Hydrogen expert Prof. Wasserscheid receives the Archimedes Science Award

For his work in the field of hydrogen technologies, German scientist Prof. Peter Wasserscheid was honored on September 9, 2026, by receiving the 2026 Archimedes Science Award.

The EUR 50,000 accolade was presented in Dresden under the auspices of TUD Dresden University of Technology by the Free State of Saxony and the DRESDEN-concept Science and Innovation Alliance (DDc). The prize was launched in 2025 and has been awarded annually as part of the international conference “Building Bridges,” which is hosted by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf in close coordination with the State Chancellery of Saxony.

Prof. Wasserscheid is the Chair of Chemical Reaction Engineering at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the director of the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy and the Institute for a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy, both of which belong to the Forschungszentrum Jülich.