© 2012 Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie
Preise und Ehrungen 2003 - 2011
Abteilung Chemie der Atmosphäre
Susannah Burrows
- Student Poster Prize, IGAC Symposium, Annecy, September 2008
Carl A.M. Brenninkmeijer
- Visiting Miller Professor, University of California, Berkeley, Spring 2011
John N. Crowley
- Haagen Smit Prize 2009 for "An Outstanding publication in Atmospheric Environment" (with G.K. Moortgat)
Paul J. Crutzen (Emeritus)
- Golden Medal (highest destination) given by the Academy of Athens, October 22, 2003
- Honorary Doctoral Degree of the College of Environmental Sciences, Peking University, China, 2004
- Honorary Member of the European Geosciences Union (EGU), 2004
- Honorary Doctor of the Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France, 2005
- Honorary Professor of Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 2005
- Distinguished Lecturer in Science, The Hongkong University of Science and Technology, School of Science, 2005
- Recipient of the UNEP/WMO Vienna Convention Award, 2005
- Recipient of the Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Medal 2006, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, India
- Foreign Member of the British Royal Society (allowed to use the title Paul Josef Crutzen, ForMemRS), London, UK, 2006
- Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Sciences, San Francisco, USA, 2006
- Honorary doctoral degree, Environmental Engineering, Politecnico, Milan, Italy, 2007
- Recipient of the Capo d’Orlando Award, Discepolo Foundation, Vico Equense, Italy, 2008
- Einstein Lecturer, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 2008
- Honorary Degree, University of Venice, 2010
- Honorary Member of the „Naturforschende Gesellschaft zu Emden von 1814“, 2011
Bhola Ram Gurjar
- 2004 START Young Scientist Award, Washington, USA, for the paper entitled “Emission Estimates and Trends (1990-2000) for Megacity Delhi and Implications” (Atmospheric Environment 38, 5663-5681) by B. R. Gurjar, J. van Aardenne, J. Lelieveld and M. Mohan
Patrick Jöckel and Rolf Sander
- Heinz Billing Award for the Advancement of Scientific Computation 2005 for „The Modular Earth Submodel System (MESSy)”, 2005
Frank Keppler
- Isotopenpreis der Karleugen-Habfast-Stiftung, Freiberg/Germany, 2006
- European Young Investigator (EURYI) Award, Prague/Czech Republic, 2006
- Marie Curie Excellence Award, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2006
Mark G. Lawrence
- Lehrpreis der Universität Mainz für herausragende Lehrleistungen, Juli 2010
- Distinguished Lecturer at the Weizmann Institute, Israel, 2005
- Highly Cited Researcher by the ISI Web of Knowledge, 2006
- Citation by the Academy of Athens for achievements in ozone research, 2007
- Hubert Curien Lecturer at the Cyprus Institute, 2008
- Advanced Research Grant by the European Research Council, 2008
- Institute professor of the Cyprus Institute, 2010
- Honorary professor in Geophysics, King Saud University, Riyadh, 2010
- Yuval Ne’eman distinguished lecturer in Geophysics, Tel Aviv University, 2010
Monica Martinez-Harder
- Gründung einer Forschergruppe im Rahmen des MPG-Förderprogramms für exzellente Wissenschaftlerinnen, 2006
Geert K. Moortgat
- Haagen Smit Prize 2009 for "An Outstanding publication in Atmospheric Environment" (with J. Crowley)
- Haagen Smit Prize 2012 for "An Outstanding publication in Atmospheric Environment"
Kunikrishnan Thengumthara
- Indian Meteorological Society (IMS) National Award (V. Bhavanarayana award) for the paper entitled “A remote Sensing approach to estimate soil heat flux for micrometeorlogical studies” written by T. Kunhikrishnan and S. K. Saha, 2004
Abteilung Biogeochemie
- Highly Cited Researcher, ISI (Institute for Scientific Information), 2003
- Appointment as Member of the Board of Reviewing Editors (BoRE) of Science, 2005
- Mitglied des Nationalen Komitees für Global Change-Forschung der Deutschen
Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), 2006 - Honorary Professor, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, 2010
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2010
- Doctor Honoris Causa, Gent University, Belgium, 2010
- Fissan-Pui Prize of the International Aerosol Research Association, with P. Artaxo, 2010
