Prof. Dr. Jürgen Popp, scientific director of IPHT and professor at the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, received the Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award 2016 for his substantial contributions to the field of applied spectroscopy. Prof. Popp is only the second non-American to receive this prestigious award in its almost sixty-year history. [The PDF below contains the full German press release]