Since 2016, the department of physics, together with the Walter Greiner Society, has been awarding the annual Niko Claus Teaching Award for excellence in teaching. Individual educators or groups of educators can be nominated by any member of the department. The award ceremony takes place annually; the selection process is carried out by a commission, which considers several selection criteria. The award is sponsored by Dr. Dr. h.c. Nikolaus Hensel and Claus Wisser.
The following people have been honored
Award Winners
2025 Prof. Dr. Thomas Wilhelm
2024 Dr. Oliver Klein
2023 Prof. Dr. Eberhard Engel
2022 Dr. Dr. Matthias Hanauske
2021 Julia Sammet
2020 Prof. Dr. Luciano Rezzolla
2019 Dr. Georg Wille
2018 Prof. Dr. Cornelius Krellner, Dr. Francesca Cuteri, Dr. Alessandro Sciarra
2017 Dr. Marcus Iberler
2016 Prof. Dr. Marc Wagner