- Corresponding Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, 2011
Reinhard Boehler
- Mineralogical Society - Schlumberger Medal 2005
Johannes Brückner
- NASA Group Achievement Award for Gamma-Ray Spectrometer on Mars Odyssey Mission, 2005
- NASA Group Achievement Award for MER 3rd and 4th Extended Mission Team, 2008
Janine Fröhlich
- Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society, 2009
Johann Georg Goldammer
- Honoured for the Contribution to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Zayed
International Prize for the Environment 2005 - Honorary doctor degree awarded by the Mongolian State University of Agriculture, 2007
- Memorial Medal of the Federal Forest Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of the Russian Federation, 2009
Albrecht W. Hofmann (Emeritus)
- Highly Cited Researcher, ISI (Institute for Scientific Information), 2003
- Hamilton Visiting Scholar, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 2010
- Horace Mann Medal by Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 2011
Regina Mertz-Kraus
- Early Career Researcher Award, International Association of Geoanalysts, 2010
Ulrich Pöschl
- Union Service Award, European Geosciences Union, 2005
- Pius XI Goldmedaille der Päpstlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, November 2012
Diana Rose
- Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society, 2010
Manabu Shiraiwa
- Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society, 2012
Ivonne Trebs
- Otto-Hahn-Medal of the Max Planck Society for outstanding scientific achievements, 2005
Abteilung Partikelchemie
- Akademiepreis des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz 2004
- ERC Advanced Grant des Eurpäischen Forschungsrates, Oktober 2012
Marco Brands
- “Dissertation Prize of the University of Mainz” in 2011
Joachim Curtius
- appointment as full professor (W3) of Experimental Meteorology at the University of Frankfurt in October 2007
Thomas Klimach et al.
- “Best Poster Award” for their poster “Performance comparison of two different Laser Ablation Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometers” at the European Aerosol Conference, Karlsruhe, 2009
Andreas Kürten
- Ph.D. thesis: awarded with the Wolfgang-Paul-Award of the German Society for mass-spectrometry and received a prize of the University of Mainz for the most distinguished dissertation of the year
Paul Reitz et al.
- “Best Poster Award” for their contribution “Surface modification of mineral dust particles by thin coatings: Implications for CCN and IN abilities” at the International Aerosol Conference, Helsinki, 2010
Dominic Schäuble, Marco Brands, Wiebke Frey, Julia Schmale
- Ph.D. theses: evaluated “with distinction”, ( i.e., “summa cum laude”)
Bärbel Sinha
- Best Student Paper Award 2008 of the International Journal of Mass Spectrometry in 2009
Christiane Voigt
- leadership and financing of a Helmholtz Junior Research Group at DLR in conjunction with the Particle Chemistry Department at MPI for Chemistry and the University in Mainz
Christian Vollmer
- Prize for the best Ph.D. thesis at the University of Frankfurt by the Association of Friends and Supporters (“Vereinigung der Freunde und Förderer”) of the Frankfurt University in 2009
- “Klaus Tschira-Prize for Science Communication to the Public”, Klaus-Tschira-Foundation in 2009
Gruppe Satellitenfernerkundung
Thierry Marbach
- Young Scientist Best Poster Award - 1st ACCENT Symposium, Urbino, Italy, 2005
Ehemalige Abteilung Kosmochemie
Astrid Besmehn
- Paul Ramdohr-Preis der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, 2003
Ahmed El Goresy
- Abraham-Gottlob-Werner-Medaille in Silber der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, 2003
Kuljeet Kaur Marhas
- Young Scientist Award in Physics, Indian National Science Academy, 2004
Günter W. Lugmair (Emeritus)
- V. M. Goldschmidt Medal of the Geochemical Society, 2007
Heinrich Wänke (Emeritus)
- Member of Section 1 of the International Academy of Astronautics, 2003
- NASA Group Achievement Award for GRS on Odyssey Mission, 2005
- Honorary Membership of the European Geosciences Union, 2005
- Jean Dominique Cassini Medal of the European Geosciences Union, 2005
- NASA Group Achievement Award to MER 3rd and 4th Extended Mission Team, 2007


