Dr. Laura Hindersen, a former doctoral student in the Department of Evolutionary Theory, will receive the Otto Hahn Medal this year. The award is presented during the general meeting of the Max Planck Society on June 26 in Hamburg. Congratulations!

Each year, the Max Planck Society honors up to 30 young scientists and researchers with the Otto Hahn Medal for outstanding scientific achievements in connection with their doctorate. The award comes with a monetary sum of 7500 euros as recognition.

Since 1978, more than 970 scientists and researchers have been awarded the Otto Hahn Medal.

Christina Nimke, a former apprentice at the Max Planck Institute in Plön, has been awarded as best trainee in the field of biolab assistant in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. Now she accepted the award and congratulations in Husum.
The Max Planck Institute congratulates on this outstanding award!
Picture: HK Flensbug/Dewanger

For Diethard Tautz and Paul Rainey from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön and Ralf Sommer from the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, Darwin laid the foundations for evolutionary science. This field of research no longer solely considers the past but, instead, increasingly looks to the future. [more]