On 11 February 2026, the Adlershof Dissertation Prize was awarded once again. Dr Sascha Gaudlitz received the prize, worth €3,000, which is jointly sponsored and organised each year by Humboldt University of Berlin, the IGAFA e. V. research network and WISTA Management GmbH.
In his doctoral thesis, which was written in the working group of Prof. Dr. Markus Reiß at the Institute of Mathematics at Humboldt University in Berlin, Dr. Sascha Gaudlitz developed new statistical methods for reconstructing hidden dynamics in spatiotemporal systems that are determined by diffusive and reactive mechanisms. The central question of his research was the quantitative analysis of the extent to which additional spatial information increases the reconstruction accuracy of local interactions (reaction terms).
In addition to Dr Sascha Gaudlitz, two other researchers presented their work in the final round: Dr Petros Beleniotis, who completed his doctorate at the Ferdinand Braun Institute gGmbH, Leibniz Institute for High Frequency Technology, and at the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, developed methods for precise circuit design that improve the performance of future wireless technologies. As part of her doctoral thesis at the Institute of Chemistry at Humboldt University in Berlin, Dr Josefine Sprachmann researched organic molecules with unusual electronic structures, known as non-alternating hydrocarbons, as potential building blocks for novel materials.
About the Adlershof Dissertation Prize
Since 2002, Humboldt University of Berlin, WISTA Management GmbH and IGAFA have awarded the annual Adlershof Dissertation Prize to young researchers for outstanding scientific achievements in a dissertation completed in Adlershof. Dissertations that have been completed in the past 18 months with a grade of at least "very good" (magna cum laude) are considered. Three nominees present the topic of their work in short, easily understandable presentations, which are then evaluated and awarded based on research and presentation performance. Participants receive a bonus of €1,000 for their nomination, and the best performance in the dissertation prize is rewarded with €3,000.