The Emil Fischer Carbohydrate Award has been established in 2008 by the European Carbohydrate Organization in order to honor active carbohydrate scientists distinguished with contributions of excellence.Criteria
The laureate shall be an active worker in carbohydrate research, distinguished with contributions of excellence. The Emil Fischer Carbohydrate Award is a prize with no limit on age. It is presented at each EUROCARB Symposium (every two years). The prize money is 5.000 Euro.
Nominations
Nominations for the award can be submitted by the national ECO representatives.
Committee
The ECO Selection Committee for the Emil Fischer Carbohydrate Award consists of the President, the immediate Past President, the President-elect and the Secretary, and of three additional members. The President acts as Chairman of the Selection Committee and is responsible for appointing the additional members, receiving nominations and conducting the selection process.
Previous Emil Fischer Award winners
2023
Jeroen Codée
Leiden University, The Netherlands
In recognition of his exceptional accomplishments and dedication to bio-organic chemistry in the field of Glycosciences.
2021
Antonio Molinaro
University of Napoli Federico II, Italy
In recognition of his outstanding accomplishments toward the structural elucidation of complex carbohydrates from microbial world, in particular, in the study of structure and role of cell wall of microorganisms in the elicitation of innate immune response in plants and mammals.
2019
Carme Rovira
University of Barcelona, Spain
In recognition of her outstanding accomplishments to unravel the mode of action of carbohydrate processing enzymes in atomic detail using ground breaking computational techniques
2017
Carlo Unverzagt
University of Bayreuth, Germany
In recognition of his outstanding accomplishments in the chemical and enzymatic synthesis of N-glycans and glycoproteins.
2015
Jean-Paul Latgé
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
In recognition of his outstanding accomplishments in fundamental and clinical aspects of the glycobiology of the human opportunistic fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus.
2013
Antoni Planas
IUniversitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain
In recognition of his outstanding accomplishments to unravel the mechanisms of glycosidases, glycosyltransferases, and other auxiliary enzymes involved in the fine decoration of oligosaccharides, polysaccharides and glycoconjugates.
2011
David Crich
Wayne State University, USA
In recognition of his outstanding accomplishments in vital areas of glycochemistry
2009
Richard R. Schmidt
University of Konstanz, Germany
In recognition of his outstanding accomplishments in the field of the glycosylation reaction and oligosaccharide synthesis.