Dieter Rampacher Prize
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 PhD. 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 founder's son, and his management consultancy, which is also a supporting member of the Max Planck Society, have been financing the prize.
Winners of the Dieter Rampacher Prize since 1984
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
Age at receiving doctorate: 23
2015
Dr. Michael Maseda, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
2014
Chaitanya Giri, PhD., Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen
Age at receiving doctorate: 26
2013
Dr. Moritz Rodenhausen, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
2012
Dr. Eliza Jean Harris, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz
Age at receiving doctorate: 24
2011
Dr. Vivek Pachauri, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
Age at receiving doctorate: 24
2010
Dr. Benjamin Sprenger
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
2009
Dr. Holger Pletsch, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam
Age at receiving doctorate: 27
2008
Dr. Anna Fischer, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam
Age at receiving doctorate: 26
2007
Dr. Sebastian Martens, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg
Age at receiving doctorate: 26
2006
Dr. Christine Selhuber-Unkel, Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart
Age at receiving doctorate: 26
2005
Dr. Torsten Brezesinski, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
2004
Dr. Philipp Angenendt, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
2003
Dr. Ingrid Fischbach, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz
Age at receiving doctorate: 27
2002
Dr. Ina Bornkessel, Max Planck Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, Leipzig
Age at receiving doctorate: 22
2001
Dr. Christiane Kirchhof, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
2000
Dr. Robert Helling, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam
Age at receiving doctorate: 26
1999
Dr. Matthias Leistner, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition and Tax Law, Munich
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
1998
Dr. Ralf Demuth, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim
Age at receiving doctorate: 26
1997
Dr. Loretta Würtenberger, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition and Tax Law, Munich
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
1996
Dr. Torsten Fiebig, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
1995
Dr. Jens Niemeyer, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching
Age at receiving doctorate: 26
1994
Dr. Wolfgang Helbig, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
1993
Dr. Christoph Cordes, Max Planck Institute for Patent Law, Munich
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
1992
Dr. Regine Wenz, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
1991
Dr. Klaus Schmidt-Rohr, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz
Age at receiving doctorate: 23
1990
Dr. Sibylle Stephan, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg
Age at receiving doctorate: 24
1989
Dr. Christoph Hartl, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
1988
Dr. Detlef Weigel, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
1987
Dr. Claus Rettig, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
1986
Dr. Harald Schwager, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim
Age at receiving doctorate: 25
1985
Dr. Rolf-Dieter Reinhardt, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim
Age at receiving doctorate: 26