Award Winners of Doctoral Awards
Dissertations completed at KIT by young junior scientists are regularly awarded various prizes. On this page you will find a selection of the winners for doctoral awards of the last years coordinated by KHYS.
Daimler und Benz Foundation – Bertha-Benz-Prize
2019: Dr.-Ing. Almut Albiez, Institute for Applied Materials (IAM) |
Friedrich and Elisabeth Boysen Foundation – Science Award Environment Engineering
2022: Dr.-Ing. Gabriela Alejandra Molinar Torres, Institute for Information Processing Technologies (ITIV) |
2021: Dr.-Ing. Marion Börnhorst, Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry (ITCP) |
2020: Dr.-Ing. Christian Sprau, Light Technology Institute (LTI) |
Helmholtz Doctoral Prize
2022: Dr. Richard Gebauer, Institute for Data Processing and Electronics (IPE); Dr.-Ing. Nick Karcher, Institute for Data Processing and Electronics (IPE); Dr.-Ing. Hannes Radinger, Institute for Applied Materials (IAM) |
2021: Dr.-Ing. Alina Roitberg, Institute for Anthropomatics and Robotics (IAR) |
2020: Dr. Miriam Brosi, Institute for Beam Physics and Technology (IBPT); Dr.-Ing. Edouard Fouché, Institute for Program Structures and Data Organization (IPD) |
Baden-Wuerttemberg Employers’ Association of the Metal and Electrical Industry – Südwestmetall Prize
2022/23: Dr. Xiaofei Sun, Institute for Inorganic Chemistry (AOC) |
2021/22: Dr.-Ing. Sina Peukert, Institute of Production Science (WBK) |
2020/21: Dr.-Ing. Janna Hofmann, Institute of Production Science (WBK) |
2019/20: Dr.-Ing. Akanksha Bhutani, Institute of Radio Frequency Engineering and Electronics (IHE) |

Award Winners KIT Doctoral Award