Science prizes, awards and memberships honour researchers for their work and are an important part of promoting science and research. A selection of awarded researchers of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena can be found on the following page.
2021: Prof. Bas Dutilh
placeholder image — Bas Dutilh stands on a platform and looks over Jena.
Image: Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung2024: Prof. Janine George
2022: Prof. Martin Oschatz
2021: Prof. Dietmar Gallistl
2018: Prof. Diana Forker
2018: Prof. Kai Papenfort
2017: Prof. Sebastiano Bernuzzi
2009: Prof. Jens Limpert
2024: Prof. Ilona Croy
2023: Prof. Thomas Bocklitz
2023: Prof. Kai Papenfort
2023: Prof. Christian Vassallo (now Universita degli Studi di Torino, Italien)
2023: Prof. Sebastiano Bernuzzi
2021: Prof. Bas Dutilh
2020: Prof. Miriam Agler-Rosenbaum
2020: Prof. Philipp Adelhelm (now Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
2018: Prof. Stefanie Gräfe
2016: Prof. Lothar Wondraczek
2014: Prof. Jens Limpert
2025: Prof. Sebastian Böcker
2025: Prof. Christian Hertweck
2024: Prof. Thomas Stöhlker
2023: Prof. Ulrich Schubert
2021: Prof. Alexander Marx
2019: Prof. Jens Limpert
2015: Prof. Andreas Tünnermann
2024: Prof. Carsten Ronning
2020: Prof. Joachim Denzler
2021: Prof. Lothar Wondraczek
Prof. Dr. Jens Limpert is one of the few researchers in Germany who has succeeded in obtaining ERC funding three times: in 2009 he received a »Starting Grant«, followed by a »Consolidator Grant« in 2014, crowned with an »Advanced Grant« in 2019.
2026: Prof. Dr. Johannes Krause
Image: Thomas Victor
2023: Prof. Dr Hartmut Rosa
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
2023: Prof. Dr Sarah O'Connor
Image: David Ausserhofer, DFG
2020: Prof. Dr Johannes Grave
Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
2020: Prof. Dr Markus Reichstein
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
2015: Prof. Dr Christian Hertweck
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
2009: Prof. Dr Karl Lenhard Rudolph
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
2007: Prof. Dr Falko Langenhorst
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
2005: Prof. Dr Andreas Tünnermann
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)2013: Prof. Stefan Nolte (middle) together with Dr Dirk Sutter (left) and Dr Jens König (right)
Laureates of the Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2013
Image: Deutscher Zukunftspreis Ansgar Pudenz2021: Prof. Kai Lawonn
2014: Prof. Nico Eisenhauer (presently Leiptzig University)
2006: Prof. Holger Gies
1999: Prof. Anne S. Ulrich (jetzt Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
(Award winners of the past ten years, only current members of the University of Jena at the time of proposal)
2025: Prof. Andreas Hochhaus (Applied Research)
2024: Prof. Andrey Turchanin, Dr. Antony George, Dr. Falk Eilenberger, Dr. Christof Neumann (Applied Research)
2023: Prof. Benjamin Dietzek-Ivansic, Dr. Linda Zedler (Applied Research)
2022: Prof. Sebastian Böcker, Dr. Kai Dührkop, Dr. Markus Fleischauer, Dr. Marcus Ludwig, Martin A. Hoffmann (Basic Resarch)
2021: Prof. Stefan Lorkowski, Dr. Christine Dawczinski (Applied Research)
2021: Prof. Klaus Dörre, Prof. Hartmut Rosa (Basic Resarch)
2019: Prof. Ulrich Brose (Basic Resarch)
2018: Prof. Lambert Wiesing (Basic Resarch)
2017: Prof. Ulrich Schubert, Dr. Martin Hager, Tobias Janoschka (Applied research)
2015: Prof. Christian Hübner, PD Dr. Ingo Kurth (Basic Resarch)
Friedrich Schiller University annually awards the Rowena Morse Prize as a distinction for academics who are outstanding in research and teaching, who have attained their eligibility for appointment for a professorship, but who were not yet appointed to a tenured professorship at the time of their special achievements. The prize is endowed with 5,000 euros.
2025: PD Dr habil Stephanie Lippmann
2024: JP Dr Anika Klafki - Faculty of Law
2023: JP Giancarlo Soavi - Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
2022: Dr Anja Träger – Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences
2021: PD Dr Lukas Werther – Faculty of Arts and Humanities
2020: PD Dr Paula Wojcik – Faculty of Arts and Humanities
2019: PD Dr Tony Bruns – Faculty of Medicine
2018: PD Dr Andreas Koeberle – Faculty of Biological Sciences
2017: PD Dr Claudia Schnohr – Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
2016: PD Dr Dana Kralisch – Faculty of Biological Sciences
2015: PD Dr Thomas Ernst – Faculty of Medicine
The doctoral prize of the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena is an award for researchers who have achieved outstanding results in their doctoral studies and have thereby promoted the reputation of the Alma Mater Jenensis. The prize is endowed with 750 euros.
2025: Dr. Jonghyk Chang
2024: Dr Jonathan Steensen
2023: Dr Christian Kamleiter
2022: Dr Magdalena Steinhöfel
2021: Dr Kerstin Krauß
2025: Dr Maren Kristina Becker
2024: Dr Leo Juri Kriese
2023: Dr Luise Sophia Kavacs
2022: Dr Philipp Köhler
2021: Dr Julian Schick
2025: Dr Jan Diers
2024: Dr.Thomas Robert Holy
2023: Dr Leonard Hoeft
2022: Dr Daniel Rodenburger
2021: Dr Yoan Hermstrüwer
2025: Dr Clemens Steinberger
2024: Dr Florian Hesse
2023: Dr Sven Eric Büchel
2022: Dr Markus Wegewitz
2021: Dr Katharina Schwinde
2025: Dr Phillipp Kersten
2024: Dr Adreas Stotzt
2023: Dr Simon Lübcke
2022: Dr Philipp Baumbach
2021: Dr Sebastian Pusch
2025: Dr Verena Köpp
2024: Dr Daniel Dörfler
2023: Dr Benjamin Hinrich
2022: Dr Jonas Brock
2021: Dr Melchior Wirth
2025: Dr Anindita Dasgupta
2024: Dr Maja Struczynska
2023: Dr Silvia Simionato
2022: Dr Martin Hafermann
2021: Dr Sebastian Grieninger
2025: Dr Julian Hniopek
2024: Dr Karl Michael Ziems
2023: Dr Paul Strobel
2022: Dr Carolin Müller
2021: Dr Robert Freund
2025: Dr Patrick Schäde
2024: Dr Shuaibing Zhang
2023: Dr Paul Mike Jordan
2022: Dr Marina Pekmezovic
2021: Dr Sarah Patricia Niehs
2025: Josefine Sell
2024: Dr Leonie Karoline Stabenow
2023: Dr Stefanie Quickert
2022: Dr Thomas Kaas
2021: Dr Judith Hammrich
