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The Prize
Jury
The members of the jury are independent experts in science and industry.
The following individuals have been appointed by the Federal President to a five year tenure:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Allgöwer
Director
Institute for Systems Theory and Automatic Control (IST)
University of Stuttgart
Studied Engineering Cybernetics and Applied Mathematics at University of Stuttgart and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Ph.D. at the University of Stuttgart. Assistant Professor at ETH Zürich, Switzerland. Since 1999 Full Professor and Director of the Institute for Systems Theory and Automatic Control, University of Stuttgart.
From 2003 to 2004, Visiting Professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara, California, USA, 2010 to 2011 Visiting Professor at the University of Newcastle, Australia. From 2012 to 2020 Vice-president of the German Research Foundation (DFG). Co-founder of the spin-off companies TGU Systemwissenschaften and eStarling.io
Member of numerous scientific organizations and university committees as well as editor and co-editor of various international journals.
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Ulrich Bruhnke
CEO
TechMag AG, Schweiz
Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Stuttgart. Assistant lecturer since 1998 and Honorary Professor at the University of Stuttgart Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Automotive Engineering (IVK) since 2005.
Following his studies, he joined Daimler-Benz AG as a research engineer in body development, division manager product group A and C class, body development and safety as well as division manager advanced technology development, chassis and electrical and electronics system development.
Other professional career postings: chairman of the board of the Mercedes-AMG GmbH, chairman of the board of BMW M GmbH, CEO of Schefenacker/VISIOCORP plc.
Prof. Dr. Peter Druschel
Scientific Director
Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, Saarbrücken
Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences FH in Munich.
From 1988, studies in Computer Science in the USA, taking a Ph.D. at the University of Arizona.
As of 1994, Professor for Computer Science at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Visiting research fellowships at MIT, in Cambridge (England) and in Paris.
Appointment as Scientific Director of the newly founded Max Planck Institute for Software Systems in Saarbrücken (since 2005).
His research focus is on distributed and mobile computer systems, specifically questions dealing with reliability, security and protection of the private sphere.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Fettweis
Vodafone Endowment Chair
Mobile Communications Systems
TU Dresden
Degree in Electrical Engineering and doctorate at RWTH Aachen followed by post doc at IBM Research, San Jose. He then went on to TCSI, Berkeley.
Since 1994, Vodafone Professor at TU Dresden. Seventeen start-ups have emerged to date from the endowed chair. Frequent visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
Since 2018, management of the newly established Barkhausen Institute in Dresden. His research focuses on the further development of cellular mobile telephony, specializing in wireless transmissions and chip design. Coordinator of the 5GLab Germany as well as member of committees and advisory boards of well-known scientific organizations and in companies.
Dr. Alexandra Goll
Management
BioPharma Advisory, Seefeld
Degree in pharmaceutics at the Free University Berlin, doctorate at Philipps-University Marburg.
Global Business Leader for HIV and CMV at Roche, Basel and responsible for business development and commercialization in oncology and virology.
Move to TVM Capital Life Science in Montreal and Munich with investment responsibility as Managing Partner and Senior Advisor.
Currently managing BioPharma Advisory, strategy consulting for innovative biotechnology, medical technology and pharmaceutical companies in the Munich metropolitan area.
Many years of experience derived from supervisory board posts in listed and unlisted companies in Europe and the USA.
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang M. Heckl
Director General Deutsches Museum
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Degree in physics and doctorate at TUM. Post doctorate work at the University of Toronto and qualification for a teaching career in higher education and a call to Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
Director General of the Deutsches Museum since 2004 and since 2009 holder of the chair for scientific communication at TUM School of Education. The communication of the sciences to the broader public is one of his special concerns.
Member in numerous national and international committees as well as consultant for the European Commission as well as the Federal Government in the area of nanotechnology and scientific communication.
Prof. Dr. Stefan Kaskel
Chair of Inorganic Chemistry I
Technische Universität Dresden
Studies in chemistry at Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen. Thereafter Feodor Lynen scholar at Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim/Ruhr from 2002 to 2004. Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at TU Dresden since 2004. Since 2008 ancillary activity as Technology Field Manager for Chemical Surface and Battery Technology at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden, and since 2021 Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry (TU Dresden).
Member of the Advisory Council to the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF research initiative “Battery Research Germany”. Elected member of the European Academy of Science and the Henriette Herz Scouting program of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Repeated recognition as a highly cited researcher (Clarivate) and two ERC Advanced grants.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla
Chairwoman of the Executive Board
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt e.V.
Degree in Mechanical Engineering and doctorate at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. After postings to the Hahn-Meitner-Institut and the TU Berlin and qualification for a teaching career in higher education at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and a call to a university professorship at the Institute for Materials Science and Technology at the Technical University Vienna.
From 2005 to 2008, scientific member, director and manager of the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung in Düsseldorf, followed by a posting as scientific managing director at the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin for Materials and Energy.
From 2017 to 2020 President of the Technische Universität of Braunschweig. Since October 2020 Chairwoman of the Executive Board of the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR).
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrike Kuhlmann
Head of the Institute for Construction and Design
University of Stuttgart
Degree in Civil Engineering and doctorate at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Since 1995, Professor for Steel Construction, Timber and Composite Construction at the University of Stuttgart and head of the Institute of Construction and Design. Following her studies she joined Ingenieurbüro Dr. Weyer and Dörnen, a steel construction company, Dortmund, as of 1993 head of the technical office.
Since 1998, partner in a shared office Kuhlmann – Gerold – Eisele in Ostfildern-Nellingen.
1995 certification as test engineering for building construction for the fields of metal construction and timber construction. Member of numerous scientific advisory committees and expert committees as well as standardization committees.
Dr. Sabine Sydow
Vide President, Corporate Strategy and Organisational Effectiveness
Oxford Biomedica
Studies in biology and Ph.D. at the Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine in Goettingen.
Following several years in science in the study of the branch molecular neuroendocrinology, Dr. Sydow moved to Schering AG in Berlin, working in international project management, as senior researcher to the executive director of research and development as well as in the global business unit Oncology. She headed vfa bio (biotechnology interest group within the German Association of Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies, vfa). From July 2022 to August 2023 Chief of Staff of Rentschler Biopharma SE; today responsible for Corporate Strategy and Organizational Effectiveness at Oxford Biomedica, a leading company in the field of gene and cell therapies.
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