The Paul Karrer Gold Medal and Lecture is awarded annually or biennially by the University of Zurich to an outstanding researcher in the field of chemistry. It was established in 1959 by a group of leading companies, including CIBA AG, J.R. Geigy, F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co. AG, Sandoz AG, Société des Produits Nestlé AG and Dr. A. Wander AG, to honour the Swiss organic chemist and Nobel laureate Paul Karrer on his 70th birthday.
The Medal was created by Swiss sculptor Hermann Hubacher; the obverse depicts a relief of Paul Karrer and the reverse is engraved with the words University of Zurich - Paul Karrer Lecture. The lecture itself is delivered at the University of Zurich.
The recipients to date (2015) have represented most of the important research institutions of Europe and the USA and include nine Nobel Prize winners for chemistry or medicine.
Recipients Source: University of Zurich
2024: Katalin Kariko 2022: Stephen L. Buchwald 2019: Makoto Fujita 2017: Herbert Waldmann 2015: Paul Knochel 2013: Stefan W. Hell 2011: Michael Grätzel 2009: Akira Suzuki 2008: Albert Eschenmoser 2007: Steven V. Ley C.B.E., F.R.S. 2005: Robert H. Grubbs 2004: Ada Yonath 2002: Dieter Oesterhelt 2000: Kyriacos C. Nicolaou 1998: Ahmed H. Zewail 1996: Jacqueline K. Barton 1994: Stuart L. Schreiber 1992: Hans Paulsen 1989: Duilio Arigoni 1986: Koji Nakanishi 1984: Jack E. Baldwin 1982: Elias J. Corey 1979: Hans Kuhn 1977: Alan R. Battersby 1976: Otto Isler 1974: Vladimir Prelog 1973: Egbertus Havinga 1972: Georg Wittig 1971: Bernhard Witkop 1970: Adolfo Quilico 1969: Robert Schwyzer 1968: Kurt Mothes 1967: Georg Wald 1966: Gerold K. Schwarzenbach 1965: Axel Hugo T. Theorell 1964: Edgar Lederer 1963: Severo Ochoa 1962: Lord Alexander R. Todd 1961: Arne W.K. Tiselius 1960: Clemens Schöpf 1959: Arthur Stoll
See also List of chemistry awards Prizes named after people
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