We are delighted to report that Professor Hans Reich has won the Arfvedson Schlenk Award from the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (German Chemical Society) for his outstanding research in organolithium chemistry. The award is named after Gustav Arfvedson, the chemist who discovered the element lithium in 1817, and Wilhelm Schlenk, a pioneer in organolithium chemistry. Hans will receive his award in Ulm at the GDCh Science Forum in September. Congratulations Hans!