The Otto Hahn Prize is awarded biennially jointly by the Society of German Chemists (), the German Physical Society () and the city of Frankfurt am Main for outstanding achievement in the field of chemistry, physics or applied engineering science. It was established in 2005 by the merger of the previous Otto Hahn Prize for Chemistry and Physics and the Otto Hahn Prize of the City of Frankfurt am Main. The award is presented in the St. Paul's Church, Frankfurt am Main.
The award named after the German nuclear scientist and Nobel laureate Otto Hahn and consists of a gold medal and a prize of 50,000 euros. It is awarded alternatively for Chemistry and Physics.
Recipients: Otto Hahn Prize for Chemistry and Physics
1955: Lise Meitner, Heinrich Wieland 1959: Hans Meerwein 1962: Manfred Eigen 1965: Erich Hückel 1967: Georg Wittig 1974: Friedrich Hund 1979: Rolf Huisgen 1982: Walter Greiner 1986: Heinz Maier-Leibnitz 1989: Rudolf Hoppe 1998: Dieter Oesterhelt 2000: 2003: Helmut Schwarz 2005: merged with Otto Hahn Prize of the City of Frankfurt am Main
Recipients: Otto Hahn Prize of the City of Frankfurt am Main Source:
1970: Karl zum Winkel 1972: Rudolf Schulten, Physicist and nuclear technologist 1974: August Weckesser 1976: Adolf Birkhofer 1979: Wolfgang Gentner 1980: Otto Haxel 1982: Walter Greiner 1984: Heinz Maier-Leibnitz 1986: Klaus Knizia 1988: Franz Baumgärtner 1992: Olga Aleinikova 1994: Willi Wölfli 1996: Gottfried Münzenberg, Sigurd Hofmann 1998: Hans Blix, Jens Volker Kratz, Norbert Trautmann 2000: Hartmut Eickhoff, Thomas Haberer, Gerhard Kraft 2005 Theodor W. Hänsch, physics 2007 Gerhard Ertl, physics/chemistry 2009 Stefan Hell, physics 2011 Manfred T. Reetz, chemistry 2013 Ferenc Krausz, physics 2015 Jürgen Troe, physics 2017 , chemistry 2019 , chemistry 2021 Klaus Blaum, nuclear physics 2023 , molecular physiology/chemical biology 2025 , quantum physics
See also Otto Hahn Medal Otto Hahn Peace Medal List of chemistry awards List of physics awards List of engineering awards List of prizes named after people
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