Kerstin Mayer received the PhD price 2018 from „Bund der Freunde der Technischen Universität München e.V.“ endowed with 1500.- €. The price was awarded on Dec 7th 2018 during a general assembly of the „Bund der Freunde der Technischen Universität München e.V.“. The honored work with the titel "Molecular Tetrel and Pentel Element Anions – Productive Source for Intermetalloid Clusters and Materials“ was conducted at the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry with Focus on Novel Materials.