TUM Sustainability Award
With the Sustainability Award, we recognize innovative research work that has developed decisive ideas for the ecological transformation of our economy and society. The Sustainability Award was presented for the first time in 2019. The following people have already received the award:
Miranda Schreurs (2023)
Professorship Environment and Climate Policy (TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology)
Prof. Miranda Schreurs received the 2023 Sustainability Award “in recognition of her role in finding solutions to climate-related problems.”
Werner Lang (2022)
Werner Lang, Professorship Energy-Efficient, Sustainable Building and Planning
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Lang received the 2022 Sustainability Award "for his research into energy-efficient construction with a focus on optimising the building envelope in environmental, functional, structural and design terms".
Johannes Fottner and Magnus Fröhling (2021)
Prof. Fottner, Professorship Materials Handling, Material Flow, Logistics (TUM School of Engineering and Design)
Prof. Fröhling, Professorship Circular Economy (TUM Campus Straubing)
Prof. Dr. Johannes Fottner und Prof. Dr. Magnus Fröhling received the 2021 Sustainability Award "for their outstanding commitment in setting up the interdisciplinary research network CirculaTUM and the associated research on the transition to a resource-saving circular economy".
Anja Rammig (2020)
Professorship Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions (TUM School of Life Sciences)
Prof. Dr. Anja Rammig was awarded the 2020 Sustainability Award "in recognition of her outstanding research into the interactions between the land surface and the atmosphere".
Thomas Brück (2019)
Professorship Werner Siemens-Chair of Synthetic Biotechnology (Fakultät für Chemie)
Prof. Dr. Thomas Brück was awarded the 2019 Sustainability Prize "in recognition of his outstanding research work and biotechnological innovations for the economically interesting and at the same time climate-friendly conversion of atmospheric carbon dioxide and residual biomass streams into high-quality materials and substances".
