Awards

The Alfred Wegener Institute is an excellent place to pursue vocational training – and we are proud that not only we see it that way, but the great performance of our apprentices and thus also the high quality of our training has been confirmed externally again and again.

AWI apprentices from all different areas have won awards and been honoured in recent years for their achievements, such as:

  • Kerstin Oetjen – Best Biological Laboratory Technician at the National and State Level in 2009, AWI Staff Award 2010
  • Tina Brenneis – Second-Best Biological Laboratory Technician at the National Level in 2009, AWI Staff Award 2010
  • Dennis Düde and Angelo Steinbach, IT Specialists – AWI Staff Award 2010
  • Nina Machner, Office Clerk – Graduation with Honours, honoured by the Chamber of Commerce in 2010
  • Tobias Davidek, IT Specialist – AWI-DKB Training Award for Junior Staff at Research Institutions in 2011
  • Charlyn Völker, Biological Laboratory Technician – Graduation with Honours, honoured by the Chamber of Commerce in 2011
  • Sina Fink – Best Office Clerk at the State Level, honoured by the Chamber of Commerce in 2013
  • Imke Luedecke, Biological Laboratory Technician – Graduation with Honours, honoured by the Chamber of Commerce in 2013
  • Caroline Otten, Biological Laboratory Technician – Graduation with Honours, honoured by the Chamber of Commerce in 2013
  • Fabian Mangels, IT specialist - Graduation with Honours, honoured by the Chamber of Commerce and the vocational school in 2015
  • Karim Zanaty, Biological Laboratory Technician – Graduation with Honours, honoured by the Chamber of Commerce in 2015
  • Jennifer Krainert, Office Clerk - Graduation with Honours 2016
  • Alek Bolte, Biological Laboratory Technician – Graduation with Honours 2017