The Ludwig Biermann Award is an annual prize awarded by the German (German Astronomical Society) to an outstanding young astronomer. The prize is named in honour of the German astronomer Ludwig Biermann and was first awarded in 1989, three years after his death. Nominees for the award must be under the age of 35. The monetary value of the award is 2500 €, and it is intended to enable the awardee to make one or more research visits to an institute of their choice. Usually, only a single prize is awarded per year, but in a few cases, two prizes have been awarded.
Past winners of the Ludwig Biermann Award
+Ludwig Biermann Award WinnersYearName1989 Norbert Langer1990 Reinhard W. Hanuschik1992 Joachim Puls1993 Andreas Burkert1994 Christoph U. Keller1995 Karl Mannheim1996 Eva K. Grebel, Matthias L. Bartelmann1997 Ralf Napiwotzki1998 Ralph Neuhäuser1999 Markus Kissler-Patig2000 Heino Falcke2001 Stefanie Komossa2002 Ralf Klessen2003 Luis R. Bellot Rubio2004 Falk Herwig2005 Philipp Richter2006 No award2007 Henrik Beuther, Ansgar Reiners2008 Andreas Koch2009 Anna Frebel, Sonja Schuh2010 Maryam Modjaz2011 Thorsten Lisker2012 Cecilia Scannapieco2013 Frank Bigiel2014 Stephan Geier2015 Ivan Minchev2016 Karin Lind2017 Diederik Kruijssen2018 Else Starkenburg 2019 Eduardo Bañados 2020 Paola Pinilla2021 Fabian Schneider2022 Thomas Siegert2023 Dominika Wylezalek2024 Matthias Kluge2025 Anna-Christina Eilers2026 Caroline Gieser
See also List of astronomy awards Prizes named after people
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