Awarded researchers

Every year, hundreds of researchers at the University of Stuttgart are honored for groundbreaking and creative achievements. A selection of our award winners.

Whether the Leibniz Prize, ERC grants, doctoral prizes or advisory activities in important (decision-making) committees: Each year, numerous researchers at the University of Stuttgart successfully compete to demonstrate their expertise or gain funding and honor. The awards honor outstanding, often particularly creative research achievements and have a special status in both the German and the international scientific community. The award-winners are presented on this page.

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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prizewinners

The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation (DFG) is Germany’s most important research award that is often termed the “German Nobel Prize.” The prize comes with a monetary award of up to 2.5 million euros and nominations for it can only be made by third parties. Since 2000, five prizewinners have been awarded the Leibniz Prize at the University of Stuttgart.

Alexander von Humboldt Professorships

The Alexander von Humboldt Professorship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is Germany’s most highly endowed international research award, which honors internationally leading scientists and scholars who have previously worked abroad. It gives German universities the opportunity to attract top international researchers to their institutions, to offer internationally competitive framework conditions, and to raise their profile in the face of global competition.

Current ERC-Grants

The European Research Council (ERC) funds groundbreaking, visionary research and is oriented toward top-flight researchers at various career stages. Success in ERC grants has come to be recognized as a hallmark of international competitiveness for European universities. European Research Council projects and subventions fall into 4 categories: starting grants, consolidator grants, advanced grants and synergy grants.

Other distinguished researchers

Research prizes, awards and outstanding fellowships of the past years at a glance

