Farewell symposium Edwin Constable and Catherine Housecroft

Interesting speakers and companions of Ed and Catherine will report on new developments in research. Afterwards, we meet for a farewell toast at the Apéro-Riche, where almost forgotten stories can be brought back to life.

Program

13.15 Welcome address
13.30 Prof. Jon Beves, UNSW, Australia
               Light-responsive self-assembled systems
14.05 Dr. Emma Schofield, Johnson Matthey
               Platinum Group Metals as Critical Materials for the Energy Transition
14.40 Prof. Michael Ward, Univ. Warwick
               Coordination cages as catalysts: cavity-binding, surface binding and redox activation effects
15.15 Break
15.45 Richard Hartshorn, IUPAC
16.00 Prof. Michael Hannon, Univ. Birmingham
               From helicates to binding viral RNA junctions: a coordination chemistry journey from the Constable group
16.35 Prof. Musa Shongwe, Sultan Qaboos Univ. 
17.10 Prof. Egbert Figgemeier, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Aachen
               The solid-electrolyte interphase in electrochemical energy storage systems: A necessary evil.
17.45 Thanks to Ed and Catherine

Participation

Participation is free of charge and no registration upfront is needed.

Contact

Olaf Lips, Geschäftsführer
Universität Basel, Departement Chemie
St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
Tel. +41 61 207 11 04, https://unibas.ch, https://chemie.unibas.ch