Supervisory Award
The Supervisory Award recognizes excellence in the support of next-generation academic talent since 2018 and is awarded by the Graduate Council of the TUM, the body representing the university’s doctoral candidates.
The Bund der Freunde of the Technical University of Munich e. V. funds the 5,000 Euro prize money, which must be channeled to the benefit of doctoral candidates.
The recipients of the Supervisory Award, awarded by the TUM Graduate Council, are listed below:
Professorship for Innovation and Digitalization (TUM School of Management)
Prof. Dr. Jens Foerderer received 2023 the TUM Supervisory Award „in recognition of his outstanding supervision of doctoral students and the associated conscientious training of young academics, which he carries out with exemplary care and passion.“
Professorship for Discrete Mathematics (TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology)
Prof. Dr. Stefan Weltge received 2022 the TUM Supervisory Award „in recognition of his outstanding supervision of doctoral students and the associated conscientious training of young scientists, which he carries out with exemplary care and passion.“
Professorship for Algorithmic Game Theory (Department of Informatics).
Prof. Dr. Felix Brandt received the 2021 TUM Supervisory Award "in recognition of his exemplary supervision and commitment to the education of doctoral students."
Professorship for Experimental Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Faculty of Medicine)
Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Karampinos received the TUM Supervisory Award in 2020 "in recognition of his outstanding supervision of doctoral students and the conscientious training of young scientists and scholars that goes hand in hand with this, which he carries out with prudence and passion in an exemplary manner”.
Professor for Bioseparation Engineering (Department of Mechnial Engineering)
Prof. Dr. Sonja Berensmeier received the TUM Supervisory Award in 2019.
Assistant Professor for Neuroelectronics (Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering)
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Wolfrum received the TUM Supervisory Award in 2018.