The Bunsen–Kirchhoff Award is a prize for "outstanding achievements" in the field of analytical

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. It has been awarded since 1990 by the German Working Group for Applied Spectroscopy, and is endowed with by

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, Germany. The prize is named in honor of chemist

Robert Bunsen Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen (; 30 March 1811 – 16 August 1899) was a German chemist. He investigated emission spectra of heated elements, and discovered caesium (in 1860) and rubidium (in 1861) with the physicist Gustav Kirchhoff. The Bu ...

and physicist

Gustav Kirchhoff Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (; 12 March 1824 – 17 October 1887) was a German chemist, mathematician, physicist, and spectroscopist who contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy and the emission of black-body ...

Prizewinners

*1990 Günter Snatzke, Germany *1991 Hannes Aiginger, Austria; Peter Wobrauschek, Austria; Joachim Knoth, Germany; Heinrich Schwenke, Germany *1992 Kurt Laqua, Germany; Arnulf Röseler, Germany *1993 Boris L'vov, Russia *1994 D. Bruce Chase, United States; W. J. Orville-Thomas, Great Britain *1995 Paul W.J.M. Boumans, Netherlands *1996 Robert "Bobby" Dakine, United States *1998 Annemie Bogaerts, Belgium *2000 Dieter Fischer, Germany *2001 John A. McLean, United States *2002 Jürgen Popp, Germany *2003 Sergei Boulyga, Germany *2004

Ewa Bulska Ewa Joanna Bulska (born August 2, 1953) is a Polish chemist, and Professor of Chemical Sciences at the University of Warsaw, who specializes in analytical chemistry, atomic and mass spectrometry with over 237 scholarly publications. Biography ...

, Poland *2005 Nicolas Bings, Germany *2006 Volker Deckert, Germany *2007 Jörg Bettmer, Germany *2008

Sebastian Schlücke Sebastian may refer to: People and fictional characters * Sebastian (name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Saint Sebastian, a Christian saint martyred in the 3rd century * Sebastian of Portugal (1554–1578 ...

, Germany *2009

Joachim Koch Joachim was, according to Sacred tradition, the husband of Saint Anne, the father of Mary (mother of Jesus), and the maternal grandfather of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Gospel of James, part of the New Testament apoc ...

, Switzerland *2010

Janina Kneipp Janina Kneipp is a German scientist who is Professor of Physical Chemistry Humboldt University of Berlin. Her research considers surface enhanced Raman scattering and plasmonic enhancement in multi-modal micro spectroscopy. Early life and educat ...

, Germany *2011

Daniel Pröfrock Daniel commonly refers to: * Daniel (given name), a masculine given name and a surname * List of people named Daniel * List of people with surname Daniel * Daniel (biblical figure) * Book of Daniel, a biblical apocalypse, "an account of the acti ...

, Germany *2012

Christoph Haisch Christoph is a male given name and surname. It is a German variant of Christopher. Notable people with the given name Christoph * Christoph Bach (1613–1661), German musician * Christoph Büchel (born 1966), Swiss artist * Christoph Dientzen ...

, Germany *2013

Maria Montes-Bayón Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial * 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...

, Spain *2014

Oliver Reich Oliver may refer to: Arts, entertainment and literature Books * ''Oliver the Western Engine'', volume 24 in ''The Railway Series'' by Rev. W. Awdry * ''Oliver Twist'', a novel by Charles Dickens Fictional characters * Ariadne Oliver ...

, Germany *2015

Martín Resano Martin may refer to: Places Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Europe * Martin, Croatia, a village * Martin, Slovakia, a city * Martín del Río, Aragón, Spain * Mart ...

, Spain *2016

Torsten Frosch Thorsten (Thorstein, Torstein, Torsten) is a Scandinavian given name. The Old Norse name was ''Þórsteinn''. It is a compound of the theonym ''Þór'' (''Thor'') and ''steinn'' "stone", which became ''Thor'' and ''sten'' in Old Danish and Old Swe ...

, Germany *2017 Jacob T. Shelley, United States *2018 , Hungary *2020 Natalia P. Ivleva *2022 Carlos Abad Andrade

In Popular Culture

The

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Prizewinners

In Popular Culture

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