Leibniz Prizes for international scientists
The 2014 Leibniz Prize is being awarded to eleven international scientists by the German Research Foundation.
The Leibniz Prize presented by the German Research Foundation is the highest German research award. It is endowed with up to 2.5 million euros for each prize winner making it the world’s highest award for the promotion of scientific research. The awards winners are:
Artemis Alexiadou is a linguist at the University of Stuttgart. Her research focuses on the foundations of grammar. She has discovered parallel patterns and structures at the core of human languages.
Armin von Bogdandy is a law expert at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg. He investigates the interplay between state institutions and international relations.
Andreas Dreizler is a physicist at the Technical University of Darmstadt, and Christof Schulz is a chemist at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Their work focuses on the development of laser-based measurement technology for combustion engines.
Nicole Dubilier is a biologist at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen and the University of Bremen. She examines the ecological and evolutionary processes of adaptation between deep-sea bacteria and marine invertebrates.
Leif Kobbelt is an information scientist at the RWTH Aachen and a specialist in computer graphics. He optimizes techniques that interactively visualize highly complex 3D objects and models.
Laurens Molenkamp is a physicist at the University of Würzburg. He uses the quantum spin Hall effect as the basis for the development of innovative semiconductors in information technology.
Brigitte Röder is a psychologist at the University of Hamburg. Her research concentrates on the adaptability of the brain to age-related changes or sensory deprivation in the case of reduced visual and hearing abilities.
Irmgard Sinning focuses on proteins in her research at the University of Heidelberg. The biochemist investigates how protein molecules are transported by the biological membranes.
Rainer Waser specializes in nanoelectronics and materials science at the RWTH Aachen and the Research Centre Jülich. He develops new memory components based on the use of resistive switches as memories in information technology.
Lars Zender from the University Hospital Tübingen is an expert on the physiology of the liver. The physician has discovered several mechanisms for cell regeneration and the inhibition of tumour growth in the liver.
Leibniz Prize awards on 12 March 2014 in Berlin
