EuCheMS Year Book 2017

The 2017 edition of the EuCheMS Year Book is now online! The Year Book provides an insightful overview of the EuCheMS Professional Networks, policy initiatives, conferences, events and much, much more. 

Link to EuCheMS 2017 Yearbook

Welcome to the EuCheMS 2017 Yearbook!

«It has been a great joy for me to serve as President of EuCheMS for the last 3 years and to meet so many fascinating, generous and highly motivated people.
When I was elected President-Elect in Budapest in 2013, I was warmly welcomed by the whole Executive Board and General Assembly, led by Ulrich Schubert (then President), Franco De Angelis (then Treasurer) and Nineta Hrastelj (Gen- eral Secretary). Since then I have visited many of you in your Member Societies, Divisions and Working Parties and have always been greeted with great affection and support. That is the real strength of EuCheMS. It is a community of chemists from 33 different countries all with different backgrounds, problems and personalities but with a shared commitment to improving chemistry and the lives of chemists in your countries and research areas. It has been a huge privilege to be able to work with you and I am certain that you will give the same warm welcome to Pilar Goya as she starts her term as President and to Eckart Rühl, who has already taken over as Treasurer. [...] »

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Publisher and Copyright
European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS) aisbl Rue du Trône 62
1050, Brussels, Belgium
+32 2 289 25 67
www.euchems.eu
The Editors: Nineta Hrastelj, Marta Kucza, Alex Schiphorst

David Spichiger, SCS
19.03.2018

Call for contributions: 3rd Small Molecule Activation Conference, Bahamas, February 2019

Following the success of the second SMA conference in Cancun, which took place in May 2016 we are delighted to be organising a third series. 

Small molecules are constituents of the air we breathe (e.g. N₂, O₂, CO₂) and take part in element cycles and various metabolic processes. Further representatives (e.g. H₂, CO, CH₄) are produced/converted in nature under anaerobic conditions or in industrial processes on large scales. Hence, small molecules such as those mentioned are readily accessible and comparatively inexpensive, so that it is highly desirable to include them into syntheses of value-added products or to use them as reservoirs of chemical energy (fuels). However, at the same time they are typically quite thermodynamically stable, so that their utilization requires an activation step. The topic of this conference will thus be concerned with various aspects of small molecule activation, with a focus on molecular insights. It provides a stimulating and interdisciplinary environment for both senior scientists and young researchers to discuss latest progress in the field.

Key Sessions

1. H₂ Activation
2. N₂ Activation
3. N_xO_y Activation
4. O₂ Activation
5. H₂O₂ Activation
6. Reactive N_xH_y Species
7. CO_x Chemistry 
8. C_xH_y Conversion

Confirmed Plenary Speakers

• Mu-Hyun Baik (KAIST)
• Marcetta Darensbourg (Texas A&M University)
• William Evans (University of California, Irvine)
• Karsten Meyer (Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg)
• David Milstein (Weizmann Institute of Science)

Confirmed Keynote Speakers

• Oliver Einsle (University of Freiburg)
• Alan Goldman (Rutgers University)
• Osamu Ishitani (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
• Daniel Stack (Stanford University)

Confirmed Invited Speakers

• Simon Aldridge (University of Oxford)
• Elodie Anxolabéhère-Mallart (Université Paris Diderot)
• Donald Darensbourg (Texas A&M University)
• Carole Duboc (University Joseph Fourier- Grenoble) 
• Lutz H. Gade (Universität Heidelberg)
• Trevor Hayton (UC Santa Barbara)
• Sonja Herres-Pawlis (RWTH Aachen University)
• Eva Hevia (University of Strathclyde)
• Rhett Kempe (University of Bayreuth)
• Karl Kirchner (TU Wien)
• Yunho Lee (KAIST)
• Connie Lu (University of Minnesota)
• Neal Mankad (University of Illinois at Chicago)
• Hideki Masuda (Nagoya Institute of Technology)
• Franc Meyer (Universität Göttingen)
• Jan Paradies (Universität Paderborn)
• Michael Shevlin (Merck)
• Jalila Simaan (Aix-Marseille Université)
• Nathaniel Szymczak (University of Michigan)
• Timothy Warren (Georgetown University)

Registration Deadlines

• Early bird – 31 Aug 2018
• Talk Submission – 31 Aug 2018
• Last Chance – 05 Dec 2018
• Poster Submission – 05 Dec 2018

Website: https://www.fusion-conferences.com/conference83.php

David Spichiger, SCS
09.03.2018

Open Position at Uni Basel: Professor in Nanomaterials

The Department of Chemistry of the University of Basel in Switzerland is inviting applications for a

Professorship in Nanomaterials.

