From the laudation:

“Together with his research group, Hans Ulrich Bambauer provided the scientific explanation for the technique developed in Innsbruck to dispose of flue gas cleaning residues by producing a ‘stabilisate.’ (...) In subsequent research projects on pollutant immobilization, in which Hans Ulrich Bambauer played a leading role, this disposal concept was successfully extended to flue gas cleaning residues from municipal waste incineration plants. (...)

The scientific achievements of Hans Ulrich Bambauer can only be fully appreciated by recognizing his outstanding contributions to fundamental mineralogical research. (...)

The German Mineralogical Society and its Commission for Applied Mineralogy honor Professor Hans Ulrich Bambauer as a scientist who, in an exemplary manner, succeeded in building bridges between fundamental mineralogical research and environmental protection.”