Person Price / award Year Awarding institution Further information
Sara Kleindienst ERC Starting Grant 2023 — 2028 European Research Council (ERC)
Tian Qiu ERC Starting Grant 2023 — 2027 European Research Council (ERC)
Tim Langen ERC Proof of Concept 2023 — 2024 European Research Council (ERC)
Martin Werz Suedwestmetall Advancement Award 2023 Verband der Metall- und Elektroindustrie Baden-Württemberg e. V. (Südwestmetall)
Maren Scheel Suedwestmetall Advancement Award 2023 Verband der Metall- und Elektroindustrie Baden-Württemberg e. V. (Südwestmetall)
André Bächtiger ERC Advanced Grant 2022 — 2027 European Research Council (ERC)
Oliver Röhrle ERC Advanced Grant 2022 — 2027 European Research Council (ERC)
Michael Saliba ERC Starting Grant 2022 — 2027 European Research Council (ERC)
Steffen Staab Wissenschaftliches Mitglied des Ausschusses für wissenschaftliche Bibliotheken und Informationssysteme 2022 — 2025 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
Inmaculada Aleixos Borrás Marie Sklodowska-Curie post-doctoral fellowship 2022 — 2024 European Union
Achim Menges Leibniz Prize 2022 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
Frank Allgöwer Reinhart Koselleck-Project 2022 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
Andrew Clark Walter-Flemming-Prize 2022 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zellbiologie (DGZ)
Tilmann Pfau ERC Advanced Grant 2021 — 2026 European Research Council (ERC)
Tim Langen ERC Starting Grant 2021 — 2026 European Research Council (ERC)
Blazej Grabowski ERC Consolidator Grant 2021 — 2025 European Research Council (ERC)
Marcel Pfeiffer ERC Starting Grant 2021 — 2025 European Research Council (ERC)
Arijit Singha Hazari Marie Sklodowska-Curie post-doctoral fellowship 2021 — 2023 European Union
Jibesh Patra & Michael Pradel ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award 2021 ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE)
Katharina Heck AQUA Study Prize 2021 AQUA Foundation
Amin Ebrahim Bakhshipour AQUA Study Prize 2021 AQUA Foundation
Jan-Philipp Günther Agnes-Pockels-Promotionspreis 2021 DBG Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für physikalische Chemie e.V.
Zuardin Akbar & Thomas Wortmann City Learn Challenge 2021
Hanaa Dahy Focus Open 2021 Silver, Internationaler Designpreis BW für Bioprofile 2021 Design Center Baden-Württemberg
Harald Giessen & Alois Herkommer & Simon Thiele Gips Schüle Research Award 2021 Gips-Schüle Stiftung
Prashanth Srinivasan Humboldt-Fellowship 2021 Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Sebastian Brandhofer & Daniel Bhatti & Jelena Mackeprang IBM Quantum Open Science Prize 2021 IBM
Piotr Baszynski IntCDC "Blue Sky" Project Grant 2021 Cluster of Excellence IntCDC/ University of Stuttgart
Carsten Ellwein IntCDC Best Publication Award 2021 2021 Cluster of Excellence IntCDC/ University of Stuttgart
Larissa Born Manfred Hirschvogel Prize 2021 Frank Hirschvogel Stiftung
Johanna Bruckner Margarete-von-Wrangell Habilitationsstipendium 2021 Landesregierung Baden-Württemberg
Achim Menges, Jan Knippers & Teams & Students ITECH MaterialPREIS2021 2021 raumprobe OHG
Achim Menges, Jan Knippers MaterialPREIS2021 2021 raumprobe OHG
Lena Lambers, Tim Ricken Posterpreis 2021 23rd CFT (Chirurgische Forschungstage)
Biprajit Sarkar Prize of the Indian Chemical Society 2021 Indian Chemical Society
Andrea Thom Runner up prize for Best Presentation by Junior Female Researchers 2021 Female Researchers Chapter (FRC) of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)
Stefan Manuel Schaut Suedwestmetall Advancement Award 2021 Verband der Metall- und Elektroindustrie Baden-Württemberg e. V. (Südwestmetall)
Hanaa Dahy Tamayouz Award for Women in Architecture and Construction 2021 Tamayouz Excellence Award
Erik Stehle fib PhD Symposium Award 2021 International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib)
Li Zhang IntCDC Best Publication Award 2020/2021 2020/ 2021 Cluster of Excellence IntCDC/ University of Stuttgart
Jörn Birkmann ERC Synergy Grant 2020 — 2027 European Research Council (ERC)
Thomas Ertl Wissenschaftliches Mitglied des Auswahlausschusses für den Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis 2020 — 2026 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
Michael Pradel ERC Starting Grant 2020 — 2025 European Research Council (ERC)
Hans Christian Möhring Wissenschaftliches Mitglied des Bewilligungsausschusses für die Sonderforschungsbereiche 2020 — 2025 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
Hans Christian Möhring Wissenschaftliches Mitglied des Senatsauschusses für die Sonderforschungsbereiche 2020 — 2025 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
Manfred Bischoff Mitglied des Fachkollegiums Bauwesen und Architektur, Angewandte Mechanik, Statik und Dynamik 2020 — 2024 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
Alexander Verl Mitglied des Fachkollegiums Produktionstechnik, Produktionsautomatisierung 2020 — 2024 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
Alexander Verl Mitglied des Fachkollegiums Produktionstechnik, Produktionsautomatisierung 2020 — 2024 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
Michael Buchmeiser Mitglied im Senatsausschuss der DFG Graduiertenkollegs 2020 — 2024 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
Michael R. Buchmeiser Wissenschaftliches Mitglied des Bewilligungsausschusses für die Graduiertenkollegs 2020 — 2024 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
Majid Hassanizadeh ERC Proof of Concept 2020 — 2022 European Research Council (ERC)
Rainer Helmig AGU Fellow 2020 2020 American Geophysical Union
Martina Baggio, Ariane Exle, Karin Schlottke Amelia Earhart Award 2020 Zonta International
Marvin Muñoz Barón, Marvin Wyrich, Prof. Stefan Wagner Best Full Paper Award 2020 The 14th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement
Jinghua Yu, Stefan Wagner, Feng Luo Best Paper Award 2020 EAI International Conference on Cognitive Computing and Cyber Physical Systems
Tiffany Cheng & Achim Menges Best Poster Prize 2020 Baden-Württemberg Stiftung
Jannik Haas Boysen Dissertation Award 2020 Elisabeth Boysen Foundation
Elias Klemm DECHEMA-Medaille 2020 DECHEMA Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V.
Achim Menges & Team, Jan Knippers & Team DigitalFUTURES World Award 2020 DigitalFUTURES Konferenz- und Workshop-Komitee an der Tongjii University
Tobias Willmann EFB project prize 2020 Europäische Forschungsgesellschaft für Blechbearbeitung e.V
Hans-Joachim Wunderlich ETS Distinguished Service Award 2020 IEEE European Test Symposium
Nina Engelhardt, Serena Gambarelli, Linus Stegbauer Eliteprogramm für Postdoktorand*innen 2020 Baden-Württemberg Stiftung
Ferran Giones, Alexander Brem Emerald Literati Award 2020 Emerald Publishing
Hidenori Takagi Eugen und Ilse Seibold-Preis 2020 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
Jörg Wrachtrup Europhysics Prize Award 2020 Europäische Physikalische Gesellschaft
Simone Rehm Fellow der Gesellschaft für Informatik 2020 Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI)
Manuel Clauss Forschungspreis des Arbeitskreis Kohlenstoff (AKK) 2020 Deutsche Keramische Gesellschaft (DKG) e.V.
Clarissa Dietrich Glenn H. Brown Preis 2020 International Liquid Crystal Society (ILCS)
Achim Menges, Oliver Bucklin, Oliver Krieg Green Concept Award 2020 Green Future Club
Achim Menges & Team, Jan Knippers & Team Holzbau Plus-Award 2020 Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft
Ingo Hartenbach Teaching award 2020 University of Stuttgart
Wolfgang Nowak Teaching prize 2020 Faculty 2
Tiffany Cheng, Dylan Wood, Xiang Wang, Philip Yuan, Achim Menges Living Machines 2020: 1st Best Paper Award 2020 Living Machines Conference
Tanja Blascheck Margarete-von-Wrangell Habilitationsstipendium 2020 Landesregierung Baden-Württemberg
Bernhard Hauer Reinhart Koselleck-Projekt 2020 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
Martin Dazer Suedwestmetall Advancement Award 2020 Verband der Metall- und Elektroindustrie Baden-Württemberg e. V. (Südwestmetall)
Jan Meisner Wilhelm-Ostwald-Nachwuchspreis 2020 Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V. (GDCh)
Christian Senger, Johannes Nöldeke stuvus special prize for excellent teaching 2020 stuvus
Mohammad Tourian, Nico Sneeuw, J.T. Reager Publication Prize 2019/ 2020 University of Stuttgart
Andreas Bulling ERC Starting Grant 2019 — 2024 European Research Council (ERC)
Thomas Ertl IEEE Visualization Career Award 2019 IEEE Technical Committee on Visualization and Graphics (VGTC)
Tim Langen Rudolf-Kaiser-Preis 2019 Rudolf-Kaiser-Stiftung
Jörg Wrachtrup ZEISS Research Award 2016 ZEISS
Hidenori Takagi Alexander von Humboldt Professorship 2013 Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung
Artemis Alexiadou Leibniz Prize 2013 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
Jörg Wrachtrup Leibniz Prize 2011 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
Frank Allgöwer Leibniz Prize 2004 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
Hans-Joachim Werner Leibniz Prize 2000 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
Klaus von Klitzing Nobel Prize in Physics 1985 Nobel Foundation

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