We are very pleased about the renewed nomination of Thomas Classen for the teaching award in the course ‘Chemistry for students of human and dental medicine’. We are particularly proud that his teaching performance - after being nominated and honoured for the online event in 2020 - is now also being recognised for the in-person event. Thomas Classen has been giving the lecture since 2016 and is continuously developing it to convey the subject matter to students in an understandable and entertaining way. We would like to once again express our sincere thanks to all those involved and to the students.