Professor Dr. Ulrich Panne, BAM’s president
Source: BAM
At an official function organised by the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) in Steglitz, Berlin on Wednesday, three young scientists were awarded the Adolf Martens Prize for 2018. This year, the award along with a prize money of 3000 euros, goes to Prof. Dr. Nina Gunkelmann from the Clausthal University of Technology, Dr. Christian Greiner from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology as well as Dr.-Ing. Can Diner from the University of Freiburg.
From the 23 proposals submitted, the independent jury chose the works from Nina Gunkelmann and Christian Greiner’s investigations from the area of materials engineering/technology and materials research. Can Diner is researching electrochemical biosensors in the field of analytical chemistry.
The prize, which has been awarded since 1991, can be traced back to Adolf Martens (1850-1914), director of the Royal Materials Testing Office, which later became BAM. This award is supported by the Adolf Martens Fund, a non-profit organization with the goal to honour outstanding work in the disciplines of materials science and testing, materials research, analytical chemistry and safety technology and by doing this, to promote junior researchers.
Professor Dr. Ulrich Panne, BAM’s president, referred to the fact that Adolf Martens, the “iconic founder of BAM”, was himself a committed supporter of junior researchers. He also praised the “fundamental investigations” of the prizewinners and traced their academic careers.
Christian Greiner and Can Diner subsequently gave lectures in which they offered an insight into their research. Nina Gunkelmann, who was unable to attend the event, will accept her prize in January 2020.