ELIZA Fellow Klaus-Robert Müller Awarded 2026 Leibniz Prize

ELIZA Fellow Klaus-Robert Müller wins the Leibniz Prize 2026 for his contributions to ML theory and its application in the natural sciences.

ELIZA Fellow Klaus-Robert Müller Awarded Leibniz Prize

BERLIN – ELIZA is honored to announce that our Fellow, Prof. Dr. Klaus-Robert Müller of the Technische Universität Berlin, has been awarded the prestigious Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize.

The prize, considered Germany’s most important research award, recognizes Prof. Müller for his work in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Specifically, the German Research Foundation (DFG) highlighted his focus on the interdisciplinary application of AI in the natural sciences, particularly in physics and chemistry.

Prof. Müller, who currently leads the Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data (BIFOLD), is one of ten recipients. The award includes up to 2.5 million euros in research funding over seven years.

The official award ceremony will be held in Berlin on March 18, 2026. We extend our warmest congratulations to Prof. Müller on this significant achievement.