Christine Selhuber-Unkel and Victoria Ingham Honoured as Innovative Researchers

"This prize is particularly valuable, particularly exemplary and particularly effective," said the Rector of Heidelberg University, Bernhard Eitel. After all, the Lautenschläger Research Prize, which comes with prize money in the amount of 250,000 euros, offers the recipients the opportunity to pursue research avenues that require courage and the willingness to take risks that are not considered for funding through the "regular" channels. This year, the accolade was awarded to physicist Christine Selhuber-Unkel. She was selected for the prize as an internationally outstanding representative of the extremely innovative research field "Molecular Systems Engineering". A second prize sponsored by Honorary Senator Dr h.c. Manfred Lautenschläger is for early-career researchers. This award, worth 25,000 euros, was received by biologist Dr Victoria Ingham. Christine Selhuber-Unkel, who has worked at Heidelberg University since 2020, is a member of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences and founding director of the Institute for Molecular Systems Engineering and Advanced Materials (IMSEAM).