KGF-SCS Industrial Science Award Ceremonies 2016
On the occasion of the SCS Fall Meeting Dinner Dr. Alain De Mesmaeker, President of the SCS and member of the KGF board awarded the KGF-SCS Industrial Science Award winners 2016. More than 60 guests from academia and industry joined the ceremony and the dinner at the Zunfthaus zum Rüden in Zürich on September 14, 2016, and paid homage to the prize winners.
In the name of the SCS Award board and the SCS Board of Directors we like to congratulate again to the winners.
KGF-SCS Senior Industrial Science Award 2016
CHF 10'000. The award was given to
Dr. Eric Francotte, Novartis Pharma AG,
for his outstanding contributions to chromatographic resolution of racemic compounds on optically active polymers as chiral stationary phases and his pioneering work in implementing new preparative chromatographic techniques.
and
Prof. Peter Nesvadba, BASF Schweiz AG,
for his groundbreaking contributions to the discovery and development of novel stabilizers for monomers and polymers, novel dyes, first industrial realization of controlled radical polymerization, to the development of safe alternatives to organic peroxides and for his engagement as bridge builder between academia and industry.
KGF-SCS Industrial Science Award 2016
CHF 7'000. The award was given to
Dr. Martin H. Bolli, Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd,
for his excellent contributions in medicinal chemistry culminating in the discovery and development of Macitentan, a drug for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
and
Dr. Andreas Herrmann, Firmenich SA,
for his essential contributions to make profragrance chemistry an interdisciplinary research area and to establish it as a key technology for fragrance delivery
Winners of the Best Oral Presentation Award at the SCS Fall Meeting 2016
On the occasion of the SCS Fall Meeting 2016, that took place on September 15 at University of Zürich, Metrohm sponsored again the Best Oral Presentation Award. Dr. Markus Steinke, Vice President Marketing at Metrohm, awarded the following winners:
Analytical Sciences | |
Winner: | Rahel Bucher, University of Zurich |
Runner up: | Lyndsey Hendriks, ETH Zurich |
Catalysis Science & Engineering | |
Winner: | Waiz Karim, ETH Zurich/ Paul Scherrer Institute |
Runner up: | Vladimir Paunovic, ETH Zurich |
Computational Chemistry | |
Winner: | Christopher Stein, ETH Zurich |
Runner up: | Clelia Spreafico, ETH Zurich |
Inorganic & Coordination Chemistry | |
Winner: | Deven Paul Estes, ETH Zurich |
Runner up: | Suzanne Maria Jansze, EPF Lausanne |
Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology | |
Winner: | Olivia Paula Schmidt, University of Zurich |
Organic Chemistry | |
Winner: | David Kossler, EPF Lausanne |
Runner up: |
Dominik Lotter, University of Basel |
Physical Chemistry | |
Winner: | Dominik Józef Kubicki, EPF Lausanne |
Runner up: | Maarten van Reijzen, EPF Lausanne |
Polymers, Colloids & Interfaces | |
Winner: | Milad Radiom, University of Geneva |
Runner up: | Ralph Z. Lange, ETH Zurich |
- certificate and cash contribution of CHF 500.00 Prizes for Runners‘ up |
Winners of the Best Poster Presentation Awards at the SCS Fall Meeting 2016
On the occasion of the SCS Fall Meeting 2016, that took place on September 15 at University of Zürich, DSM Nutritional Products sponsored again the Best Poster Presentation Award. Dr. Roman Imhof from DSM awarded the following winners:
Analytical Sciences | |
Winner: | Liviana Klein, ETH Zurich |
Runner up: | Benjamin Spenger, EMPA |
Elena-Diana Burghelea, HES-SO | |
Catalysis Science & Engineering | |
Winner: | Vincent Lebrun, University of Basel |
Runner up: | Aswin Gopakumar, EPF Lausanne |
Athanasia Tsoukalou, ETH Zurich | |
Computational Chemistry | |
Winner: | Gregor Nils Simm, ETH Zurich |
Runner up: | Akshaya Kumar Das, University of Basel |
Inorganic & Coordination Chemistry | |
Winner: | Marta Falcone, EPF Lausanne |
Runner up: | Vivian Marina Merk, ETH Zurich |
Thibaud Rossel, Gymnase français de Bienne | |
Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology | |
Winner: | Fabian Brockmeyer, Northeastern University |
Marc Heitz, University of Bern | |
Runner up: | Fahimeh Moradi-Afrapoli, University of Basel |
Isabel P. Kerschgens, University of Zurich | |
Organic Chemistry | |
Winner: | Franck le Vaillant, EPF Lausanne |
Runner up: |
Santiago Lascano, University of Geneva |
Yun-Suk Jang, EPF Lausanne |
|
Physical Chemistry | |
Winner: | Marine Eva Fedora Bouduban, EPF Lausanne |
Runner up: | Maximilian Beyer, ETH Zurich |
Joseph Samuel Beckwith, University of Geneva | |
Polymers, Colloids & Interfaces | |
Winner: | Fabian Deuber, ZHAW |
Runner up: | Yee Song Ko, EPF Lausanne |
G. Nedelcu, ETH Zurich |
- certificate and cash contribution of CHF 500.00 Prizes for Runners‘ up |
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16.09.2016
Newsletter SCNAT September 2016
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