---
title: "Leibniz Prize"
chunk: 2/5
source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leibniz_Prize"
category: "reference"
tags: "science, encyclopedia"
date_saved: "2026-05-05T04:09:50.164987+00:00"
instance: "kb-cron"
---

Jens Beckert – Sociology, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne
Alessandra Buonanno – Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Potsdam
Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln – Economics, Goethe University Frankfurt
Veit Hornung – Immunologie, Gene Center Munich, LMU Munich and Eicke Latz, Immunologie, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn
Heike Paul – Amerikanistik, University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
Erika L. Pearce – Immunologie, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg/Breisgau
Claus Ropers – Experimental Solid-state Physics, University of Göttingen
Oliver G. Schmidt – Materials Science, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden and Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Chemnitz University of Technology
Bernhard Schölkopf – Machine Learning, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen
László Székelyhidi – Applied Mathematics, Leipzig University
2017:

Lutz Ackermann – Organic Molecular Chemistry, University of Göttingen
Beatrice Gründler – Arabistics, Free University of Berlin
Ralph Hertwig – Cognition Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Education Research
Karl-Peter Hopfner – Structure Biology, LMU Munich
Frank Jülicher – Theoretical Biophysics, Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems
Lutz Mädler – Mechanical Process engineering, University of Bremen
Britta Nestler – Material science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Joachim P. Spatz – Biophysics, Max-Planck-Institute for Intelligent Systems and Heidelberg University
Anne Storch – Africanistics, University of Cologne
Jörg Vogel – Medical Microbiology, University of Würzburg
2016:

Frank Bradke – Neuroregeneration, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn
Emmanuelle Charpentier – Infection Biology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin
Daniel Cremers – Computer Vision, Chair of Informatics IX: Image Understanding and Knowledge-Based Systems, Technical University of Munich
Daniel James Frost – Mineralogy/Experimental Petrology, University of Bayreuth
Dag Nikolaus Hasse – Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, University of Würzburg
Benjamin List – Organic Molecular Chemistry, Department of Homogeneous Catalysis, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim an der Ruhr
Christoph Möllers – Law, Chair of Public Law and Legal Philosophy, Humboldt University of Berlin
Marina Rodnina – Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer Institute), Göttingen
Bénédicte Savoy – History of Modern Art, Center for Metropolitan Studies, Technische Universität Berlin
Peter Scholze – Arithmetic Algebraic Geometry, Mathematical Institute, University of Bonn
2015:

Henry N Chapman – Biological Physics/X-Ray Physics, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, and University of Hamburg
Hendrik Dietz – Biochemistry/Biophysics, Technical University of Munich
Stefan Grimme – Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn
Christian Hertweck – Biological Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Jena, and University of Jena
Friedrich Lenger – Modern and Contemporary History, University of Giessen
Hartmut Leppin – Ancient History, Goethe University Frankfurt
Steffen Martus – Modern German Literature, Humboldt University of Berlin
Tobias Moser – Auditory Sensing/Otolaryngology, University of Göttingen
2014:

Artemis Alexiadou – Linguistics, University of Stuttgart
Armin von Bogdandy – Foreign public law and international law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
Andreas Dreizler – Combustion research, Technische Universität Darmstadt
Christof Schulz – Combustion and gas dynamics, University of Duisburg-Essen
Nicole Dubilier – Marine ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, and University of Bremen
Leif Kobbelt – Informatics and computer graphics, RWTH Aachen University
Laurens Molenkamp – Experimental solid-state physics, University of Würzburg
Brigitte Röder – Biological psychology/neuro-psychology, University of Hamburg
Irmgard Sinning – Structural biology, Heidelberg University
Rainer Waser – Nanoelectronics/Materials science, RWTH Aachen University and Peter Grünberg Institute (PGI), Forschungszentrum Jülich
Lars Zender – Hepatology/oncology, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
2013:

Thomas Bauer – Islamic studies, University of Münster
Ivan Đikić – Biochemistry/cell biology, Goethe University Frankfurt
Frank Glorius – Molecular chemistry, University of Münster
Onur Güntürkün – Biological psychology, Ruhr University Bochum
Peter Hegemann – Biophysics, Humboldt University of Berlin
Marion Merklein – Metal forming technology/manufacturing engineering, University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
Roderich Moessner – Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, together with Achim Rosch – Theoretical solid-state physics, University of Cologne
Erika von Mutius – Paediatrics, Allergology, Epidemiology, LMU Klinikum
Vasilis Ntziachristos – Bio-imaging with optical techniques, Technical University of Munich
Lutz Raphael – Modern and recent history, University of Trier
2012:

Michael Brecht – Neurophysiology/cellular neuroscience (Bernstein Zentrum für Computational Neuroscience Berlin and Humboldt University of Berlin)
Rainer Forst – political philosophy/theory (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Gunther Hartmann – Clinical pharmacology/natural immunity (University Hospital Bonn)Christian Kurts – Immunology/Nephrology (University Hospital Bonn)
Matthias Mann – Biochemistry (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried)
Friederike Pannewick – Islamic studies/literature, theater, history of ideas (Marburg University)
Nikolaus Rajewsky – System biology (Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin)
Ulf Riebesell – Oceanography (Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften (IFM-Geomar) at Kiel University)
Peter Sanders – Theoretical computer science and algorithms (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, KIT)
Barbara Wohlmuth – Numerical analysis (Technical University of Munich, TUM)
Jörg Wrachtrup – Experimental physics (University of Stuttgart)
2011:

Michael Brecht – Neuroscience (Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin)
Ulla Bonas – Microbiology / Molecular phytopathology (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)
Christian Büchel – Cognitive neuroscience (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf)
Anja Feldmann – Computer science / Computer networks / Internet (Technische Universität Berlin, T-Labs)
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs – Organic geochemistry (University of Bremen)
Anthony A. Hyman – Cell biology / Microtubuli and cleavage (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden)
Bernhard Keimer – Experimental solid-state physics (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart)
Franz Pfeiffer – X-ray physics (Technical University of Munich, TUM)
Joachim Friedrich Quack – Egyptology (Heidelberg University)
Gabriele Sadowski – Thermodynamics (Technical University of Dortmund)
Christine Silberhorn – Quantum optics (Paderborn University)
2010: