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2024 CGCA Young Researchers Award is open for application !

The "Young Researchers Award" was established in 2014 in recognition of the young researchers' excellent contributions to science. The results of the top three winners will be announced in July 2024, and later the final ranking will be officially announced via academic colloquium. Applicants should send their CV and recommendation to Dr. Chang Ding (chang.ding@ufz.de) and Dr. Xiaoyan Cao (x.cao@uni-koeln.de) before 28th May 2024. You will get confirmation in one week, otherwise please contact Dr. Wenlan Liu: (liuwenlan@mpip-mainz.mpg.de)

Scientific Committee:

Prof. Dr. Mischa Bonn (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research),

Prof. Dr. Michael Dolg (University of Cologne),

Prof. Dr. Christian Mayer (University of Duisburg-Essen),

2023 CGCA Young Researchers Award Winners

  • First Class: Dr. Xiaoqing Yu

    Ruhr University

  • Second Class: Dr. Huayang Feng

    University of Duisburg-Essen

  • Second Class: Dr. Jan Niklas Hausmann

    Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy

From left to right: Huayang Feng, Xiaoqing Yu, Jan Niklas Hausmann

2023 CGCA Young Researchers Award is open for application !

The "Young Researchers Award" was established in 2014 in recognition of the young researchers' excellent contributions to science. The results of the top three winners will be announced in 24th June 2023, and later the final ranking will be officially announced via academic colloquium. Applicants should send their CV and recommendation to Dr. Chang Ding ( chang.ding(at)ufz.de) and Dr. Xiaoyan Cao ( x.cao(at)uni-koeln.de ) before 5th May 2023. You will get confirmation in one week, otherwise please contact Dr. Wenlan Liu, e-mail: liuwenlan(at)mpip-mainz.mpg.de

Scientific Committee:

Prof. Dr. Reinhold F. Fink (Universiy of Tuebingen), Prof. Dr. Eckart Hasselbrink (University of Duisburg-Essen), Prof. Dr. Tobias Ritter (Max Planck Institute for Coal Research),

2022 CGCA Young Researchers Award Winners

  • First Class: Dr. Kangkang Sun

    Leibniz Institute for Catalysis

  • Second Class: Dr. Zhiyong Wang

    Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics

  • Second Class: Dr. Zibo Bai

    Max Planck Institute of Coal Research

From left to right: Zibo Bai, Kangkang Sun, Zhiyong Wang

2022 CGCA Young Researchers Award is open for application !

The "Young Researchers Award" was established in 2014 in recognition of the young researchers' excellent contributions to science. The results of the top three winners will be announced in September 2022, and later the final ranking will be officially announced via academic colloquium. Applicants should send their CV and recommendation to Dr. Chang Ding ( chang.ding(at)ufz.de) and Dr. Xiaoyan Cao ( x.cao(at)uni-koeln.de ) before 12th August 2022. You will get confirmation in one week, otherwise please contact Dr. Wenlan Liu, e-mail: liuwenlan(at)mpip-mainz.mpg.de

Scientific Committee:

Prof. Dr. Richard Campen (Universität Duisburg-Essen), Prof. Dr. Andreas Dreuw (Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg), Prof. Dr. Benjamin List (Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung), Prof. Dr. Klaus Müllen (Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung)

2021 CGCA Young Researchers Award Winners

  • First Class: Dr. Akash Kaithal (RWTH Aachen University / the University of Lyon)

  • Second Class: Dr. Chaojian Chen (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research)

  • Second Class: Dr. Chuanxiong Nie (Free University of Berlin)

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    Dr. Akash Kaithal

    Dr. Chaojian Chen

    Dr. Chuanxiong Nie

Scientific Committee: Prof. Dr. Matthias Beller (Leibniz-Institut für
Katalyse Rostock), Prof. Dr. Bernd Engels (Universität Würzburg), Prof.
Dr. Klas Lindfors (Universität zu Köln)

 

2021 CGCA Young Researchers Award is open for application !

The "Young Researchers Award" was established in 2014 in recognition of the young researchers' excellent contributions to science. The results of the top three winners will be announced in September 2021, and later the final ranking will be officially announced via academic colloquium. Applicants should send their CV and recommendation to Dr. Chang Ding ( chang.ding(at)ufz.de) and Dr. Xiaoyan Cao ( x.cao(at)uni-koeln.de ) before 9th July 2021. You will get confirmation in one week, otherwise please contact Dr. Wenlan Liu, e-mail: liuwenlan(at)mpip-mainz.mpg.de

Scientific Committee:

Prof. Dr. Matthias Beller (Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse Rostock), Prof. Dr. Bernd Engels (Universität Würzburg), Prof. Dr. Klas Lindfors (Universität zu Köln)

2020 CGCA Young Researchers Award Winners

  • First Class: Mr. Ji Yang (Leibniz-Institute for Catalysis at the University of Rostock)

  • Second Class: Dr. Wenbo Sheng (Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden)

  • Second Class: Mr. Guangbo Chen (Technische Universität Dresden)

