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David Spichiger, SCS
15.01.2016

Springer Heterocyclic Chemistry Award 2016 goes to Jérôme Waser

Young Swiss scientist honoured for his outstanding research 

Heidelberg | New York, 11 January 2016

The Springer Heterocyclic Chemistry Award 2016 has been given to Jérôme Waser from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) for his exceptional research achievements. Waser has contributed significantly to the advancement of multiple areas of heterocyclic chemistry, and his highly original work has already had an impact in academia and industry. The award will be presented at the European Colloquium on Heterocyclic Chemistry in Amsterdam from 3 to 6 July 2016.
 
Jérôme Waser completed his Ph.D. at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich and from there he went on to postdoctoral research at Stanford University. Since 2007 he has worked at the EPFL, first as Assistant Professor and from 2014 as Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry. Waser’s work is diverse and encompasses the use of reactive heterocycles (benziodoxol(on)es) for the development of new reactions in organic chemistry, the C-H functionalization of heterocycles, and the synthesis of heterocycles via cyclization and annulation reactions.
 
The Springer Heterocyclic Chemistry Award was created by Springer and the series editors of the book series Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry. The award is presented every four years to an outstanding independent academic researcher working in the field of heterocyclic chemistry. To be considered, candidates should hold an assistant, associate or full professorship at a university or research institute and be 45 years or younger in the year in which the award is presented. All aspects of heterocyclic chemistry, including experimental and theoretical work, are eligible.
 
The editorial board of the series Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry issued the following statement: “It is our pleasure to announce Jérôme Waser as the winner of the Springer Heterocyclic Chemistry Award 2016. Waser is pursuing highly creative research towards the development of new synthetic methods, particularly those employing hypervalent iodine derivatives for the preparation of a variety of heterocycles with applications to synthesis of natural products and/or bioactive compounds.”
 
The award winner receives a travel grant to attend the European Colloquium on Heterocyclic Chemistry at which he or she holds a special lecture. In addition, there is a €1,000 cash prize and a lifelong online subscription to Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry.

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Alain De Mesmaeker, new President of the Swiss Chemical Society (SCS)

Dr. Alain De Mesmaeker succeeds Peter Kündig as SCS President after four years as Vice-President. Alain took over the new role as of January 1, 2016 and is elected for the next three years.

Dr. Alain De Mesmaeker
Syngenta Crop Protection AG
Principal Chemistry Expert, Principal Syngenta Fellow
Born in Brussels, Belgium (1955)

Alain De Mesmaeker’s career in brief

After completing his chemistry studies (Master) at the Catholic University of Louvain-La-Neuve, Alain went on to do a PhD with Professor H.G. Viehe entitled “Synthesis and thermal isomerisation of capto-dative substituted cyclopropanes.” This work led him to a two years post-doctoral research at the Weizmann Institute in Israel where he performed the total synthesis of carbacyclic analogues of clavulanic acid using radical reactions, before joining Ciba-Geigy Central Research Laboratories in 1985. He remained for 11 years in the Central Research, working  on natural products as  carbohydrates, nucleic acids and on radical chemistry.

Alain became a group leader in 1989 and in 1994 was responsible for combinatorial chemistry research in collaboration with external organisations in the USA. In 1997 he transferred to Crop Protection in the newly formed Novartis Agrobusiness, becoming Head of Chemistry Projects in 2000. On formation of Syngenta he was head of Optimisation Chemistry and subsequently Global Head of Research Chemistry. In 2008 he became Senior Chemistry Expert and was promoted to Principal Fellow in January 2010.

Alain published 90 publications that led to more than 50 patents. Amongst others, he is a committee member of the Bürgenstock EUCHEM Conference on Stereochemistry, the Swiss Chemical Society-Syngenta Symposium on Organic Chemistry,  the Jury of the “Karrer Gold Medal Award”  University of Zürich, the Jury of the Ruzicka Prize of ETH Zürich,  the Kontakt Gruppe für Forschungsfragen KGF, the Werner Foundation and the Belgian Organic Synthesis Symposium (BOSS).

David Spichiger, SCS
06.01.2016

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