Simon Schwendener Medal of the DBG

The board of trustees of the DBG awards this medal to meritious members (see § 27 of the constitution).

Persons decorated with the Simon-Schwendener-Medal

The following people received this honor:

For his leadership, development and internationalization of our German Society for Plant Sciences in the years 2012 through 2020 Professor Dietz received our Simon Schwendener Medal at the General Assembly during our Botanik-Tagung conference at Bonn University in the year 2022.

Laudation speech from Prof. Andreas Meyer (pdf)

see more images in our Actualia

For his dedication and the leadership of our German Society for Plant Sciences in the years 2003 through 2011 Professor Flügge received our Simon Schwendener Medal at the General Assembly during our Botanik-Tagung conference at Bonn University in the year 2022.

Laudation speech from Prof. Andreas Weber (pdf)

see more images in our Actualia

For his great dedication towards the DBG, the president of the Society, Prof. Dr. Karl-Josef Dietz, awarded the Simon Schwendener-Medal to PD Dr. Klaus Jürgen Appenroth. The duckweed expert had taken over the steering wheel in tough times and executed the treasurer function for many years. The Society is very thankful for his commitment (granted in 2015).

certificate (pdf)

laudatio (pdf)

For her commitment to further plant sciences and research on ecosystems and biodiversity, which she promoted as programme director of the German Science Foundation (DFG). The medal was also awarded for her dedication to put the botanic discipline in a very good national and international position (granted in 2009).

Laudatio (pdf)

For her merits in the promotion of plant sciences, the protection of nature in a scientific manner and the promotion of botanical gardens in Germany
(granted in 2002)

Laudatio (pdf)

For his merits as editor of "Botanica Acta" and "Plant Biology", the journals of the DBG
(granted in 2000)

Obituary (pdf) from Prof. Dr. Wilhem Nultsch, published in Actualia, 2001, N14

For his merits as the longtime treasurer of the society
(granted in 1998)

For his merits as the longtime secretary of the society
(granted in 1998)