Otto Hahn Medal

The Otto Hahn Medal () is awarded by the Max Planck Society to young scientists and researchers in both the natural and social sciences. The award takes its name from the German chemist and Nobel Prize laureate Otto Hahn, who served as the first president of the Max Planck Society from 1948 to 1960.

The medal is awarded annually to a maximum of thirty junior scientists in recognition of outstanding scientific achievement. Up to ten awardees are selected in each of three thematized sections: 1) Biological-Medical, 2) Chemical-Physical-Engineering, and 3) Social Science-Humanities. It is accompanied by a monetary award of €7,500. Medalists are awarded during a ceremony at the General Meeting of the Max Planck Society, taking place annually in alternating locales in Germany.

Notable awardees

Ralf Adams, biochemist

Susanne Albers, computer scientist, 2008 Leibniz Prize winner

Niko Beerenwinkel, mathematician

Martin Beneke, theoretical physicist, 2008 Leibniz Prize winner

Immanuel Bloch, experimental physicist, 2004 Leibniz Prize winner

Guido Bünstorf, economist

Demetrios Christodoulou, mathematician, 1993 MacArthur Fellow

Bianca Dittrich, theoretical physicist

Reinhard Genzel, astrophysicist, 2020 Nobel Prize winner

Daniel Goldstein, cognitive psychologist

Christiane Koch, physicist, 2002

Juliane Kokott, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union

Maxim Kontsevich, mathematician, 1998 Fields Medalist

Rainer Mauersberger, astronomer

Tomaso Poggio, neuroscientist

Tilman Schirmer, structural biologist

Wolfgang P. Schleich, theoretical physicist, 1995 Leibniz Prize winner

Tania Singer, neuroscientist

Matthias Steinmetz, astronomer, 1998 Packard Fellow

Friedrich-Karl Thielemann, astrophysicist

Dietmar Vestweber, biochemist, 1998 Leibniz Prize winner

Viola Vogel, bioengineer

Julia Vorholt, microbiologist

See also

Otto Hahn Prize

Otto Hahn Peace Medal

List of general science and technology awards

List of chemistry awards

List of awards named after people

List of early career awards

References

German science and technology awards

Early career awards

Academic awards

Otto Hahn

Max Planck Society

Awards established in 1978

1978 establishments in Germany