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    Ji Yang

    Dr. Wenbo Sheng

    Guangbo Chen

Scientific Committee: Prof. Dr. Bernd Goldfuß (Universität zu Köln), Prof. Dr. Sebastian Hasenstab-Riedel (Freie Universität Berlin), Prof. Dr. Eric Meggers (Philipps-Universität Marburg)

 

2020 CGCA Young Researchers Award Winners will be announced (in alphabetical order)

  • Mr. Guangbo Chen (Technische Universität Dresden)

  • Dr. Wenbo Sheng (Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden)

  • Mr. Ji Yang (Leibniz-Institute for Catalysis at the University of Rostock)

    Scientific Committee: Prof. Dr. Bernd Goldfuß (Universität zu Köln), Prof. Dr. Sebastian Hasenstab-Riedel (Freie Universität Berlin), Prof. Dr. Eric Meggers (Philipps-Universität Marburg)

    Online ceremony and scientific talks by the three award winners will be at 2 pm on 5th July 2020 (Berlin time) which will be broadcasted on the scientific platform KouShare.com.

    Broadcast link: https://www.koushare.com/live/liveroom?islive=0&lid=306&roomid=204287

     

2020 CGCA Young Researchers Award is open for application !

The "Young Researchers Award" was established in 2014 in recognition of the young researchers' excellent contributions to science. The result will be announced on the 2020 annual conference (16th May 2020, Mainz). Applicants should send their CV and recommendation to Dr. Chang Ding ( chang.ding(at)ufz.de) and Dr. Xiaoyan Cao ( x.cao(at)uni-koeln.de ) before 20th March 2020. You will get confirmation in one week, otherwise please contact Dr. Wenlan Liu, Tel: 0221-4707893; liuwenlan(at)mpip-mainz.mpg.de

Scientific Committee:

Prof. Dr. Bernd Goldfuss (Universitaet zu Koeln), Prof. Dr. Sebastian Hasenstab-Riedel (Freie Universitaet Berlin), Prof. Dr. Eric Meggers (Philipps-Universitaet Marburg)

2019 CGCA Young Researchers Award Winners

  • First Class: Lin Li

    Free University of Berlin

  • Second Class: Yuwen Wang

    Technical University of Berlin

  • Second Class: Dr. Jiajia Ma

    University of Muenster

From left to right: Dr. Jiajia Ma, Lin Li, Yuwen Wang

2019 CGCA Young Researchers Award is open for application !

The "Young Researchers Award" was established in 2014 in recognition of the young researchers' excellent contributions to science. The result will be announced on the 2019 annual conference (May 11, Leipzig). Applicants should send their CV and recommendation to Dr. Changding ( chang.ding(at)ufz.de) and Dr. Xiaoyan Cao ( x.cao(at)uni-koeln.de ) before Mar 22. You will get confirmation in one week, otherwise please contact Dr. Rongchao Pan, Tel: 0221-4707893; e-mail: rongchao.pan(at)gmail.com

Scientific Committee:

Prof. Dr. Lorenz Adrian (Technical University of Berlin), Prof. Dr. Reiner Anwander (University of Tuebingen), Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bensch (University of Kiel)

2018 CGCA Young Researchers Award Winners

  • First Class: Zhiyang Zhang

    Humboldt University of Berlin.

  • Second Class:Yupeng Zhou

    Technical University of Berlin.

  • Second Class: Shuang Li

    Technical University of Berlin.

From left to right: Yupeng Zhou,Zhiyang Zhang, Shuang Li /p>

Scientific Committee: Prof. Dr. Klaus D. Jandt (Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena), Prof. Dr. G. Ulrich Nienhaus (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Prof. Dr. Johannes Kiefer (University of Bremen).

2018 CGCA Young Researchers Award is open for application !

The "Young Researchers Award" was established in 2014 in recognition of the young researchers' excellent contributions to science. The result will be announced on the 2018 annual conference (April 21, Berlin). Applicants should send their CV and recommendation to Dr. Gang Wei (wei_gang(at)cgca.de) and Dr. Yujin Tong ( tong_yujin(at)cgca.de ) before Mar 15. You will get confirmation in one week, otherwise please contact Dr. Yujin Tong, Tel: 0221-4707893; e-mail: tyjhit(at)gmail.com

Scientific Committee:

2017 CGCA Young Researchers Award Winners

  • First Class: Luping Liu

    MPI fuer Kohlenforschung.

  • Second Class: Dr. Xin He

    Helmholtz-Institut Muenster.

  • Second Class: Dr. Teng Zhou

    MPI fuer Dynamik komplexer technischer Systeme.

From left to right: Teng Zhou, Luping Liu, Xin He

Scientific Committee: Prof. Dr. Christoph Janiak (University of Duesseldorf), Dr. Lucio Colombi Ciacchi (University of Bremen), Dr. Roland Roth (University of Tuebingen).

2017 CGCA Young Researchers Award

The "Young Researchers Award" was established in 2014 in recognition of the young researchers' excellent contributions to science. The result will be announced on the 2017 annual conference (June 17, Bremen). Applicants should send their CV and recommendation to Dr. Gang Wei (wei_gang(at)cgca.de) and Dr. Yujin Tong ( tong_yujin(at)cgca.de ) before May 7. You will get confirmation in one week, otherwise please contact Dr. Yujin Tong, Tel: 0221-4707893; e-mail: tong_yujin(at)cgca.de

Scientific Committee: Prof. Dr. Christoph Janiak (University of Duesseldorf), Prof. Dr. Lucio Colombi Ciacchi (University of Bremen), Prof. Dr. Roland Roth (University of Tuebingen).

