Students as well as established scientists have learned at this year's Siegfried-Hünig-Lecture that the classical repertoire of a synthetic chemist needs to be supplemented if one wants to build complex biomolecules in the laboratory.

World renowned chemist Alois Fürstner was happy to accept the invitation to give this year's Siegfried Hünig Lecture on May, 26th in Würzburg.

The Summer Semester Lecture Series in 2014 starts with a lecture about "Why Are Biological Systems Homochiral?"

At the 3rd "Solar Technologies Go Hybrid Workshop"* in Wildbad Kreuth Valentin Kunz, Doctoral Candidate at the Würthner Group, received one of three poster prizes.

US scientist Michael R. Wasielewski has received a Humboldt Research Award. He will now pursue his research activities in the field of artificial photosynthesis at the Nanosystems Chemistry Center of the University of Würzburg with Professor Frank Würthner.

Good News for Sofja-Kovalevskaja Awardee Dr. Gustavo Fernández-Huertas – Due to his excellent research results, which were published in top chemistry journals and also received attention at international conferences, he was chosen the very first awardee of the newly established “Keck-Köppe-Förderstiftung” with 5000 €.

We are happy to announce that two of our postdoctoral fellows were given grants for their excellent efforts

Andreas Liess, PhD student in the working group of Prof. Frank Würthner, was awarded a regarded poster prize at an international conference in Cork, Ireland.

Alhama Arjona Esteban, PhD student in the working group of Prof. Frank Würthner, was awarded a regarded poster prize at an international conference in Strasbourg.

David Bialas, from Professor Würthner’s research group, is awarded with a „Chemiefonds-Stipend“ for completing his dissertation about „Supramolekulare p/n Heteregrenzflächen: Modellsysteme für die organische Photovoltaik“.