Each year the Max Planck Society awards the Dieter Rampacher Prize to its youngest Ph.D. candidates usually between the ages of 25 and 27 for their outstanding doctoral work. The purpose of the prize is to provide an incentive for young scientists and researchers to work on their Ph.D.. The award was first endowed in 1984 by Hermann Rampacher, a Supporting Member of the Max Planck Society, in memory of his brother, Dieter Rampacher, a physics student at the TH Stuttgart, who was killed in action in 1945 at the age of 20. Since 2011 Carsten A. Rampacher, the sponsors son, who is also Supporting Member of the Max Planck Society, finances the prize.
Dr. Holger Pletsch, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Age at receiving doctorate: 27
Dr. Anna Fischer, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Age at receiving doctorate: 26
Dr. Sebastian Martens, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
Age at receiving doctorate: 26
Dr. Christine Selhuber-Unkel, Max Planck Institute for Metals Research2005
Age at receiving doctorate: 26
Dr. Torsten Brezesinski, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
Dr. Philipp Angenendt, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
Dr. Ingrid Fischbach, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Age at receiving doctorate: 27
Dr. Ina Bornkessel, Max Planck Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience
Age at receiving doctorate: 22
Dr. Christiane Kirchhof, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
Dr. Robert Helling, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Age at receiving doctorate: 26
Dr. Matthias Leistner, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition and Tax Law
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
Dr. Ralf Demuth, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
Age at receiving doctorate: 26
Dr. Loretta Würtenberger, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition and Tax Law
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
Dr. Torsten Fiebig, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
Dr. Jens Niemeyer, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Age at receiving doctorate: 26
Dr. Wolfgang Helbig, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
Dr. Christoph Cordes, Max Planck Institute for Patent Law
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
Dr. Regine Wenz, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
Dr. Klaus Schmidt-Rohr, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Age at receiving doctorate: 23
Dr. Sibylle Stephan, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
Age at receiving doctorate: 24
Dr. Christoph Hartl, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
Dr. Detlef Weigel, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
Dr. Claus Rettig, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
Dr. Harald Schwager, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
Dr. Rolf-Dieter Reinhardt, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
Age at receiving doctorate: 26
