In the years 2010-2024, the Working Group Separation Science of the GDCh Division Analytical Chemistry awarded the Eberhard Gerstel Prize every two years for an outstanding publication in the field of analytical separation techniques in an internationally recognised, peer-reviewed journal. The prize was aimed at young scientists and the decisive selection criteria for the award were originality, scientific, methodological or technical significance as well as the independence of the work. The award was traditionally presented during the analytica conference held in Munich in even years. The prize money was donated by GERSTEL GmbH & Co KG (Mülheim an der Ruhr), which was founded in 1967 by Eberhard Gerstel and has developed into a leading global provider of systems and solutions for automated sample preparation and sample application in GC/MS and LC/MS.

The Eberhard Gerstel Prize 2024, donated by Gerstel GmbH & Co. KG, Mülheim an der Ruhr, was awarded on 9 April 2024 as part of the analytica conference 2024 in Munich to M.Eng. Anish Das (University of Leipzig).

For outstanding achievements in the field of analytical separation techniques and in recognition of his contribution as first author to the publication "On-the-Fly Mass Spectrometry in Digital Microfluidics Enabled by a Microspray Hole: Toward Multidimensional Reaction Monitoring in Automated Synthesis Platforms" (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 10353-10360).

The Eberhard Gerstel Prize was awarded on 21 June 2022 at the analytica conference 2022 to Dr Christoph Gstöttner (Leiden University Medical Center, Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics) . His publication "Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry as a Tool to Unravel Proteoform-Specific Antibody-Receptor Interactions" in the journal Analytical Chemistry 2021, 93, 15133-15141 was honoured.

The Eberhard Gerstel Prize 2020 was awarded to Sebastian K. Piendl (Leipzig University) as part of the virtual analytica conference 2020 . His publication "2D in Seconds: Coupling of Chip-HPLC with Ion Mobility Spectrometry" in Analytical Chemistry 2019, 91, 7613-7620 was honoured.

Award of the Eberhard Gerstel Prize 2018 to Josef Heiland (University of Leipzig) during the analytica conference 2018 for his publication "Temperature Gradient Elution and Superheated Eluents in Chip-HPLC" in Analytical Chemistry 2017, 89, 3266-3271.

The prize has not yet been announced.