The Liebig Association has been organising a lecture series since 1999

- the Liebig Lectureship -

for outstanding young scientists in organic chemistry, preferably from other European countries.

This lecture series takes the recipients - the Liebig Lecturers - on a scientific trip to Germany to several universities or research institutes of their choice. The Liebig Lecturer receives prize money of EUR 4000 for organising the trip.

The Liebig Association for Organic Chemistry in the GDCh is once again inviting applications for the Liebig Lectureship to be awarded in 2026 . The prize is to be awarded to an outstanding young scientist in organic chemistry, preferably from another European country. The associated trip to Germany will take the honouree to several university or research institutes of his or her choice, where he or she will report on his or her own scientific work. The Executive Board of the Liebig Association decides on the selection of the Lecturer.

Suitable candidates should be proposed with a letter of motivation, CV and list of publications by Monday, 13 April 2026, exclusively in electronic form to n.buerger@gdch.de.

The previous holders of the Liebig Lectureship were:

2025: Prof Renana Gershoni-Poranne, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology/IL (Poster)

2024: DrSci. Pavel Mykhailiuk, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and Enamine Ltd/Ukraine
(lecture trip postponed due to travel restrictions)

2023: Dr Paul McGonigal, University of York/UK (Poster)

2022: Prof Joseph Moran, University of Strasbourg & CNRS/ F (Poster)

2021: Prof John F. Bower, Liverpool/UK (Symposium Poster)

2020: suspended due to pandemic

2019: Prof. Dr Alexander D. Dilman, Moscow/Rus (Poster)

2018: Prof Marcin Stępień, Wroclaw/Poland (poster)

2017: Prof Rubén Martín, Tarragona/Spain (poster)

2016: Dr Géraldine Masson, Gif-sur-Yvette/France (poster)

2015: Prof. Dr Rafal Klajn, Rehovot/Israel (poster)

2014: Prof Dr David J. Procter, Manchester/GB (poster)

2013: Prof Dr Lucas Brunsveld, Eindhoven/Netherlands (poster)

2012: Prof. Dr Grzegorz Mloston, University of Lodz/Poland (Poster)

2011: Prof. Dr Véronique Gouverneuer, University of Oxford/GB (Poster)

2010: Prof. Dr Valentin Ananikov, RAS Moscow/Russia (poster)

2009: Prof Dr Karl Gademann, ETH Lausanne/Switzerland (poster)

2008: Dr Paolo Melchiorre, University of Bologna/Italy (poster)

2007: Prof Karl Hale, Queen's University Belfast/Ireland (Poster)

2006: Prof Antonio M. Echavarren, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia/Spain (Poster)

2005: Prof Robert Madsen, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet Lyngby/Denmark (Poster)

2004: Dr Jieping Zhu, CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette/France (poster)

2003: Dr Guy Lloyd-Jones, University of Bristol/GB (poster)

2002: Prof Carolyn R. Bertozzi, University of California, Berkeley/USA

2001: Dr David M. Hodgson, Lecturer at the University of Oxford

2000: Prof Varrinder K. Aggarwal, University of Sheffield/GB

1999: Prof Philippe Renaud, University of Lausanne/Switzerland