Emanuel Merck Lectureship

The Emanuel Merck Lectureship was founded in 1992 by Technische Universität Darmstadt and Merck KGaA located in Darmstadt, Germany. The lectureship aspires to enlighten scientists and students at Technische Universität Darmstadt, as well as Merck KGaA employees and interested public with leading scientific research in chemistry.[1]

The award honors Heinrich Emanuel Merck (1794 – 1855) the founder of Merck, an entrepreneur, an original experimenter and a successful scientist.

Emanuel Merck maintained membership in many scientific associations and held many personal relationships with leading researchers of his era, including Justus von Liebig, Friedrich Wöhler, Max von Pettenkofer and Louis Pasteur. The Emanuel Merck Lectureship attempts to continue this tradition of international exchange between researchers.

The lectures are held over multiple days. The lectures include lectures that are open to the public, lectures for a closed audience and seminars for students.[2][3][4][5] The invitation includes travel and a cash prize for speakers.[6]

Awardees

List of previous awardees:[7][8]

• 2019 Prof. Dr. Susumu Kitagawa - Kyoto University, Kyoto
• 2018 Prof. Dr. Jennifer Doudna - University of California Berkeley, California
• 2017 Prof. Dr. Phil Baran - Scripps Research Institute, San Diego
• 2015 Prof. Paul Anastas - Yale University, New Haven
• 2013 Prof. Frances H. Arnold - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena[9][10][11]
• 2011 Prof. Carolyn R. Bertozzi - University of California, Berkeley[12]
• 2009 Prof. Axel Ullrich - Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried
• 2007 Prof. Sir Harold W. Kroto - University of Sussex, Brighton
• 2005 Prof. George M. Whitesides - Harvard University Cambridge
• 2003 Prof. Samuel J. Danishefsky - Columbia University, New York
• 2000 Prof. Stuart Schreiber - Harvard University, Cambridge
• 1998 Prof. Jean-Pierre Changeux - Institut Pasteur, Paris
• 1996 Prof. Manfred Eigen - MPI Göttingen
• 1995 Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn - University of Straßburg
• 1994 Prof. Kenneth Wade - University of Durham
• 1993 Prof. Albert Eschenmoser - ETH Zürich

References

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