VAA Stiftung Honors Three Young Researchers With EUR 5,000 Prizes
Mannheim – November 08, 2026 -- The VAA Stiftung awarded three early-career researchers its Excellence Prize, worth EUR 5,000 each, at the VAA annual conference in Mannheim on 6 November 2026.
The foundation is run by the VAA, the association representing specialists and executives in chemicals and pharma. It presents the prize once a year for innovative research in chemistry, pharmacy and process engineering.
Three dissertations target CO2 conversion and carbon materials
Dr. Arne Nisters of Technische Universität Darmstadt won for his dissertation on nanoporous phosphine macroligands as solid catalysts for the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide.
Dr. Niklas Ortlieb of the University of Freiburg was honored for a toolbox for tailored, porous, nitrogen-doped 3D carbon nanospheres that enables rational bottom-up electrode design.