Dieter Rampacher Prize
The Dieter Rampacher Prize was established in 1985 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 twenty. Since 2011, Carsten A. Rampacher, the son of the founder, and his management consultancy, which is also a sponsoring member of the Max Planck Society, have taken over the financing of the prize. Since then, the prize has been awarded annually to young researchers who have completed a doctorate particularly quickly at a Max Planck Institute.
The prize was last awarded in 2023 and is currently being revised. The next call for proposals is scheduled for early 2026.
Winners of the Dieter Rampacher Prize since 1984
2023
Dr. rer. nat. Aaron Peikert, Max Planck Institute for Human Development - Center for Lifespan Psychology, Berlin
2022
Dr Anja Geller, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich
2021
Ke Wang, Ph.D, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena
Philip Wellnitz, Ph.D., Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken
2020
Gary Becigneul, Ph.D., Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tuebingen
2019
Susanna Sabin, Ph.D., Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena
2018
Dr. rer. nat. Lena Funcke, Max Planck Institute for Physics (Werner Heisenberg Institute), Munich
2017
Dr. rer. nat. Deepan Basu, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig
2016
Dr. Lucas Clemente, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching
2015
Dr. Michael Maseda, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg
2014
Chaitanya Giri, PhD., Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen
2013
Dr. Moritz Rodenhausen, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn
2012
Dr. Eliza Jean Harris, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz
2011
Dr. Vivek Pachauri, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
2010
Dr. Benjamin Sprenger, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen
2009
Dr. Holger Pletsch, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam
2008
Dr. Anna Fischer, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam
2007
Dr. Sebastian Martens, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg
2006
Dr. Christine Selhuber-Unkel, Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart
2005
Dr. Torsten Brezesinski, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
2004
Dr. Philipp Angenendt, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin
2003
Dr. Ingrid Fischbach, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz
2002
Dr. Ina Bornkessel, Max Planck Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, Leipzig
2001
Dr. Christiane Kirchhof, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
2000
Dr. Robert Helling, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam
1999
Dr. Matthias Leistner, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition and Tax Law, Munich
1998
Dr. Ralf Demuth, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim
1997
Dr. Loretta Würtenberger, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition and Tax Law, Munich
1996
Dr. Torsten Fiebig, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen
1995
Dr. Jens Niemeyer, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching
1994
Dr. Wolfgang Helbig, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim
1993
Dr. Christoph Cordes, Max Planck Institute for Patent Law (formerly MPI for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law), Munich
1992
Dr. Regine Wenz, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim
1991
Dr. Klaus Schmidt-Rohr, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz
1990
Dr. Sibylle Stephan, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg
1989
Dr. Christoph Hartl, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg
1988
Dr. Detlef Weigel, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen
1987
Dr. Claus Rettig, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim
1986
Dr. Harald Schwager, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim
1985
Dr. Rolf-Dieter Reinhardt, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim
