Price for young female scientist

The physicist Dr. Johanna Klyne has investigated, using state-of-the-art laser spectroscopic techniques and complex quantum chemical calculations, how certain biomolecules function and communicate with each other in her doctoral thesis. This knowledge is an important foundation for, for example, better understanding the mechanisms of drugs. The structure and interactions of molecules play a crucial role in their effectiveness.

For her work, supervised by Prof. Dr. Otto Dopfer at the Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics at TU Berlin, Johanna Klyne is awarded the Marthe-Vogt Prize of the Berlin Research Association e.V. The title of her dissertation is "Spectroscopy of protonated aromatic and chiral biomolecules," which she completed in March 2019 with the grade "summa cum laude." Among other things, she conducted research as a guest scientist at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin during her doctoral studies. Today, Johanna Klyne works as a scientific editor at the Beilstein Institute for the Promotion of Chemical Sciences in Frankfurt am Main.

The €3,000 prize aims to recognize outstanding achievements by young female scientists. It honors excellent doctoral theses in a research field addressed by the institutes of the Berlin Research Association. The Berlin Research Association e.V. (FVB) is the largest non-university research institution in Berlin. The institutes of the association are members of the Leibniz Association. The award will be presented on November 6, 2019, in Berlin.

Further information gladly provided by:

Prof. Dr. Otto Dopfer
TU Berlin
Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics
Tel.: 030 314-23017
Email: dopfer@phsik.tu-berlin.de