Press Release No. 26
Berlin
Leopoldina and Stifterverband honor Professor Jens Reich - First Recipient of the Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Award
Professor Jens Reich of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch has been honored with the Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Award of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft. The physician, bioinformatician, molecular biologist and GDR civil rights activist received the award for his exceptional scientific achievements and his personal and political courage. The award was presented to him at the annual assembly of Leopoldina on October 2nd in Halle (Saale), Germany. He is the first recipient of the 50,000 Euro award.