On November 3, 2021, the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker - Society of German Chemists (GDCh) will award Professor Dr. Markus Antonietti, Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, with the Hermann Staudinger Prize 2020. The award ceremony originally planned for 2020 had been rescheduled to 2021.
Markus Antonietti receives the Hermann Staudinger Prize for his research at the interfaces between polymer synthesis, materials research and interdisciplinary applications of functional materials. The chemist has advanced the polymer and colloid sciences in Germany and internationally in a wide variety of areas. With his innovative approaches, Antonietti creatively pushed the boundaries of science in the fields of biomedicine to energy research and also includes aspects of sustainability in his work. For three decades he has conducted research between polymer sciences, colloid sciences, catalysis and photochemistry. In addition to his scientific achievements, the GDCh also honors Antonietti's exemplary promotion of young talents with the award.
The Hermann Staudinger Prize is awarded by the GDCh at most every two years to scientists who have made special contributions in the field of macromolecular chemistry. The award commemorates Hermann Staudinger, who is known as the father of polymer chemistry and who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1953 for his achievements.