2026 Award Winners' Presentations
Date: June 19, 2026
Location: Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Lecture Hall)
Karlstr. 4
69117 Heidelberg
Participation is possible both in person and via Zoom. Please be sure to register at hadw@hadw-bw.de. You will then receive a participation link before the event.
| Program Item | Speaker | Presentation Title | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome | Hans-Georg Kräusslich, President of HAdW | 3:30 p.m. | |
| Academy Award | Jun.-Prof. Dr. Lena Barra | Non-Canonical C16 Homoterpene Biosynthesis Widespread in Actinobacteria | 3:35 PM |
| Karl-Freudenberg Award | Dr. Anna Rosławska | Submolecular-scale control of phototautomerization | 3:50 PM |
| Walter Witzenmann Award | Dr. Hannah Kanz | Being Offline. An Ethnography of Practices of Disconnection | 4:05 PM |
| Ecology Prize of the Viktor & Sigrid Dulger Foundation | TT.-Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schäfer | Data-driven load profiles and the dynamics of residential electricity consumption | 4:20 PM |
Break | |||
| Manfred Fuchs Award | PD Dr. Christian Neumann | A Contribution to Gerontological Medieval Studies | 4:40 p.m. |
| Otto Schmeil Award | Dr. Franziska Hentzschel | An atypical Arp2/3 complex is required for Plasmodium DNA segregation and malaria transmission | 4:55 p.m. |
| Manfred-Lautenschläger Award | Joey Rauschenberger, M.A. | Reparations for Sinti and Roma | 5:10 p.m. |
| Hector Foundation Award | Dr. Maximilian Dax | Real-time inference for binary neutron star mergers using machine learning | 17:25 |
More Information
Academy press release:
HAdW
Academy Award
The Support Association of the Heidelberg Academy established the Academy Prize to mark the 75th anniversary of the Academy's founding.
Freudenberg Group
Karl Freudenberg Award
The Freudenberg Group established this award in 1986 to mark the 100th anniversary of Karl Freudenberg's birth.
Winnemann, LLC
Walter Witzenmann Award
In 1997, Witzenmann GmbH established this award to support young scientists.
Dulger Foundation
Viktor & Sigrid Dulger Foundation Ecology Award
In 2006, entrepreneur Viktor Dulger established this award to recognize scientific work that contributes to the protection of nature and the environment.
private
Manfred Fuchs Award
Entrepreneur Dr. Dr. h.c. Manfred Fuchs established this award in 2015 to support young scientists.
Schmeil Foundation
Otto Schmeil Award
The Schmeil Foundation established this award in 2016 in memory of the biologist Otto Schmeil.
MLP
Manfred Lautenschläger Award
Entrepreneur Dr. h.c. Manfred Lautenschläger is establishing this award in 2022 to honor works in the humanities by young researchers.
Hector Foundation
Hector Foundation Award
The Hector Foundation Award was awarded for the first time in 2023. It is intended to encourage young computer science researchers in their work and to recognize outstanding scientific achievements.