2016 CGCA Lubrizol Young Researchers Award Winners

  • First Class: Mengmeng Li

    Doctorate in Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPIP) from Aug. 2012 to present (May 2016). Field: Control of self-assembly of organic semiconductors in mono- to multilayer field-effect transistors.

  • Second Class: Jie Liu

    Doctorate in Leibniz Institute for Catalysis from Sept. 2014 to present (May 2016). Field: Ligand enabled regioselective carbonylation with olefins and allenes.

  • Second Class: Bin Cai

    Doctorate in Dresden University of Technology from Aug. 2014 to present (May 2016). Field: Electrocatalysis on noble-metal-derived pure metallic aerogels.

From left to right: Jie Liu, Mengmeng Li, Bin Cai

Scientific Committee: Prof. Dr. W. Weigand (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena), Prof. Dr. V. Deckert (Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology), Prof. Dr. M. Wolf (Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft).

2016 CGCA Lubrizol Young Researchers Award

The "Young Researchers Award" was established in 2014 in recognition of the young researchers' excellent contributions to science. It is called "CGCA Lubrizol Young Researchers Award" this year thanks to the support of Lubrizol. The result will be announced on the 2016 annual conference (June 11, Duesseldorf). Applicants should send their CV and recommendation to Dr. Zhenglong Zhang ( zhenglong.zhang@gcccd-ev.de ) before April 25. You will get confirmation in one week, otherwise please contact Dr. Xiaoyan Cao-Dolg, Tel: 0221-4707893; e-mail: x.cao(at)uni-koeln.de

Scientific Committee: Prof. Dr. W. Weigand (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena) , Prof. Dr. V. Deckert (Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology), Prof. Dr. M. Wolf (Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft)

2015 Young Researchers Award Winners

  • First Class: Qi Zhang

    Doctorate in TU Munich from May 2012 to present (Aug. 2015). Field: Enzyme-like Catalysis in Self-Assembled Aromatic Cavities.

  • Second Class: Min Tu

    Doctorate in Ruhr University Bochum from Sept. 2011 to present (Aug. 2015). Field: Fabricated Homo- or Hetero-structured MOF Thin Film Based Sensors.

  • Second Class: Meng Su

    Doctorate in LMU Munich from July 2012 to present (Aug. 2015). Field: Reconstructing and Functionalizing Oligonucleotides.

From left to right: Min Tu, Qi Zhang, Meng Su

Scientific Committee: Prof. Dr. C. Schulz (Universitaet Duisburg-Essen), Prof. Dr. M. Dolg (Universitaet zu Koeln), Prof. Dr. T. Heinze (Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena).

2015 Young Researchers Award

The "Young Researchers Award" was established in 2014 in recognition of the young researchers' excellent contributions to science. The 2014 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winner, Prof. Dr. Christof Schulz (University of Duisburg-Essen), has accepted the invitation as a referee for 2015 Young Researchers Award. The result will be announced on the 2015 annual conference (29. August Jena). Applicants should send their CV and recommendation to Dr. Yanze Ren ( yanze.ren@gcccd-ev.de ) and Dr. Zhenglong Zhang ( zhenglong.zhang@gcccd-ev.de ). You will get confirmation in one week, otherwise please contact Dr. Xiaoyan Cao-Dolg, Tel: 0221-4707893; e-mail: x.cao(at)uni-koeln.de

Scientific Committee: Prof. Dr. C. Schulz (University of Duisburg-Essen), Prof. Dr. M. Dolg (University of Cologne), Prof. Dr. T. Heinze (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena)

2014 Young Researchers Award Winners

  • First Class: Jun Zhang

    Doctorate in University of Cologne from Sept. 2012 to present (Oct. 2014). Field: Linear scaling quantum chemical method and its applications in chemcial problems.

  • Second Class: Gengwen Tan

    Doctorate in Technische Universitaet Berlin from Oct. 2011 to present (Oct. 2014). Field: Synthesizing low-valent main group complexes and their relevant transition metal complexes, and applying them for CO2 activation and homogeneous catalysis.

  • Second Class: Dr. Zhenglong Zhang

    Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology. Doctorate in China from 2007 to 2013. Field: Raman spectroscopy and plasmonics catalysis, and their applications in molecular reaction kinetics.

From left to right: Dr. Zhenglong Zhang, Gengwen Tan, Jun Zhang

Scientific Committee: Prof. Dr. J. Mayer (RMTH Aachen University), Prof. Dr. U. Deiters (University of Cologne), Prof. Dr. M. Springborg (University of Saarland)

2014 Young Researchers Award

The "Young Researchers Award" was established in 2014 in recognition of the young researchers' excellent contributions to science. Applications for 2014 is from June 23 to July 23. The result will be announced on the 2014 annual conference.