2025
In 2025 the Alfred-Saupe Prize goes to Prof. Dr. Helen F. Gleeson from the University of Leeds for her outstanding work in the field of liquid crystals.
Prof. Dr. Helen F. Gleeson
University of Leeds, Great Britain
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
School of Physics and Astronomy
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2024
In 2024 the Alfred-Saupe Prize goes to Prof. Dr. Albert Schenning from the Eindhoven University of Technology for his outstanding work in the field of liquid crystal based functional materials.
Prof. Dr. Alfred Schenning
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy Systems
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2023
This year Alfred-Saupe Medal was awarded to Professor Ágnes Buka from Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Science for her outstanding work in Physics of liquid crystals.
Prof. Dr. Ágnes Buka
Hungarian Academy of Science, Hungary
Wigner Research Centre for Physics
Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics
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2022
This year, Alfred-Saupe Medal was awarded to Professor José Luis Serrano Ostáriz from University of Zaragoza for his outstanding work in Chemistry of liquid crystals.
Professor José Luis Serrano Ostáriz
University of Zaragoza, Spain
Liquid Crystals and Polymers Group
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2020/2021
This year, Alfred-Saupe Medal was awarded to Professor Antal István Jákli from Kent State University for his Outstanding Work in the Field of Research on Liquid Crystals and their Technical Application.
Antal István Jákli
Kent State University, Ohio, USA
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2019
This year, Alfred-Saupe Medal was awarded to Professor Pawel Pieranski from Université Paris-Saclay for his outstanding contributions to the field of physics of liquid crystals.
Prof. Dr. Pawel Pieranski
Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, France
Laboratory of Solid-State Physics, LPS
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2018
Prof. Dr. Wim H. de Jeu (RWTH Aachen) was honored by the Alfred-Saupe Prize for his consistent contributions to the field of X-ray and other characterization techniques of liquid crystals.
Prof. Dr. Wim H. de Jeu
DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen
RWTH Aachen University
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2017
Alfred-Saupe Prize was awarded to Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Weißflog and Prof. Dr. Gerhard Pelzl. This award acknowledges their outstanding scientific merits, their high reputation in the scientific community, and their extraordinary lifetime achievements in liquid crystal research.
Laudatio
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Weißflog
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Faculty of Natural Sciences II
Institute for Chemistry
Department of Organic Chemistry
Department of Physical Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Pelzl
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Faculty of Natural Sciences II
Institute for Chemistry
Department of Physical Chemistry
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2014
This year, Prof. Dr. Carsten Tschierske from the University of Halle-Wittenberg received the Alfred-Saupe medal of the German Liquid Crystal Society for his sustained outstanding contributions to the field of liquid crystals.
Laudatio
Prof. Dr. Carsten Tschierske
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Faculty of Natural Sciences II
Institute for Chemistry
Department of Organic Chemistry
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2013
Prof. Dr. Gerd Heppke, Technical University (TU) Berlin, received the Alfred-Saupe Prize of the German Liquid Crystal Society for his outstanding work in the field of liquid crystals.
Laudatio
Prof. Dr. Gerd Heppke († June 04, 2022)
Technische Universität Berlin
Institute of Chemistry
Obituary
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2012
Prof. Dr. Dietrich Demus received the Alfred-Saupe Prize of the German Liquid Crystal Society for his outstanding work in the field of liquid crystals.
Laudatio
Prof. Dr. Dietrich Demus
German National Academy of Sciences, Halle (Saale)
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2011
Prof. Dr. Günter Baur received the Alfred-Saupe Prize of the German Liquid Crystal Society for his outstanding work in the field of liquid crystals.
Prof. Dr. Günter Baur († May 20, 2024)
Frauenhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics, Freiburg
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2010
Prof. Dr. Helmut Ringsdorf received the Alfred-Saupe Prize of the German Liquid Crystal Society for his outstanding work in the field of liquid crystals.
Laudatio
Prof. Dr. Helmut Ringsdorf († March 20, 2023)
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz
Obituary
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