170901 IUPAC2017 V-MeyerOn the occasion of the IUPAC World Chemistry Congress in São Paulo, Brazil, on July 9 to 14, 2017, Natalia Tarasova, IUPAC president, awarded Veronika R. Meyer (left-hand on the photo) this prestigeous award for her outstanding contributions to develop and apply forefront analytical techniques for organic substances and her textbooks for HPLC practitioners that must be considered as standard texts for scientists involved with practical applications of HPLC. 

Following an apprenticeship as laboratory assistant, Veronika R. Meyer studied chemistry at the University of Applied Sciences in Burgdorf, Switzerland. From 1976 to 1998 she studied and worked at University of Bern, where she completed in 1989 her PhD thesis in chemistry. Afterwards she spent postdoctoral stays at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, and at the University of Delaware, USA. In 1996 she submitted her habilitation at the University of Bern, where she was teaching various topics of analytical chemistry in particular on High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). From 1998 to 2015 she worked at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research in St. Gallen.

Veronika R. Meyer is author of numerous papers in international journals. Her publications are primarily dealing with various aspects of practical applications of HPLC and with issues of quality assurance and control of analytical methods. However, much more relevant are her textbooks for HPLC practitioners that she authored in English and German language. These single author volumes must be considered as standard texts for scientists involved with practical applications of HPLC.

Since 2002 Veronika Meyer is a member of the board of the Division of Analytical Sciences of the Swiss Chemical Society. Within the analytical sciences community she played an excellent role as an interface between the forefront basic scientists and the more applied researchers, who use analytical methods in their daily activities. In 2006 Dr. Meyer became a member of the Advisory Board of the journal CHIMIA that is published by the Swiss Chemical Society. She started to edit a series of practically oriented papers under the title “Highlights of Analytical Chemistry in Switzerland”. Until the end of 2016 she managed the publication of 116 one-page articles that are considered to be extraordinary valuable for many analytical researchers.

Awardees of the IUPAC 2017 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering:

  • Prof. Misako Aida, Hiroshima University, Japan
  • Prof. Lifeng Chi, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
  • Prof. M. Concepción Gimeno, Institute of Chemical Synthesis and Homogeneous Catalysis (ISQCH), CSIC-University of Zaragoza, Spain
  • Dr Jaqueline Kiplinger, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
  • Prof. Zafra Lerman, Malta Conferences Foundation, Evanston, IL, United States
  • Prof. Thisbe K. Lindhorst, Universität Kiel, Germany
  • Prof. Ekaterina Lokteva, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
  • Prof. Yvonne Mascarenhas, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, Brazil
  • Dr Veronika Ruth Meyer, Empa St. Gallen (retired), Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland
  • Prof. Ingrid Montes-González, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Prof. Frances Separovic, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Prof. Jihong Yu, Jilin University, China

The awards program, initiated as part of the 2011 International Year of Chemistry celebrations, was created to acknowledge and promote the work of women chemists/chemical engineers worldwide. These 12 awardees have been selected based on excellence in basic or applied research, distinguished accomplishments in teaching or education, or demonstrated leadership or managerial excellence in the chemical sciences. The Awards Committee has been particularly interested in nominees with a history of leadership and/or community service during their careers.

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David Spichiger, SCS
01.09.2017

 

160315 CEJ CoverCelebrate International Women′s Day on March 8th 2016, Chemistry – A European Journal is publishing a special issue dedicated to women around the world currently working in chemical research.

The cover picture shows the frontispieces of the Concept, Review, and Minireview articles published in this issue, highlighting the broad range of chemistry that is currently being carried out by female researchers.

The entire issue is free to read until end of September, 2016:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.v22.11/issuetoc

 

David Spichiger, SCS
15.03.2016

 

The twelve awardees of the IUPAC 2015 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering have now been revealed. The awardees have been selected based on excellence in basic or applied research, distinguished accomplishments in teaching or education, or demonstrated leadership or managerial excellence in the chemical sciences. The Awards Committee has been particularly interested in nominees with a history of leadership and/or community service during their careers.

SCS especially contratulates Prof. Janet Hering, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science & Technology, Dübendorf, for receiving the award and is happy that the society could successfully support her in the application process.

Prof. Hering studied the occurrence and mobility of trace metals and other inorganic trace constituents in ambient waters and in treatment technologies for removing them from water.

The unifying theme of her research was that the same fundamental biogeochemical processes govern the behaviour of inorganic chemical species both in natural waters and in engineered water treatment systems. The research efforts in her group extend from molecular level spectroscopic investigations through bench-scale testing of treatment technologies to field studies of the fate and transport of inorganic chemicals in natural waters.

