Honors & Awards
Recognizing Excellence and Innovation in Cardiovascular Research
Members of the Boeckel Lab have received numerous awards and honors for their outstanding contributions to cardiovascular research, innovation, and academic excellence. These recognitions highlight the lab’s commitment to advancing RNA biology, fostering young scientific talent, and driving translational discoveries that shape the future of cardiovascular medicine.
Explore the full list of honors received by our team below.
2025
09-2025 – Jasmin Marga Kneuer – Innovations Prize for Clinical Research in Internal Medicine 2025 – Leipzig
08-2025 – Jes-Niels Boeckel – Top Reviewer 2024 Cardiovascular Research Journal
04-2025 – Jasmin Marga Kneuer & Jes-Niels Boeckel – Franz-Maximilian-Groedel Research Prize 2025
04-2025 – Jasmin Marga Kneuer – Travel Grant German Cardiac Society (DGK)
2024
12-2024 – Jes-Niels Boeckel – Top Reviewer 2023 Cardiovascular Research Journal
04-2024 – Luis Baum – Poster Award German Cardiac Society (DGK)
04-2024 – Jasmin Marga Kneuer – Travel Grant German Cardiac Society (DGK)
01-2024 – Clara Schneider – Scholarship Medical Faculty University Hospital Leipzig
01-2024 – Ignacy Grajek – PhD Scholarship Dresden Cardiovascular System Days 2024
01-2024 – Karoline Kokot – Junior Research Grant Medical Faculty University Hospital Leipzig
2023
10-2023 – Emily Schandert – Scholarship Collaborative Research Center 1052 “Mechanisms of Obesity”
05-2023 – Valerie Fürle – Young Investigator Fellowship EAS
05-2023 – Jasmin Marga Kneuer – Young Investigator Fellowship EAS
05-2023 – Jes-Niels Boeckel – Poster Award Cardiorenal Research Dialogue 2023
05-2023 – Luis Baum – Poster Award Cardiorenal Research Dialogue 2023
04-2023 – Karoline Kokot – Publication Prize of AG 10 “Chronic Heart Failure” (3rd place) – DGK Annual Meeting
04-2023 – Luis Baum – Scholarship Medical Faculty of the University Hospital Leipzig
04-2023 – Jasmin Marga Kneuer – Travel Grant German Cardiac Society (DGK)
04-2023 – Valerie Fürle – Travel Grant German Cardiac Society (DGK)
2022
09-2022 – Valerie Fürle – Scholarship Medical Faculty of the University Hospital Leipzig
07-2022 – Jasmin Marga Kneuer – Poster Award DGK/DZHK Joint Symposium “Targets in Heart Failure” – Würzburg
06-2022 – Vanina Filipova – Travel Grant Research Academy Leipzig
06-2022 – Jasmin Marga Kneuer – Travel Grant Research Academy Leipzig
05-2022 – Karoline Kokot – Poster Award Cardiorenal Research Dialogue 2022
05-2022 – Marie Schubert – Travel Grant Research Academy Leipzig
05-2022 – Jasmin Marga Kneuer – Poster Award Cardiorenal Research Dialogue 2022
04-2022 – Julian Hoba – Scholarship Medical Faculty of the University Hospital Leipzig
04-2022 – Karoline Kokot – Travel Grant German Cardiac Society (DGK)
03-2022 – Melanie Winkler – Travel Grant German Cardiac Society (DGK)
03-2022 – Jasmin Marga Kneuer – Hans-Kaffarnik Prize / Young Investigator Award 2022 Vascular Medicine and Atherosclerosis Congress
2021
11-2021 – Jasmin Marga Kneuer – Aletta Jacobs Memorial Award Society for Microcirculation and Vascular Biology (GFMVB)
10-2021 – Jes-Niels Boeckel – Paul Dudley White International Award 2021 American Heart Association (AHA)
09-2021 – Vanina Filipova – Scholarship Collaborative Research Center 1052 “Mechanisms of Obesity”
09-2021 – Melanie Winkler – Scholarship Medical Faculty University Hospital Leipzig
2020
09-2020 – Marie Schubert – Travel Grant Graduate Program – Collaborative Research Center 1052 “Mechanisms of Obesity”
09-2020 – Sascha Rittig – Travel Grant Graduate Program – Collaborative Research Center 1052 “Mechanisms of Obesity”
09-2020 – Jes-Niels Boeckel – Orlovic Nachwuchsfonds “Innovative Cardiology” 2020 – Dr. Marija Orlovic Foundation
09-2020 – Marie Schubert – Travel Grant Research Academy Leipzig
09-2020 – Sascha Rittig – Travel Grant Research Academy Leipzig
09-2020 – Annemarie Rusche – Scholarship Medical Faculty of the University Hospital Leipzig
09-2020 – Marie Schubert – Scholarship SFB1052
01-2020 – Maximilian Möbius-Winkler – Audience Award Leipzig Research Festival for Life Science
01-2020 – Lidia Gaal – Young Scientist Award Leipzig Research Festival for Life Science
01-2020 – Maximilian Möbius-Winkler – Young Scientist Award Leipzig Research Festival for Life Science
01-2020 – Michael Andritschke – PhD Scholarship Dresden Heart-Circulation Days 2020
2019
10-2019 – Sascha Rittig – Scholarship Medical Faculty University Hospital Leipzig
09-2019 – Lidia Gaal – Research Scholarship German Cardiac Society
04-2019 – Jes-Niels Boeckel – Travel Grant German Cardiac Society
04-2019 – Maximilian Möbius-Winkler – Scholarship Medical Faculty University Hospital Leipzig
03-2019 – Tim Meinecke – Scholarship Medical Faculty University Hospital Leipzig