chemistryTheoretical chemistryTheoretical chemistry seeks to provide theories that explain chemical observations. Often, it uses mathematical and computational methods that, at times, require advanced knowledge. Quantum chemistry, the application of quantum mechanics to the understanding of valency, is a major component of...
) - 2004 - Frédéric Merkt (physical chemistryPhysical chemistryPhysical chemistry is the study of macroscopic, atomic, subatomic, and particulate phenomena in chemical systems in terms of physical laws and concepts...
) - 2005 - Michael Schön (oncologyOncologyOncology is a branch of medicine that deals with cancer...
) - 2006 - Heino Falcke (theologyTheologyTheology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
) - 2007 - Martin HaspelmathMartin HaspelmathProf. Dr. Martin Haspelmath is a German linguist working in the field of linguistic typology. He is one of the editors of the World Atlas of Language Structures, and has worked on the Standard Average European sprachbund. Besides typology, his research interests include syntactic and morphological...
(linguisticsLinguisticsLinguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
) - 2008 - Miloš Vec (jurisprudenceJurisprudenceJurisprudence is the theory and philosophy of law. Scholars of jurisprudence, or legal theorists , hope to obtain a deeper understanding of the nature of law, of legal reasoning, legal systems and of legal institutions...
and legal historyLegal historyLegal history or the history of law is the study of how law has evolved and why it changed. Legal history is closely connected to the development of civilizations and is set in the wider context of social history...
) - 2009 - Matthias StaudacherMatthias StaudacherMatthias Staudacher is a German theoretical physicist who has done significant work in the area of quantum field theory.-Education:Beginning his physics studies at the University of Heidelberg and at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Staudacher then earned a Ph.D...
(theoretical physicsTheoretical physicsTheoretical physics is a branch of physics which employs mathematical models and abstractions of physics to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena...
) - 2010 - Michael Kramer (astronomyAstronomyAstronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
)