The Otto Hahn Medal - an incentive for young scientists

Every year since 1978, the Max Planck Society has awarded the Otto Hahn Medal to young researchers for outstanding scientific achievements, mostly in connection with their doctorate.The Medal is endowed with 7,500 euros of prize money. The aim of the award is to motivate particularly talented individuals to pursue a university or research career.

Congratulations to the 2024 award winners!

Biological-Medicine Section

1.  Dr. rer. nat. Nadya Abbood, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg
2.  Dr. rer. nat. Ida Marie Astad Jentoft, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen
3.  Johanna Gassler, PhD, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried
4. Dr. rer. nat. Hannah Jeckel, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg
5. Johannes Maximilian Kappel, PhD, Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried
6. Dr. sc. Alessandro Motta, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main
7. Dr. rer. nat. Panagiotis Poulis, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen
8. Dr. rer. nat. Mario Santer, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön
9. Dr. rer. nat. Dawafuti Sherpa, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried

Chemistry-Physics-Technology Section

1. Yuto Bekki, PhD, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen
2. Dr. rer. nat. Pietro Maria Bonetti, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
3. Dr. rer. nat. Claudia Fevola, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig
4. Dr. rer. nat. Joyce Antonia Anna Grimm, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr
5. Mohammed Khalil, PhD, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert-Einstein-Institut) Potsdam
6. Dr. rer. nat. Andriana Makridou, Max Planck Institute for Physics (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut), München
7. Dr. rer. nat. Laura Olivera-Nieto, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg
8. Dr. rer. nat. Robin Schäfer, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden
9. Dr. rer. nat. Hanna Christine Türk, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin
10. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Zier, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA), Garching

Human Sciences Section

1. Dr. Joery den Hoed, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen (NL)
2. Dr. jur. Irene Domenici, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, München
3. Markus Frey, PhD, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig & Norwegian University of Science and Technology
4. Dr. Laura Giglio, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen (NL)
5. Dr. rer. nat. Joscha Gretzinger, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
6. Dr. jur. Sophie-Marie Humbert, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Feiburg i. Br.
7. Dr. rer. nat. Aaron Peikert, Max Planck Institute for Human Development Center for Lifespan Psychology, Berlin
8. Jiaxin Shi, DPhil, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock
9. Dr. rer. nat. Anna Isabel Thoma, Max Planck Institute for Human Development Center for Lifespan Psychology, Berlin
10. Dr. rer. med. Rachel Gail Zsido, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Department of Neurology, Leipzig