The Division of Analytical Chemistry of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) usually awards the Clemens Winkler Medal for Analytical Chemistry every two years at ANAKON to individuals who have rendered outstanding services to scientific development and to the promotion and recognition of analytical chemistry through their many years of commitment. The award comes with a certificate and a gold medal. All members of the Division are entitled to nominate candidates. The awarding of the prize is decided by the Division Executive Committee.

The prize has not yet been announced.

The Clemens Winkler Medal for Analytical Chemistry was awarded on 11 March 2025 at the "ANAKON" in Leipzig in recognition of his services to analytical chemistry in science, teaching and our society to Prof. Dr Wolfgang F. Lindner.

"His scientific work focussed on research into molecular recognition processes in conjunction with separation techniques. His enthusiasm for chiral recognition and molecular design led to chiral stationary phases, which are used for HPLC enantiomer separation in the pharmaceutical industry and in bioanalysis. His research on chromatographic selectivities of HILIC and mixed-mode phases as well as chemoaffinity materials led to new applications in pharmaceutical analysis, biochromatography and bioanalysis. Wolfgang Lindner was extraordinarily committed to analytical chemistry. As President of the Austrian Society for Analytical Chemistry (ASAC) for many years, his great ambition was to promote the next generation in analytical chemistry and - through further training events and the organisation of international congresses - the networking of analysts both nationally and internationally. He was particularly keen to foster the exchange between the GDCh's Analytical Chemistry Division and the ASAC."

The Clemens Winkler Medal for Analytical Chemistry was awarded to Prof. Dr Irene Nehls on 22 June 2022 at the "analytica conference 2022" in recognition of her dedicated commitment to analytical chemistry as a science.

"Her scientific work was characterised by broad and highly regarded trace analysis from polyaromatics to organotin compounds. The first reference materials she developed for the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing attracted international attention. Irene Nehls contributed to environmental and food chemistry issues with the analysis of brominated flame retardants and mycotoxins. Her name is linked nationally, but above all in Europe, with standardisation and regulation in the field of soil analysis. Irene Nehls was extraordinarily committed to analytical chemistry, initially in the GDR, and after reunification, in a merger of the Federal Institute and Humboldt University. For many years she was on the board of the Analytical Chemistry Division and organised ANAKON in Berlin. In addition to innovative university teaching, she enriched the education of many students and doctoral candidates with a series of summer schools on the subject of quality assurance."

"Professor Dr Reinhard Nießner is one of the most successful and committed representatives of analytical chemistry in Germany. From 1986 to 1989, he researched and taught with a C2 professorship at the University of Dortmund, and from 1989 until his retirement in 2017 with a C4 professorship at the Technical University of Munich. During this time, he also held visiting professorships in Austria, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong. With his work on aerosol and exhaust gas analysis, photoacoustics and micro-array chip-based test systems, including their practical implementation, he has provided significant impetus worldwide. With over 200 diploma and master's theses, over 160 supervised dissertations and support for 6 post-doctoral students, he is co-founder of a "Munich School of Analytical Chemistry".

Thanks to his scientific work, which includes well over 600 publications and over 30 patent applications, Reinhard Nießner is one of the most productive analysts in the world. With his objective and profound knowledge, he has always been a sought-after expert, also by politicians and the media. Reinhard Nießner is the recipient of the Heinrich Emmanuel Merck Prize, the Smoluchowski Prize for Aerosol Research, the Fritz Pregl Medal of the Austrian Society for Analytical Chemistry, the Fresenius Prize for Analytical Chemistry of the GDCh and the Hanns Malissa Lecture Award, among others.

As the first European Associate Editor of the journal "Analytical Chemistry", he has advanced analytical chemistry in Germany in many ways. In addition, he has been a committed member of the specialist group since 1984 and a long-standing author of the trend reports Analytical Chemistry in Nachrichten aus der Chemie.

With the award of the Clemens Winkler Medal to Professor Reinhard Nießner, the Division of Analytical Chemistry is honouring his outstanding scientific achievements and, in particular, his passionate commitment to the field of analytical chemistry."