SCS Lectureship Awards

Prof. Edward I. Solomon, Stanford University (USA)
«Activating Metal Sites for Biological Electron Transfer »
«Geometric and Electronic Structural Contributions to Fe/O₂Reactivity: Correlations between metalloenzyme and heterogeneous catalysis»
Tour dates: March 6 – 12, 2022
Tour organizer: Prof. C. Copéret, ETH Zürich

Prof. Harry Anderson, University of Oxford (UK)

Prof. Darren Dixon, Oxford University (UK)
«New Broad Scope Strategies for Amine and Complex Natural Products Synthesis»
Tour dates: October 2021
11.10: ETH Zurich
12.10: Uni Zurich
13.10: Uni Fribourg
14.10: Uni Geneva
15.10: Uni Basel
Tour Organizer: Prof. O. Baudoin, University of Basel

 

Prof. Andrei Yudin, University of Toronto (CAN)
«The dark side of conformational analysis»
Tour dates: February 17-21, 2020
Tour organizer: Prof. Ch. Sparr, University of Basel
Tour program, Prof. Andrei Yudin 

All other Lectureship tours that were planned from March to December 2020 had to be cancelled and/or rescheduled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic:

• Prof. Darren Dixon, Oxford University (UK)
• Prof. Edward I. Solomon, Stanford University (USA)
• Prof. David Nesbitt, JILA and University of Colorado, Boulder
• Prof. Jennifer Field, Oregon State University (USA)
• Prof. Abby Doyle, Princeton University (USA)
  

Prof. Scott J. Miller, Yale University, USA«Searching for Selective Catalytic Reactions in Complex Molecular Environments»
Tour date: 26.02.-05.03.2018Tour organizier:
Prof. Christof Sparr, University of Basel
Program overview, Prof. Scott J. Miller

Prof. Masayuki Inuoe, The University of Tokyo, Japan 
«Radical-Based Approach for Synthesis of Complex Natural Products»
Tour date: 7.-15.05.2018
Tour organizier: Prof. Jieping Zhu, EPF Lausanne
Program overview, Prof. Masayuki Inoue

Prof. Frank Neese, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr, GER «Ab-initio Ligand Field Theory and Magnetism of d- and f-Elements»«Insight into the Water Oxidizing Cluster in Photosystem II»
«Insight into CO₂-Activation»
«Reactivity of High-Valent Non-Heme Iron Centers»
Tour date: 14.-18.05.2018
Tour organizer: Prof. Thomas Bally, University of Fribourg
Program overview, Prof. Frank Neese

Dr. Eng. Zhaomin Hou, Riken Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Japan«Search for new catalysts for efficient and selective chemical transformations»
Tour date: 28.05.-04.06.2018
Tour organizier: Prof. E. Peter Kündig, University of Geneva
Program overview, Dr. Zhaomin Hou

Prof. Craig Crews, Yale University, USA
«PROTAC-mediated Protein Degradation: The chemical equivalent of siRNA»
Tour date: 18.06.-22.06.2018
Tour organizier: Prof. Dennis Gillingham, University of Basel
Program overview, Prof. Craig Crews

Prof. Scott Snyder, University of Chicago
«Strategies and tactics for the rapid synthesis of molecular complexity»
Tour date: 10.-17.09.2018
Tour organizier: Prof. Christian Bochet, University of Fribourg
Program overview, Prof. Scott Snyder

Prof. John R. Yates, The Scripps Research Institute, USA
«Understanding the molecular defect in cystic fibrosis using mass spectrometry and proteomics»
Tour date: 17.-24.10.2018
Tour organizier: Prof. Renato Zenobi, ETH Zurich
Program overview, Prof. John R. Yates

Prof. Masahiro Murakami, Kyoto University, Japan
«Life-Long Focus on Four-Membered Rings»
Tour date: 28.10.-02.11.2018
Tour organizier: Prof. Jérôme Lacour, University of Geneva
Program overview, Prof. Masahiro Murakami

The following Lectureship tours are approved for 2019:

