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
- Professor Dr. Kurt Alder
Chair in Chemistry
1950
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
- Prof. Dr. Anne Storch (2017)
Institute for African Studies and Egyptology - Faculty of Arts and Humanities - Prof. Dr. Achim Rosch (2013)
Institute of Theoretical Physics – Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Prof Dr. Martin Zirnbauer (2009)
Institute of Theoretical Physics – Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Prof. Dr. Jens Claus Brüning (2007)
Institute of Genetics – Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Prof. Dr. Thomas Mussweiler (2006) (since 11/2016 no longer at the university)
Institute of Psychology – Faculty of Education - Prof. Dr. Axel Ockenfels (2005)
Department of Governance and Public Policy – Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences - Prof. Dr. Martin Krönke (2001)
Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene – Faculty of Medicine - Prof. Dr. Andreas Kablitz (1997)
Department of Romance Studies – Faculty of Arts and Humanities - Prof. Dr. Ulf-Ingo Flügge (1996)
Botanical Institute – Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Prof. Dr. Thomas Schweizer (†) (1995)
Institute of Ethnology – Faculty of Arts and Humanities - Prof. Dr. Peter Schneider (1992)
Mathematics – Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Humboldt Professorship
- Prof. Dr. Kate Rigby, Bath Spa University, UK, Environmental Humanities (2022)
- Prof. Christian Frezza, PhD, University of Cambridge, UK, Metabolomics (2021)
- Prof. Dr. Bart Thomma, Wageningen University, Phytopathology (2021)
- Prof. Dr. Malte Gather, University of St Andrews, Schottland, Nanobiophotonics (2019)
- Prof. Dr. Henning Walczak, University College London, Cancer Biology (2019)
- Prof. Dr. Jijie Chai, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Structural Biology (2017)
- Prof. Dr. 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 Prof. Dr. Peter W. Marx) (2015)
- Professor Kathleen J. Green, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA (in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Carien M. Niessen) (2015)
Sofja Kovalevskaja Prize
- Dr. Mirka Uhlirova, Institute for Genetics (2008)
- Dr. Mark Depauw, Institute of Egyptology (2004)
- Dr. Manuel Koch, Faculty of Medicine (2002)
ERC-Grant
Starting Grant des ERC
- Prof. Dr. Thomas Leopold, Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology (2020)
- Dr. Jane Reznick, CECAD (2021)
- Prof. Dr. Erwann Bocquillon, Institute for Physics II (2021)
- Prof. Dr. Marcel Schubert, Biointegrated Photonics (2022)
- Prof. Dr. Matthias Heinz, Professorship for Strategy (2022)
- Prof. Dr. Marcel Schubert, Biointegrated Photonics (2022)
- Dr. Gilles Storelli CECAD (2022)
Consolidator Grant des ERC
- Prof. Dr. Gunther Döhlemann, Botanical Institute (2018)
- Prof. Dr. Tatiana Korotkova, CECAD (2018)
- Prof. Dr. Christian Frezza, CECAD (2019)
- Prof.'in Dr. Ana Garcia, Institute for Genetics (2019)
- Prof. Dr. Sven-Oliver Proksch, Cologne Center for Comparative Politics (2021)
- Prof.'in Dr. Katrin Bringmann, Mathematical Institute (2021)
- Dr. Leo Kurian, CECAD (2021)
Advanced Grant des ERC
- Prof. Dr. Axel Ockenfels, Department of Economics (2018)
- Prof. Dr. Manolis Pasparakis, Institute for Genetics (2018)
- Prof. Dr. Joachim Saur, Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology (2021)
- Prof. Dr. Stephan Schlemmer, Institute for Astrophysics (2021)
- Prof. Dr. Michael Bollig. Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology (2022)
Further Prizes
Max Planck Research Award
- Prof. Dr. W. Eck (2000)
- Prof. Dr. W. Stoffel (1992)
- Prof. Dr. T. Krieg (1991)
Ernst Jung Prize in Medicine (Jung Foundation)
- Prof. Dr. J. Brüning, Institute for Genetics (2009)
- Prof. Dr. T. Benzing, Faculty of Medicine (2008)
- Prof. Dr. W. Stoffel, Faculty of Medicine (1990)
Cologne Innovation Prize (City of Cologne)
- Prof. Dr. K. Meerholz, Chemistry Department (2004)
Postbank Finance Award (Deutsche Postbank)
- Prof. Dr. A. Kempf (2007/2008)
SASTRA Ramanujan Prize
- Prof. Dr. K. Bringmann (2009)
Wilhelm Vaillant Prize (Wilhlem Vaillant Foundation)
- Prof. Dr. J. Brüning (2005)
Heinz Maier Leibnitz Prize (DFG)
- Jun.-Prof Dr. Stefanie Gänger (2019)
- Dr. Daniel Gutzmann (2016)
- Dr. Silvia Gruhn (Daun) (2014)
- Prof. Dr. C. Kubisch (2000)
Alfried Krupp Prize for the Advancement of Young Professors
(Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation)
- Prof. Dr. K. Bringmann (2009)
Innovation Prize of the State of NRW
- Prof. Dr. Brunhilde Wirth (2019)
- Prof. Dr. J. Wolf, Cancer Center Cologne (2016)
- Prof. Dr. Klaus Meerholz, Chemistry Department (2010)
- Prof. Dr. Günther Schwarz, Chemistry Department (2010)
- Dr. Björn Schumacher, Institute for Genetics (2009)
Karl Arnold Prize (North Rhine-Westphalia Academy of Sciences and Arts)
- Prof. Dr. P. Schmitz (2006)
Europhysics Prize
- Prof. A. Rosch (2016)
Outstanding Achievement Award, American Diabetes Association
- Prof. Dr. Jens Brüning (2013)
German Cancer Prize
- Prof. Dr. Michael Hallek (2017)
Communicator Prize
- Dr. Stefan Kröpelin (2017)
Max Planck Medal
- Prof. Dr. Martin Zirnbauer (2012)
Lichtenberg Professorship
Heisenberg Professorship
- Prof. Dr. Thiemo Breyer (2018)
- Dr. Nils Gehring (2016)
- Prof. Dr. Silvia Daun (2016)
Reinhart Koselleck- Research Prize
- Prof. Dr. Patrick Schmitz (2020)
- Prof. Dr. Thomas Langer (2015)
Further Award Winners
- Prof Dr. Peter Hanau, Order of the Rising Sun (Japan) (2009)