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Otto Bayer Award

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The Otto Bayer Award is a biennial award given by the Bayer Foundation to scientists in German-speaking countries for pioneering innovative frontier research in the fields of chemistry and biochemistry. It was founded in 1984 in memory of Otto Bayer, the inventor of polyurethane chemistry and long-standing head of research at Bayer.[1] The Otto Bayer Award is a prestigious scientific award[2] within German-speaking countries and carries a prize money of €75,000.[3] It is presented every two years, alternating with the Hansen Family Award [de].

Otto Bayer demonstrating (1952) his discovery of Polyurethane from 1937
Otto Bayer demonstrating Polyurethane in 1952

Areas[edit]

The Otto Bayer award is awarded for research in the areas of:

  • Organic chemistry
  • (Bio-)catalysis
  • Green biotechnology
  • Genetic engineering
  • Molecular biology
  • Plant physiology
  • White biotechnology

History[edit]

The Otto Bayer Award was established through a provision in the will of Otto Bayer. The establishment of the Otto Bayer Foundation was stipulated, and since 1984 it has regularly granted the Otto Bayer Award.[4][5] Bayer was the Director of Research at Bayer AG and joined the company in 1933, though he was not related to the company's founding family. He was most notably involved in the invention of polyurethane chemistry,[6] and he influenced the development of this versatile family of plastics for many years until his death at the age of nearly 80.

Award winners[edit]

Notable recipients[edit]

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (2007)
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (2007)

References[edit]

  1. Bayer Science & Education Foundation, www.nat.fau.de: Otto Bayer Award
  2. "Bayer Foundations Science Awards" (PDF). Retrieved 26 April 2021. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 "2018 Otto Bayer Award goes to Dr. Tobias Erb". Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  4. "Otto-Bayer-Preis zum ersten Mal verliehen". Naturwissenschaften (in Deutsch). Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 72 (2): 112–112. 1985. doi:10.1007/bf00508157. ISSN 0028-1042.
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  6. Bellis, Mary. "Where Did Polyurethane Come From?". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 23 April 2021. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  7. "Qualitätskontrolle im Erbgut". Der Tagesspiegel (in Deutsch). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  8. Wewetzer, Hartmut. "Was die Pappel zum Blühen bringt". Die Zeit (in Deutsch). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  9. "Pflanzenforscher erhält Otto-Bayer-Preis". Pflanzenforschung.de (in Deutsch). 14 July 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  10. "Otto-Bayer-Preis 2012 geht an Prof. Dr. Benjamin List". chemie.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  11. Riße, Dirk (18 December 2021). "Universität Köln: Nobelpreisträger List trägt sich ins goldene Buch der Stadt ein". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (in Deutsch). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  12. "Otto Bayer Award: D. Trauner / Bayer Early Excellence in Science Award: T. Gaich / Cottrell-Fulbright Award: O. Vázquez / JSPS Prize: S. Kaskel". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Wiley. 55 (23): 6584. 11 May 2016. doi:10.1002/anie.201603996. ISSN 1433-7851. PMID 27168122.
  13. "Elected to the Royal Society: P. L. Arnold, M. A. Brimble, F. Caruso, R. S. Goody, R. H. Crabtree, C. Bertozzi, J. Sauer / Jochen Block Prize: A. Vorholt / Otto Bayer Award: T. Erb". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57 (27): 7937–7938. 2018. doi:10.1002/anie.201806177. ISSN 1521-3773. PMID 29920887. Unknown parameter |s2cid= ignored (help)
  14. "Otto Bayer Award for artificial photosynthesis". Bioökonomie.de. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  15. "Ruth Ley erhält den Otto-Bayer-Preis". idw – Informationsdienst Wissenschaft e.V. (in Deutsch). 9 December 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  16. "Ruth Ley is receiving the Otto Bayer Award". Home – Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  17. Foundation, Bayer. "Bayer Foundation Report 2020". Vision Concept Principles GmbH Creative Agency. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  18. "The Nobel Prize | Women who changed science | Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  19. "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021". NobelPrize.org. 11 January 1968. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  20. "Benjamin List erhält Nobelpreis für Chemie 2021". Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina (in Deutsch). 11 October 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  21. "Otto Bayer Award goes to Prof. Ruth Ley PhD". www.media.bayer.com. Retrieved 9 April 2021. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

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