| 2016 | Jürgen Janek | Gießen |
| 2015 | Friedrich Temps | Kiel |
| 2014 | Alexander Wokaun | Villigen |
| 2013 | Richard N. Zare | Stanford, CA |
| 2012 | Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus | Bielefeld |
| 2011 | Götz Eckold | Göttingen |
| 2010 | Manfred Martin | Aachen |
| 2009 | Charles Westbrook | Livermore, CA |
| 2007 | Joachim Maier | Stuttgart |
| 2005 | Klaus Dieter Becker | Braunschweig |
| 2004 | Martin Quack | Zürich |
| 2003 | Pierre van Tiggelen | Louvain-La-Neuve |
| 2002 | Ian W.M. Smith | Birmingham |
| 2000 | A.W. Castleman, jr. | State University Pennsylvania |
| 1999 | H.J. Werner | Stuttgart |
| 1998 | R.A. Marcus | Pasadema |
| 1997 | Bogdan Baronowski | Warschau |
| 1996 | Klaus Funke | Münster |
| 1995 | Klaus-Heinrich Homann | Darmstadt |
| 1994 | Gerhard M. Schneider | Bochum |
| 1993 | Hermann Schmalzried | Hannover |
| 1992 | Ernst U. Franck | Karlsruhe |