With 1.65 million EUR each the award, which is financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and granted by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, almost makes it to the top of the German science awards. One of 18 award winners in 2010 is Gustavo Fernández Huertas, since 2009 postdoc with Frank Würthner (Chair of Organic Chemistry II).

The 30 years old award winner studied chemistry in Madrid and finished his PhD there in 2009. Prior to the recent award Fernández already was awarded two prestigious prices (including the European Young Chemist Award for the second best European dissertation in chemistry) for his PhD thesis and the resulting publications.

Fernández will now set up his own research group and should not have any difficulties in finding co-workers, since he is working on a current research topic: the selection principles involved in the formation of supramolecular systems from complex mixtures. Understanding these principles is of great importance for the development of smart materials with applications in sensor technology, biomedicine and in many other areas.

Contact: Dr. Gustavo Fernández Huertas