An Award ceremony will take place during the IUPAC World Chemistry Congress in Busan, Korea, on Tuesday, 11 August 2015 and coinciding with the symposium: Women in Chemistry: Gaining Momentum.

Source : http://www.iupac.org/news/

external link ETH website of Prof. Janet Hering

external link Eawag website of Prof. Janet Hering

 

 

David Spichiger, SCS
13.05.2015

 

 

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Brussels, 9 March 2015

On the occasion of International Women's Day, the European Commission is launching today the third edition of the EU Prize for Women Innovators to reward three women who have achieved outstanding innovations and brought them to market. The prize aims to raise awareness of the need for more female entrepreneurs and to inspire other women to follow in their footsteps. The first prize is worth €100 000, the second prize €50 000 and third prize €30 000.

The prize is being launched during a working lunch with outstanding women in academia, research, industry and media, hosted by the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation Carlos Moedas. The event reflects on how to increase the participation of women in research and innovation and their share of top positions in the industry and academia. Participants to the lunch include female rectors, previous winners of the EU Prize for Women Innovators, leaders of EU initiatives on gender equality, as well as both senior and young scientists.

Commissioner Moedas said: "There may have been some improvement in recent years but, in Europe, female researchers and entrepreneurs remain a minority. Whether economically, intellectually or socially, we cannot afford to continue missing out on this vast pool of untapped talent. The EU Prize for Women Innovators recognises women entrepreneurs for their valuable achievements, inspiring both men and women alike."

"Gender equality is not only a moral imperative but it also makes economic sense", said Věra Jourová, European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality. “Diversity is good for innovation and entrepreneurship, because it brings new talent and fresh ideas. The EU Prize for Women Innovators showcases female talent and can encourage other women to pursue careers in science and entrepreneurship where women are still underrepresented."

The contest is open to all women who have founded or co-founded their company and who have at some point of their careers benefitted from EU's research and innovation funding. Contestants will be able to submit their applications until 20 October 2015. A high-level jury will evaluate and select the three winners who will be announced in 2016. 

Background:

Gender equality is a cornerstone of the European Union and applies to all European policies including research and innovation.

Although there has been some improvement in recent years, great differences persist between the careers of female and male scientists and entrepreneurs. In 2012, 46% of the PhD graduates in the EU were women, but they represented only 33% of researchers. Just one on every ten universities in the European Union has a female rector, and 20% of researchers at the top grade of an academic career are women. Women represent only 30% of all entrepreneurs in Europe.

The EU Prize for Women Innovators Prize was launched in 2011 to give public recognition to outstanding women entrepreneurs who brought their innovative ideas to the market and to inspire other women to follow in their footsteps. The winners of the two previous editions are Saskia Biskup (Germany), Laura van 't Veer (The Netherlands), Ana Maiques (Spain), Gitte Neubauer (Germany), Fabienne Hermitte (France) and Ilaria Rosso (Italy).

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David Spichiger, SCS
16.03.2015

 

A call for nominations for the 2015 Distinguished Women in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering recognition award has been released by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

The purpose of the awards programme, initiated as part of the 2011 International Year of Chemistry celebrations, is to acknowledge and promote the work of women chemists/chemical engineers worldwide. That year, IUPAC recognised 24 of the leading women in chemistry from across the world with the “Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Award” at its biennial IUPAC World Chemistry Congress held in Puerto Rico, honouring the women chemists with both the award and a symposium in their honor. In 2013, 12 additional women were honoured with the award and a symposium in their honour at the IUPAC World Congress in Istanbul, Turkey.  The 2015 award ceremony will take place during the 2015 IUPAC Congress in August 2015 in Busan, Korea.

Awardees will be selected based on excellence in basic or applied research, distinguished accomplishments in teaching or education, or demonstrated leadership or managerial excellence in the chemical sciences. The Awards Committee is particularly interested in nominees with a history of leadership and/or community service during their careers.

Nomination

Each nomination requires a primary nominator and two secondary nominators who must each write a letter of recommendation in support of the nomination. A CV of the nominee is required. Self-nominations will not be accepted.

Nominations should be received by 15 February 2015 and submitted by e-mail to <>.

Presentation

Awardees will be honored at the 2015 IUPAC World Chemistry Congress in Busan, Korea during a celebration in their honor and a symposium. Each awardee will receive a certificate of recognition.

For additional information on the IUPAC 2015 Distinguished Women In Chemistry Awards, contact Fabienne Meyers at <>.

For detailed information click here.

 

 

 

David Spichiger, SCS
04.12.2014

 

  1. IUPAC 2013 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering - Call for nominations
  2. European Women in Chemistry", new Book by WILEY-VHC
  3. New: European Union Women Innovators prize
  4. Understanding Current Causes of Women's Underrepresentation in Science

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