Gießen chemist Prof. Schreiner receives Schrödinger medal 2025!

Gießen chemist Prof. Schreiner receives Schrödinger medal 2025!

Gießen, Deutschland - Prof. Dr. Peter R. Schreiner, a respected chemist at the Justus Liebig University in Gießen, was awarded the prestigious Schrödinger medal on May 26, 2025. This medal has been awarded annually by the World Association of theoretical Oriented Chemists (Watoc) for outstanding services in theoretical and arithmetical chemistry since 1987. Prof. Schreiner, who heads the Institute for Organic Chemistry at JLU, received the award for his important contributions to chemistry, which include metal -free catalysis, nanodiamants and quantum mechanical tunnel processes.

In his career, Prof. Schreiner has made a significant progress in understanding quantum tunnel effects and discovered a new driving force of chemical reactions, known as tunnel control. His interdisciplinary approach combines progressive computer methods with an experimental design and thus makes a decisive contribution to improving the understanding of chemical reactivity. In addition, he has written influential works on London's dispersion interactions and redesigned their use in chemistry. Prof. Schreiner is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences.

recognition and awards

Prof. Schreiner has already received several awards for his scientific achievements. This includes the Adolf-von-Baeyer-Denkmünze in 2017 and Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award in 2021. In 2022 he received an ERC Advanced Grant and was honored in 2024 with the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation (DFG). His most recent award with the Schrödinger medal falls into a special year: in 2025 the German physical society was proclaimed in order to appreciate the developments in quantum theory.

The Schrödinger medal was first awarded in 1987 and has produced a list of renowned award winners since then, including greats such as Michael J. S. Dawar and Roald Hoffmann. This medal is a visible sign of progress in theoretical chemistry and rewardes scientists who make important contributions in this area. Also in the list of Nobel Prize winners for chemistry there are numerous painting awards for groundbreaking discoveries in chemistry, which-like the Schrödinger medal-play an important role in the scientific community.

at a time when theoretical chemistry is becoming increasingly important, the honor of Prof. Schreiner shows how important the understanding and development of new chemical reaction mechanisms are for the future of science. The appreciation of his work is seen as an incentive for many prospective chemists to pursue innovative approaches in research.