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Section , was re-elected as Vice President of the German Rectors ’ Conference .
Thomas Lengauer ML , member of the Informatics Section , was appointed as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery ( New York / USA ).
Klaus-Robert Müller ML , member of the Informatics Section , was elected as a member of acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering ( Munich / Germany ).
Bernhard Nebel ML , member of the Informatics Section , was appointed as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery ( New York / USA ).
Walter Rosenthal ML , member of the Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine Section , was elected as Vice President of the German Rectors ’ Conference .
Uğur Şahin ML , member of the Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine Section , was awarded the Louis- Jeantet Prize for Medicine by the Louis-Jeantet Foundation ( Geneva / Switzerland ). He was also elected as a member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature ( Mainz / Germany ), which awarded him the Academy Prize of Rhineland-Palatinate for innovative and groundbreaking research . He was also awarded the Werner von Siemens Ring by the foundation of the same name ( Berlin / Germany ) and the Honorary Ring by the University Medical Centre Mainz .
Bernt Schiele ML , member of the Informatics Section , was appointed as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery ( New York / USA ).
Ferdi Schüth ML , member of the Chemistry Section , was appointed to the German Council of Science and Humanities ( Cologne / Germany ).
Manfred Strecker ML , member of the Earth Sciences Section , was appointed to the German Council of Science and Humanities ( Cologne / Germany ).
Klement Tockner ML , member of the Earth Sciences Section , was elected as a member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature ( Mainz / Germany ).
Özlem Türeci ML , member of the Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine Section , was awarded the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine by the Louis-Jeantet Foundation ( Geneva / Switzerland ). She was also elected as a member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature ( Mainz / Germany ), which awarded her the Academy Prize of Rhineland-Palatinate for innovative and ground-breaking research . She was also awarded the Werner von Siemens Ring by the foundation of the same name ( Berlin / Germany ) and the Honorary Ring by the University Medical Centre Mainz .
Wolfgang Wahlster ML , member of the Informatics Section , was elected as a foreign member of the Engineering Academy of the Czech Republic ( Prague / Czech Republic ).
New Class II members
Uğur Şahin ML , Mainz / Germany , BioNTech SE , Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine Section
Özlem Türeci ML , Mainz / Germany , BioNTech SE , Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine Section
New Class III members
Thomas Bortfeld ML , Boston / USA , Harvard Medical School , Massachusetts General Hospital , Radiology Section
Svenja Caspers ML , Düsseldorf / Germany , Institute of Anatomy I , Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf , Anatomy and Anthropology Section
Angelika Eggert ML , Otto Heubner Centre for Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine , Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin , Gynaecology and Paediatrics Section
Hermann Haller ML , Hannover / Germany , Clinic for Kidney and Hypertension Diseases , Hannover Medical School , Internal Medicine and Dermatology Section
Frank G . Holz ML , Bonn / Germany , Department of Ophthalmology at Bonn University Hospital , Ophthalmology , Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Stomatology Section
Tobias B . Huber ML , Hamburg / Germany , Centre for Internal Medicine , University Medical Centre Hamburg- Eppendorf , Internal Medicine and Dermatology Section
Christine Klein ML , Lübeck / Germany , Department of Neurology , Institute of Neurogenetics and Section of Clinical and Molecular Neurogenetics , Neurosciences Section