Honorary councillors and honorary doctorates

Walter Fust
for his pioneering spirit, his entrepreneurial achievements, his role model function and his great commitment to students with entrepreneurial ambitions.

Dr Andréa M. Maechler
for her great commitment to promoting technology transfer to the economy, particularly in the field of Computer Science, and for her role as a role model for women in management positions.

Professor Jason W. Chin
for his pioneering achievements in the expansion of the genetic code.

Professor Scott E. Denmark
for the development of new catalysis concepts and useful synthesis methods as well as detailed mechanistic and stereochemical studies of preparatively important reactions.

Professor Helen H. Hobbs
for the discovery of human genetic variants that alter cholesterol levels and the distribution of other lipids and enable personalised approaches to the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and liver diseases.

Professor Maria Leptin
for the discovery of molecular and cellular mechanisms of gastrulation and for her exemplary commitment to the scientific community and the promotion of excellence as Director of EMBO and President of the European Research Council.

Professor Susan Trumbore
for their key role in understanding the interactions between the biosphere, the carbon cycle and the Earth's climate, and their service to the wider scientific community.