12 1 / 2024 // LEOPOLDINA / NEWS
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Awards and Honours
Michael Bamberg ML , Member of the Radiology Section , was awarded the Albert Schweitzer Medal by the Medical Association of the State of Baden-Württemberg ( Stuttgart / Germany ).
Bertram Brenig ML , Member of the Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences Section , was elected Vice-President of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony / Germany .
Johannes Buchner ML , Member of the Biochemistry and Biophysics Section , was awarded the Otto Warburg Medal by the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ( GBM ) ( Frankfurt am Main / Germany ).
Reinhard Büttner ML , Member of the Pathology and Forensic Medicine Section , was awarded the 2023 German Cancer Aid Prize by the German Cancer Aid ( Bonn / Germany ).
Donald Bruce Dingwell ML , Member of the Earth Sciences Section , was elected as Foreign Academician to the Chinese Academy of Sciences ( Beijing / China ).
Christian Dustmann ML , Member of the Economics and Empirical Social Sciences Section , was awarded the 2023 Reimar Lüst Prize by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation ( Bonn / Germany ) and the Fritz Thyssen Foundation ( Cologne / Germany ).
Tobias J . Erb ML , Member of the Microbiology and Immunology Section , was presented with the 2024 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award by the German Research Foundation ( DFG ) ( Bonn / Germany ).
Gerhard Erker ML , Member of the Chemistry Section , was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Nagoya University ( Nagoya / Japan ).
Tanja Fehm ML , Member of the Gynaecology and Paediatrics Section , was awarded the Prize of the Klüh Foundation for the Promotion of Innovation in Science and Research ( Düsseldorf / Germany ).
Laura Gagliardi ML , Member of the Chemistry Section , was awarded the Pauling Medal Award by the Sections Puget Sound Oregon and Portland of the American Chemical Society ( ACS ) ( USA ).
Dirk Görlich ML , Member of the Biochemistry and Biophysics Section , was awarded the 2024 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine by the Louis-Jeantet Foundation ( Geneva / Switzerland ).
Magdalena Götz ML , Member of the Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine Section , was awarded the Hector Science Award by the H . W . & J . Hector Stiftung zu Weinheim and the Hector Foundation II ( Weinheim / Germany ).
Peter Gruss ML , Member of the Genetics / Molecular Biology and Cell Biology Section , was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun , Gold and Silver Star by the Japanese government .
Claudia Höbartner ML , Member of the Biochemistry and Biophysics Section , was awarded the Hansen Family Award by the Bayer Science and Education Foundation ( Leverkusen / Germany ).
Katalin Karikó ML , Member of the Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine Section , was awarded the Fries Prize for Improving Health by the CDC Foundation ( Atlanta / USA ).
Rohini Kuner ML , Member of the Physiology and Pharmacology / Toxicology Section , was presented with the 2024 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award by the German Research Foundation ( DFG ) ( Bonn / Germany ).
Michael Peter Manns ML , Member of the Internal Medicine and Dermatology Section , was recognised as an Honorary Member of the German Society of Internal Medicine ( Wiesbaden / Germany ) and the Society for Gastro enterology in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Essen / Germany ). In addition he was honoured as Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Thailand ( RCPT ) ( Bangkok / Thailand ).
Thomas C . Mettenleiter ML , Member of the Veterinary Medicine Section , was awarded the Officer ’ s Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany .
Klaus-Robert Müller ML , Member of the Informat-