The Department shares with the University the focal areas nano- and life sciences as well as energy research. Interdisciplinary and interdepartmental research approaches are particularly supported by the Swiss Nanoscience Institute.

Your position

An ideal research profile should complement both the Department's portfolio and the NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering initiative. He or she will be engaged in the self-management of the Department, and will contribute to teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The position can be filled either at the assistant (tenure-track) or the associate professor level. The University of Basel has an established program for career progression allowing promotion to associate and full professor upon successful evaluation.

Your profile

The successful candidate will have an internationally recognized research program, an outstanding publication record, strong communication and teaching skills. We are particularly interested in exceptional candidates developing, characterizing, and exploring inorganic nanomaterials.

We offer you

The Department of Chemistry offers an internationally competitive research facility in an inspiring and supportive scientific environment. The Department is located near the center of Basel, a town which provides a stimulating and supportive atmosphere for interdisciplinary research thanks to the strong presence of science institutes as well as the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

Application / Contact

Applications, including CV, list of publications and a short research summary, should be sent by email as a single pdf to Prof. Dr. Martin Spiess, Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, 4056 Basel, Switzerland (). For informal inquiries please contact Prof. Dr. Marcel Mayor, Head of the Department of Chemistry, University of Basel ().

The deadline for receipt of applications is April 30, 2018. The University of Basel is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from female candidates.

www.unibas.ch

David Spichiger, SCS
08.03.2018

Scientiæ & Robotica 2018: Call for Workshop contributions

5.–8. September, 2018, EPFL, Lausanne
Weiterbildung für Lehrpersonen der Sekundarstufe II
Formation continue pour les enseignantes du secondaire II

Der Kongress richtet sich an Lehrpersonen der Naturwissenschaften und der Mathematik der Sekundarstufe II sowie an Interessierte aus anderen Fachbereichen und Lehrstufen. Das Programm, bestehend aus Vorträgen und Workshops, bietet den Teilnehmenden die Möglichkeit, Verbindungen zwischen Robotik und Wissenschaftsbildung zu entdecken sowie über die Fach- und Sprachgrenzen hinaus Kontakte zu knüpfen und sowohl mit Kolleginnen und Kollegen als auch renommierten internationalen und nationalen Wissenschaftern Ideen auszutauschen.

Arbeitsbereiche

• Biologie und Robotik
• Chemie und Robotik
• Informatik und Robotik
• Mathematik und Robotik
• Physik und Robotik
  
  

Teilbereich Chemie und Robotik

Die Chemie liefert ständig neue und immer besser entwickelte Materialien, um den Bedürfnissen der Robotik gerecht zu werden: leichte, widerstandsfähige, biomimetische Materialien, immer kleinere leistungsfähige Batterien - Materialien, die über die Grenzen der Robotik hinausgehen. Umgekehrt kann die Robotik die Chemie automatisieren, kontinuierlich Analyseresultate liefern, kontinuierliche chemische Reaktionen durchführen, oder unter extremen chemischen Bedingungen arbeiten: Die Beziehung zwischen Chemie und Robotik ist also sehr eng. Die Forscher erschaffen sogar « molekulare Motoren », Verbindungen aus Atomen, die wie Roboter arbeiten. Chemie und Robotik, eng miteinander verbunden.

Call für Workshop Beiträge

Interessierte Lehrpersonen, die gerne einen Workshop zu Robotik, Automation oder Big Data im Bereich Chemie anbieten möchten, melden sich bei der SCG über oder direkt bei den Organisatoren via .
Neben Spesenrückvergütungen wird ein Honorar für die Durchführung der Workshops ausbezahlt. Möglich sind Arbeitsblöcke von 45min oder 90min.

Website: http://scientiaerobotica.ch/

Kontakt

Comité scientiae & robotica
c/o Francesco Mondada
bureau MEB3426, LSRO-EPFL
Station 9
CH-1015 Lausanne

David Spichiger, SCS
05.03.2018