Helma Wennemers, professor at the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry D-CHAB, was awarded the Wilhelm Ostwald Medal for her outstanding work on the development of bio-inspired catalysts and functional peptide systems.
Great honour: The American National Academy of Sciences has elected biologist Kirsten Bomblies and chemist Donald Hilvert as new members.
Physics
Researchers have demonstrated a new monolithic mode-locked semiconductor laser with a continuously and widely tunable repetition rate.