| 2024 | Aude Zingraff-Hamed | Dr. rer.nat. | Nature-based solutions to mitigate natural hazards: Governance context of the blue solutions | Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ingrid Kögel-Knabner, Dekanin der TUM School of Life Sciences |
| 2020 | Thomas Wöhling | Dr. rer. nat. | Towards Improved Practice of Model Calibration and Uncertainty Quantification in Hydrological Modelling | Prof. Dr. Christian Bernhofer, Institut für Hydrologie und Meteorologie, Technische Universität Dresden |
| 2020 | Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen | Dr.Techn. | Panta Rhei - Non-stationarity in planning, designing and operating urban drainage systems | Prof. Peter Bauer-Gottwein, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) |
| 2019 | Jörg Dietrich | Dr.-Ing. habil. | Wasserwirtschaft unter globalem Wandel - Herausforderungen und Lösungswege für die Simulation von Flussgebieten | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Haberlandt, Leibniz Universität Hannover |
| 2018 | Konrad Koch | Dr.-Ing. habil. | Improving the efficiency of anaerobic digestion processes | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg E. Drewes, TU München |
| 2015 | Eva Nora Paton (geb. Müller) | Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. | The ecohydrological transfers, interactions and degradation arising from highintensity storm events | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Bronstert, Universität Potsdam |