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Dr. Martin Volek was awarded the prestigious "Česká hlava" ("Czech Brain") prize, which he received at a gala broadcast on Czech television.

Hannes Keiling won the first prize of 12,000 euros at the Mexican Science Day in Berlin and can now start planning a scientific workshop in Mexico.

The "Day of Organic Chemistry" 2025, on which the working groups introduce themselves to students in their bachelor's studies, included the presentation of the Dr. Reich Prize, endowed with 1,000 euros, to two outstanding graduates.

Junior research group leader Jake Greenfield has prevailed in the tough competition for an ERC Starting Grant and thus raised a further 1.5 million euros for his research, following his recent success with a DFG application.

Getting Indo-German research projects off the ground: This is the aim of a joint programme of the Indian Ministry of Education and the German Federal Foreign Office. The University of Würzburg is represented with two projects.

The CURO-π6 – International Conference on the Synthesis and Application of Curved Organic π-Molecules and Materials was held in St. John’s, Canada in July 2025.

This year's prizewinner, Stefan Matile, impressed his audience at the Siegfried Hünig Lecture 2025 with exciting research results such as supramolecular organocatalysis at 500 V.

Daniel Friedewald received one of the coveted poster prizes at the 26th International Symposium on Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds (ISPPCC).

Dr. Jake L. Greenfield has been awarded a prestigious Liebig Fellowship to start his independent research group in Würzburg. He will be joining the Institute of Organic Chemistry as a Habilitand.