# Awards

**Source**: https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/awards
**Parent**: https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news

## [New Materials: Electrical Energy from Heat](https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/awards/news/neue-materialien-elektrische-energie-aus-waerme)

09. December 2025

© A. Pustogow / TU Wien

A completely new idea for metallic materials that can directly convert heat into electric power—and vice versa—was developed by Andrej Pustogow. For…

## [How Molecules Measure the Difference Between Left and Right](https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/awards/news/molekuele-messen-den-unterschied-zwischen-rechts-und-links)

09. December 2025

© T. Langen / TU Wien

How symmetric are the laws of nature? This is one of the central questions in modern physics. Tim Langen has developed a new method to investigate…

## [A New Way of Seeing the Nano World](https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/awards/news/eine-neue-art-die-nano-welt-zu-sehen)

09. December 2025

© P. Haslinger / TU Wien

How can electron microscopy be combined with the measurement of magnetic spins? Philipp Haslinger is developing a new type of measurement technique,…

## [TU Wien Research Data Repository earns CoreTrustSeal](https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/awards/news/tu-wien-research-data-repository-erhaelt-coretrustseal-1)

11. November 2025

© TU Wien / Vlad Dancea

This certification places TU Wien among the top players in the open repositories league.

## [Zeta Avarikioti winner of the Hedy Lamarr Preis 2025](https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/awards/news/zeta-avarikioti-gewinnt-den-hedy-lamarr-preis-2025)

17. October 2025

© UIV/Clemens Schniedbauer

The City of Vienna honors the expert for Blockchain Technologies for her work on secure, scalable, and interoperable blockchain protocols.

## [New Methods for the Mysteries of Black Holes](https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/awards/news/neue-methoden-fuer-die-raetsel-der-schwarzen-loecher)

04. September 2025

© FWF/Der Knopfdrücker

Gerben Oling conducts research on the geometry of space and time. He develops novel methods that make open questions accessible. For this, he has been…

## [Pushing the Boundaries of Quantum Experiments](https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/awards/news/die-grenzen-der-quantenphysik-verschieben)

04. September 2025

© Luiza Puiu

How can quantum experiments be carried out with objects that seem far too large? Uroš Delić is redefining the limits of quantum research – and has…

## [Günter Blöschl and the world of water](https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/awards/news/guenter-bloeschl-und-die-welt-des-wassers-1)

27. August 2025

© Jonas Borg / SWF

The “Water Nobel Prize” goes to Günter Blöschl from TU Wien: The flood expert receives the Stockholm Water Prize from the Swedish Academy of Sciences.

## [Huge success for VAMPIRE](https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/awards/news/riesenerfolg-fuer-vampire)

08. August 2025

© TU Wien Informatics

Winner of the CADE ATP System Competition and recipient of the Distinguished Paper Award

## [“Water Nobel Prize” for Prof. Günter Blöschl](https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/awards/news/wassernobelpreis-fuer-prof-guenter-bloeschl-1)

20. March 2025

The Stockholm Water Prize, awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Stockholm Water Foundation, goes to TU Wien flood researcher Günter…