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Awards & Honors

The TUM School of Natural Sciences has an impressive track record in major scientific awards. Members of NAT are regularly successful and our School bestows several prestigious awards and honors itself.

Munich Quantum Valley, MCQST, Physics, Award |

Ignacio Cirac receives Feynman Prize

Prof. Ignacio Cirac, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) and TUM Professor, has been awarded the 2026 ICTP-IBM Richard…

Fundamental Science for Health, Bioscience, Award |

Marcus Conrad Receives German Cancer Award 2026

The award is considered one of the most prestigious awards in oncology.

Bioscience, Chemistry, Physics, Award |

Matthias Mann and Wolfgang Baumeister Receive Prestigious 2026 Gairdner International Awards

The director and the director emeritus of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) are receiving the award for their respective contributions…

Quantum Science & Technologies, Physics, Award |

The order of the quantum world

Interview with Leibniz Prize winner Frank Pollmann

TUM, Award |

TUM Recognized as University of Excellence for the Fourth Consecutive Time

Responsible Engine of Innovation for Society

Quantum Science & Technologies, MCQST, Physics, Award |

IMPRS-MCQST-Supervision Award 2025: Recognizing Outstanding Supervision

Professors Ignacio Cirac and Johannes Knolle receive recognition for their guidance of junior researchers.

Public Outreach, Bioscience, Chemistry, Physics, Award |

Study Night and Golden Chalk Award to Dr. Christian Gemel

Student council MPIC hosted a special exam preparation during the 2nd Study Night and awarded the “Best Practical Course”

MIBE, Physics, Award |

Prof. Franz Pfeiffer receives honorary professorship at Tsinghua University

Franz Pfeiffer, Professor of Biomedical Physics at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Director of the Munich Institute of Biomedical…

TUM Ambassadors, Public Outreach, Diversity, Chemistry, Physics, Award |

NAT School celebrates two new TUM Ambassadors

Prof. Shobhana Narasimhan and Prof. Vivek Vitthal Buwa recognized for their contributions and collaborations at TUM

FRM II, Research, Physics, Award |

“Research with neutrons is great fun”: MLZ Prize for Stephan Paul

From day one, Prof. Dr. Stephan Paul, as he says, “took the research reactor to his heart,” sat on the MLZ supervisory board, and helped develop the…

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