Award Committees
Two selection committees are in charge of evaluating the nominations and selecting the awardees under the coordination of the Institute for Advanced Study of the Technical University of Munich (TUM-IAS).
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International Pre-Selection Committee
The international Pre-Selection Committee consists of 10 to 15 international professors, researchers, and entrepreneurs. These highly renowned experts are identified yearly by the NST and TUM depending on the topics of the award.
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TUM Final Selection Committee
The TUM Final Selection Committee is composed of professors from different TUM Schools and institutions who are familiar with sustainability-related research and entrepreneurship.
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Chairman
Prof. Dr. med.
Dr. h.c. Michael Molls
Director of TUM Institute for Advanced Study
Members of the 2025
Pre-selection committee
Prof. Akissa Bahri
National Agronomic
Institute of Tunisia
Prof. Fangruo Chen
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Antai College of Economics and Management
Prof. Daniel Duah
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Department of Architecture
Mr. Östen Ekengren
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute (retired)
Prof. Daniel Gianola
University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences
Prof. Molly Jahn
University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
Prof. Atya Kapley
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur
Environmental Biotechnology and Genomics Division
Prof. Stuart Khan
University of Sydney, School of Civil Engineering
Dr. Rolf Nagel
MVP Management GmbH
Mr. Youssef Nassef
UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Dr. Sandra Pitta-Alvarez
University of Buenos Aires
University of the City of Buenos Aires
CONICET - National Council for Scientific and Technological Research
Prof. Arno Schlüter
ETH Zürich
Professorship of Architecture and Building Systems
Prof. Noelle Selin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Institute for Data, Systems, and Society and Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Prof. Bernhard Schrefler
University of Padua
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
Dr. Theresa Visarius
IPS Biopharma AG
VP Business Development, Immunophotonics, Inc.
Prof. Christopher Webster
The University of Hong Kong
Department of Urban Planning and Design
Members of the 2025
TUM selection committee
Prof. Dr. Ann-Kristin Achleitner
TUM Distinguished Affiliated Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance Studies
Prof. Silke Beck
Sociology of Science
TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Disse
European and Global Governance
TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology
Prof. Dr. phil. Eugénia da
Conceição-Heldt
European and Global Governance
TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Jürgen Geist
Aquatic Systems Biology
TUM School of Life Sciences
Prof. Dr.Hanna Hottenrott
Economics of Innovation
TUM School of Management
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Ingrid Kögel-Knabner
Soil Science
TUM School of Life Sciences
Prof. Dr. Annette Menzel
Ecoclimatology
TUM School of Life Sciences
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Lang
Energy-Efficient, Sustainable
Building and Planning
TUM School of Engineering and Design (Vice President Sustainable Transformation)
Prof. Dr. sc. agr. habil. Chris-Carolin Schön
Plant Breeding
TUM School of Life Sciences
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Volker Sieber
Chemistry of Biogenic ResourcesTUM Campus Straubing (Dean)
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