Jiarong Wu and Paul Bachmann recieved two out of four awards from the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy at the Graduation Ceremony (Akademische Abschlussfeier) 2026.

From July 5th to 10th, 2026 supramolecular chemists assembled in Bordeaux, France for the ISMSC 2026. On that occassion Prof. Frank Würthner was awarded the prestigious Izatt-Christensen Award 2026.

Frank Würthner, a professor of chemistry at the University of Würzburg, receives the Izatt-Christensen Award, the highest international honour in the field of supramolecular chemistry.

Highly renowned guest at the University of Würzburg: Chemistry professor Makoto Fujita from Tokyo joins Professor Frank Würthner's team as a Humboldt Research Award winner.

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.

Niyas Mundakkamattathil Abdul Salam, a former PhD student of the Würthner group, received one of the two first SupraChem PhD Awards during the SupraChem 2026 Conference in Dortmund (March 8–10).

From March 8th to 10th, Louis and Hanna represented the Würthner group at the SupraChem 2026 conference at TU Dortmund, which focuses on advances in supramolecular chemistry.

Ms Jiarong Wu, a recently graduated PhD student from the Greenfield group was awarded the 2025 Macrocyclic and Supramolecular (MASC) PhD thesis prize, presented by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

The 14th SolTech conference took place in Bayreuth from September 29th to October 1st 2025.