In the frame of conference ORCHEM at Muenster, Prof. Peter Schreiner, Vice President of GDCh (German Chemical Society), awarded Professor Peter Bäuerle with the Emil Fischer Medal 2022.
The award was given in recognition of his work in the field of oligothiophenes and other pi-systems, with which basics for organic photovoltaics were laid.
The GDCh (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker) awards the Emil Fischer Medal for outstanding achievements in the field of organic chemistry. Emil Fischer was one of the most important chemists of his time and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1902 for his sugar and purine work.
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