International award for Frank Glorius

Prof. Frank Glorius, an organic chemist at the University of Münster, has been awarded the Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize for his outstanding research and his close links to France in his work. He received the prize in Paris on 7 May. The French Ministry of Higher Education and Research awards the prize to excellent German researchers, in all disciplines, who are seen as examples of special collaboration between the two countries. Once a year, two researchers are chosen who each receive 60,000 euros for the purpose of further extending the collaborations they have. Nominations for the prize are made by French researchers. "It is a special honour to be proposed by international colleagues," says Frank Glorius. "With our joint research we can make a small contribution to bringing different countries closer together - especially at a time when Europe needs to be strengthened." Glorius works with French researchers on a range of topics, including one of the focuses of his research: certain types of molecules known as carbenes.