Dr. Lutz and Dr. Celia Zwillenberg Prize

Up to three prizes are awarded once a year for scientific work in the field of biological sciences (focus biology and biochemistry). The prize is intended to motivate talented early-career researchers who have submitted innovative work in the form of a PhD dissertation or an outstanding publication as a postdoc. The prize is awarded in memory of Dr. Lutz O. Zwillenberg (deceased 2011) and Dr. Celia Zwillenberg (deceased August 2024).

Dr. Lutz and Dr. Celia Zwillenberg Prize

Call: February 2025
Application deadline: 1 May 2025
Award ceremony at Dies academicus: December 2025

Next call: February 2026

Named after Dr. Lutz Zwillenberg

Namensgeber Dr. Lutz Zwillenberg
zvg Lutz Zwillenberg

The Commission

Prof. Dr. Norbert Polacek (President), Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Prof. Dr. Tosso Leeb, Departement Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health
Prof. Dr. Nadia Mercader Huber, Institute of Anatomy
Prof. Dr. Mariusz Nowacki, Institute of Cell Biology
Prof. Dr. Doris Rentsch, Institute of Plant Sciences