The Otto Hahn Medal - an incentive for young scientists
Every year since 1978, the Max Planck Society has awarded the Otto Hahn Medal to young researchers for outstanding scientific achievements, mostly in connection with their doctorate.The Medal is endowed with 7,500 euros of prize money. The aim of the award is to motivate particularly talented individuals to pursue a university or research career.

Congratulations to the 2025 award winners!
Biological-Medicine Section
- Dr. Cai Vinzent Dieball, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen
- Dr. Lea Theresa, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main
- Dr. Felix Glang, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen
- Dr. Jara Tabitha Hees, Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried
- Dr. Sara Hetzel, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin
- Dr. Franziska Luisa Sendker, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg
- Dr. Jonas Wilhelm, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg
- Dr. Maik Wolfram-Schauerte, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg
Chemistry-Physics-Technology Section
- Dr. Stefan Dickopf, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg
- Dr. Kübra Kaygisiz, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz
- Dr. Anna Kukleva, Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken
- Dr. Björn Müller, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen
- Dr. Jonas Puchmayr, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching
- Dr. Michael Joachim Sammler, Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, Saarbrücken
- Dr. Tim Maximilian Schwarz, Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials, Düsseldorf
- Dr. Philipp Ulbl, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching
- Dr. María Teresa Valdivia-Mena, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching
- Dr. Ronny Tobias Zimmermann, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg
Human Sciences Section
- Dr. Malte David Brammerloh, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
- Dr. Casimir Willem Coopmans, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen (NL)
- Dr. Leon Marcel Arno Kahl, (formerly) Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law
- Dr. Katharina Menn, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
- Dr. Basira Mir Makhamad, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Jena
- Dr. Sina Alexandra Schwarze, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
- Dr. Florian Slogsnat, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg
- Dr. Robert Christoph Stendel, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
- Dr. Annika Tjuka, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
- Dr. Catharina Ziebritzki, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg