page_title: List of Free University of Berlin people
section_title: Leibniz Prize winners
hierarchical_section_title: List of Free University of Berlin people / Prize winners / Leibniz Prize winners
caption_attribution_description: English: en:Günter M. Ziegler
context_page_description: A list of Free University of Berlin people. Alumni and faculty of the Free University include many scientists, philosophers and politicians, amongst them five Nobel Prize winners and 19 Leibniz laureates.
context_section_description: The DFG has awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize to outstanding German scientists every year since 1985. As the most acclaimed award for research achievements in Germany, it comes with a research grant of 2.5 million € to be used within seven years.
  Volker Erdmann, Biochemistry (1987)
  Wolfram Saenger, Crystallography (1987)
  Randolf Menzel, Neuroscience (1991), member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
  Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit, Japanese Studies (1992)
  Jürgen Kocka, History (1992)
  Johann Mulzer, Organic chemistry (1994)
  Peter Schaefer, Jewish Studies (1994)
  Emo Welzl, Computer science (1995)
  Onno Oncken, Geology (1998)
  Regine Hengge-Aronis, Microbiology (1998)
  Joachim Küpper, Romance studies (2001), member of the Leopoldina
  Günter M. Ziegler, Mathematics (2001), member of the Leopoldina, current president of the Free University of Berlin
  Hélène Esnault, Mathematics (2003)
  Rupert Klein, Mathematics (2003)
  Gerhard Huisken (2003)
  Gabriele Brandstetter, Theater studies (2004), member of the Leopoldina
  Gyburg Radke, Ancient Greek (2006), youngest ever person to receive the Leibniz prize
  Beatrice Gründler Arabic Studies (2016)
  Benjamin List, Organocatalysis (2016)
caption: Günter M. Ziegler, Leibniz Prize-winning mathematician and president of the FUB
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