Building Bridges for German-Russian University and Science Cooperation

Theocharis Grigoriadis, C.Sc. Ph.D., and Eckart Rühl Image Credit: Personal collections - Eckart Rühl and Theocharis Grigoriadis from Freie Universität Receive Awards No 159/2020 from Sep 15, 2020 Chemist Eckart Rühl and economist Theocharis Grigoriadis from Freie Universität have been recognized for their contributions to German-Russian academic cooperation. The awards were conferred in the competition "Bridges for German-Russian University and Academic Cooperation" as part of the German-Russian Year of University Cooperation and Science. The award ceremony is expected to take place on September 15 under the patronage of the Foreign Ministers of Germany and Russia. A total of 25 projects at German and Russian research institutions were recognized. Professor Eckart Rühl from the Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy at Freie Universität is being recognized for his project German-Russian Interdisciplinary Science Center (G-RISC). This Russian-German Center of Excellence was established in 2009.