University of Göttingen successful in the Lower Saxony Science Award 2020

Lower Saxony's Science Prize 2020 in the 'Wissenschaftler' category for the Göttin-gen lawyer Kai Ambos, on the right Lower Saxony's Minister for Science and Culture Björn Thümler. Photo: MWK/brauers.com Awarded in Hannover: Minister honours outstanding scientist and student The University of Göttingen is delighted to announce that it has once again been successful in the Lower Saxony Science Prize 2020. In the category -Wissenschaftler- (scientists), the jury honoured the Göttingen lawyer Professor Kai Ambos, and in the category -Studierende- (students), the German Studies student Katharina Paul. Lower Saxony's Minister for Science and Culture, Björn Thümler, presented the awards in Hannover on Tuesday 17 November 2020. The award for academics is endowed with €25,000, the award for students with €3,500 each. Kai Ambos, born in 1965, has been Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Comparative Law and Public International Law at the University of Göttingen since 2003 and Head of the research Centre for Latin American Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law (CEDPAL) since 2013. Ambos was appointed judge at Göttingen's regional court in 2006, but has been on leave of absence from the Lower Saxony judiciary since his appointment as judge at the Kosovo Special Tribunal in 2017.