Photos of the SCS Fall Meeting, Sep 5-6, 2019

The SCS Fall Meeting 2019 took place at Irchel Campus of University of Zürich on September 6, 2019.

More than 100 lectures and short talks in eight parallel sessions and a poster session with about 420 poster formed the scientific program. 20 companies presented their services and products in a commercial exhibition.

Website of the SCS Fall Meeting 2019

Photos of the SCS Fall Meeting 2019

Dinner in the Zunfthaus zur Waag, September 5, 2019

Best Oral Presentation Award Ceremony

Best Poster Presentation Award Ceremony

Ceremony of the SCS Helvetica Prize 2019

Laureates speakers

Invited speakers and short talk speakers

Winners of the Exhibitor Challenge

General conference picutres and exhibition

Photos: H.P. Lühti, SCS

Dinner in the Zunfthaus zur Waag, September 5, 2019

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Laureates speakers

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Invited speakers and short talk speakers

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Winners of the Exhibitor Challenge

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General conference picutres and exhibition

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David Spichiger, SCS
10.09.2019

Helvetica Prize of the SCS 2019 awarded to Jovana Milić and Kevin Weiland

On the occasion of the SCS Fall Meeting 2019 Helvetica, represented by its eidtors in chief, Prof. Christophe Copéret and Prof. Jeff Bode, as well als Helvetica Managing Editor Dr. Richard Smith, awarded the Helvetica Prize of the Swiss Chemical Society for the best published papers of PhD/Postdocs 2018/19 in Helvetica Chimica Acta to Jovana Milić and Kevin Weiland. The prize is endowed with CHF 1'000 for the winner and CHF 500 for the runner up.

1^st Prize: Jovana V. Milić (ETH Zurich, Group of Prof. François Diederich)
Title of the publication: «Thioether-Functionalized Quinone-Based Resorcin[4]arene Cavitands: Electroswitchable Molecular Actuators»
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.201800225

2^nd Prize: Kevin J. Weiland (University of Basel, Group of  Prof. Marcel Mayor)
Title of the publication: «A Chiral Macrocyclic Oligothiophene with Broken Conjugation – Rapid Racemization through Internal Rotation»
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.201800205

It's the first time that the Journal in collaboration with the SCS awards this distinction. It highlights scienific excellence of two young researchers and both of them gave a 3min short communication at the SCS Fall Meeting 2019 at University of Zurich on September 6, 2019

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David Spichiger, SCS
10.09.2019

Winners of the Best Poster Presentation Awards at the SCS Fall Meeting 2019

In collaboration with DSM Nutritional Products, SCS offered again the very attractive and prestigious Fall Meeting Best Poster Award program. Combined with the Best Oral Presentation Awards program this is probably the most highly remunerated award program in the field, and we are very proud and happy to cooperate with our sponsoring partners. We wish to express our sincere gratitude to DSM Nutritional Products Ltd for their generous support and congratulate all winners for their fantastic contributions.

Dr. Thomas Netscher, Principal Scientist at DSM and SCS Senior Industrial Science Award Winner, awarded a total of 23 winners at the end of the SCS Fall Meeting at University of Zurich on September 6, 2019.

Winners of the Best Poster Presentation Awards 2019

Photos: H.P. Lühti, SCS

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David Spichiger, SCS
10.09.2019

Winners of the Best Oral Presentation Awards at the SCS Fall Meeting 2019

In collaboration with Metrohm, SCS offered again the very attractive and prestigious Fall Meeting Best Oral Presentation Award program. Combined with the Best Poster Presentation Awards program this is probably the most highly remunerated award program in the field, and we are very proud and happy to cooperate with our sponsoring partners. We wish to express our sincere gratitude to Metrohm for their generous support and congratulate all winners for their fantastic contributions.

Markus Steinke, representative of Merohm, awarded a total of 15 winners at the end of the SCS Fall Meeting at University of Zurich on September 6, 2019.

Winners of the Best Oral Presentation Awards 2019

Analytical Sciences
Winner: Jerome Kaeslin, ETH Zurich
Runner-up: Irina Diukova; EPFL Lausanne

Catalysis Sciences & Engineering
Winner: Christopher Gordon, ETH Zurich
Runner-up: Rene Wick-Joliat, University of Zurich

Computational Chemistry
Winner: Alberto Fabrizio, EPFL Lausanne
Runner-up: Johan Runeson, ETH Zurich

Inorganic Chemistry
Winner: Jordan Meyet, ETH Zurich
Runner-up: Deepu Babu, EPFL Lausanne

Medicinal Chemistry
Winner: Kris Meier, University of Bern

Organic Chemistry
Winner: Nicole Hauser, ETH Zurich
Runner-up: Ronan Rocaboy, University of Basel

Physical Chemistry
Winner: Oliviero Cannelli, EPFL Lausanne
Runner-up: Evelyne Parmentier, ETH Zurich

Polymers, Colloids & Interfaces
Winner: Enzo Bomal, EPFL Lausanne
Runner-up: Fabienne Schwab, University of Fribourg 

Photos: Hans Peter Lüthi, SCS

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David Spichiger, SCS
10.09.2019