Hellmuth Fischer Medal – Call for Nominations

(openPR) Wanted: works contributed towards extending or deepening the fundamentals of electrochemistry, corrosion or corrosion protection.
Nominations can be submitted until February 16, 2018.

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DECHEMA Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie is pleased to invite entries for the eleventh award of the Hellmuth Fischer Medal.

Preference is given to scientists, who must have obtained their Ph.D. not earlier than 12 years before the deadline for applications for work that has contributed towards
extending or deepening the fundamentals of electrochemistry, corrosion or corrosion protection, or towards their industrial application.

Nominations should be submitted by February 16, 2018 to:

DECHEMA e.V., Prof. Dr. K. Wagemann, P.O.Box 15 01 04, D-60061 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Nominations for candidates should be accompanied by a curriculum vitae, reprints of three important publications, a list of publications and a brief statement for the reasons for the nomination (approx. 1 typewritten page). It is not possible for candidates to nominate themselves.

The final decision on the award of the 2018 Hellmuth Fischer Medal lies with the
Selection Committee which is composed of six distinguished scientists. The medal will be presented on the occasion of the 14th International Fischer Symposium which will take place in Kloster Seeon/Germany from 27 – 31 May 2018.

Previous medallists were Prof. Dr. Ulrich Stimming, New York, in 1989,
Prof. Dr. Klaus-Michael Jüttner, Frankfurt am Main, in 1991, Prof. Dr. Roger Charles
Newman, Manchester, in 1994, Dr. Philippe Allongue, Paris, in 1997, Prof. Dr. R. M. Penner, Irvine USA, in 2000, Prof. Dr. Nongjian Tao, Tempe USA, in 2003, Dr. Anthony Kucernak, London, in 2006, Prof. Dr. Kaspar Andreas Friedrich, Stuttgart, in 2009, Prof. Dr. Marc T. M. Koper, Leiden, in 2012 and Prof. Dr. Matthias Arenz, Copenhagen, in 2015.

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