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The Dr Reich Scholarship for JMU students writing their Master's thesis at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, established in 2025, was awarded to Alexander Bausback.

A sophisticated process stacks dye molecules in such a way that their luminosity increases significantly as their size grows – a significant step forward for the electronics of tomorrow.

For her pioneering work on catalytic nucleic acids, the Würzburg chemistry professor Claudia Höbartner has been awarded the Albrecht Kossel Prize by the German Chemical Society.

Professor Benjamin List from the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung is a particularly high profile speaker for this year's Siegfried Hünig Lecture on 7 May 2026.

Niyas Mundakkamattathil Abdul Salam, former PhD student at the Würzburg Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, received one of the two PhD awards in memory of Carsten Schmuck at SupraChem 2026.

The MASC Group PhD Thesis Award 2025 of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) went to Jiarong Wu, who obtained her PhD from the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy in Würzburg, Germany. A novelty in the history of this prestigious award.

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.