Prof. David J. Craik, University of Queensland, Australia
«Discovery and applications of cyclic peptides in drug design»
Tour dates: January 14-22, 2019
Tour organizer: Dr. Fabien Cougnon, University of Geneva
«Photochemistry of metal hydride complexes inside an NMR spectrometer: Breaking the speed limits of NMR»
«Hydrogen bonding and halogen bonding to transition metal complexes»
Tour dates: April 23 - May 2, 2019
Tour organizer: Prof. Christoph Copéret, ETH Zurich
Program overview, Prof. Robin Perutz

Prof. Richard Saykally, University of California, Berkeley, US «Hydrogen Bond Network Rearrangement Dynamics in Water Clusters: Dramatic Effects of Librational Excitation on Hydrogen Bond Tunneling Rates»
«Probing Complex Interfaces(Review of the methods we employ, including "DUV SHG, XAS, soft X-ray SHG with FELs)»
«Selective Adsorption of Ions to Aqueous Interfaces: Towards a Complete Mechanism»
Tour dates: May 6-10, 2019
Tour organizer: Prof. Rainer Beck, EPF Lausanne
Program overview, Prof. Richard Saykally

Prof. Thomas Ternes, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz, Germany
«Analytical methods for emerging contaminants: advanced tools to understand environmental and technical processes.»
Tour dates: May 13-15, 2019 (lectures in Geneva and Lausanne are cancelled)
Tour organizer: Dr. Marc Suter, Eawag Dubendorf
Prof. Takashi Ooi, Nagoya University, Japan
«Molecular Design of Organic Ions for Asymmetric Catalysis»
«Behavior of Molecules: From Catalysis to Biological Functions»
Tour dates: May 20-24, 2019
Tour organizer: Prof. Jérôme Lacour, University of Geneva
Program overview, Prof. Takashi Ooi

Prof. Gary Siuzdak, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA «Discovering Metabolites that Alter Physiology, an Omics Perspective»
Tour dates: May 27-31, 2019
Tour organizer: Prof. Nicola Zamboni, ETH Zurich
Prof. Sarah E. Reisman, California Institute of Technology, US
«Necessity is the Mother of Invention: Natural Products and the Chemistry They Inspire»
Tour dates: September 9-13, 2019
Tour organizer: Dr. Andreas Marzinzik, Novartis, Basel
Program overview, Prof. Sarah E. Reisman

Prof. Donna Blackmond, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, US
«Explaining Mechanistic Anomalies in Organocatalysis: “Downstream Intermediates” and a New Paradigm for Stereocontrol»
«Symmetry Breaking and Asymmetric Amplification via Autocatalytic Self-Replication»
«Physical Models for the Origin of Biological Homochirality»
Tour dates: October 7-11, 2019
Tour organizer: Prof. Martin Quack, ETH Zurich
Program overview, Prof. Donna G. Blackmond

Prof. Jeremy Sanders, University of Cambridge, UK
«Thermodynamics and Molecular Recognition: From Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry to Crystal Polymorphism»
Tour date: 13.-17. March 2017
Tour organizer: Prof. Katharina Fromm, University of Fribourg
Program overview, Prof. Jeremy Sanders

Prof. Jonathan Sweedler, University of Illinois, USA
«Life on the “D” side: D-amino acid signaling in the brain» and
«The chemical characterization of the brain: from new measurement tools to new neurochemical insights»
Tour date: 20.-24. March 2017
Tour organizer: Prof. Renato Zenobi, ETH Zurich
Program overview, Prof. Jonathan Sweedler

Dr. Xiaoguang Lei, Beijing
«Complex Natural Product as a Driving Force for Discovery in Organic Synthesis and Chemical Biology» and
«Tightly Linking Chemistry and Biology through Covalent Bonds»
Tour date: 27.-31. March 2017
Tour organizer: Prof. Nicolas Winssinger, University of Geneva
Program overview, Prof. Xiaoguang Lei

Associate Prof. Ryan Shenvi, The Scripps Research Institute, USA 
«Chemical Synthesis of Secondary Metabolites»
Tour date: 08.-12. May 2017
Tour organizer: Karl Gademann, University of Zurich
Program overview, Prof. Ryan Shenvi

Prof. Jonathan Ellmann, Yale University, USA
«C-H Functionalization for the Efficient Assembly and Elaboration of Heterocyclic Compounds»
Tour date: 15.-19. May 2017
Tour organizer: Dr. Andreas Marzinzik, Novartis
Program overview, Prof. Jonathan Ellmann

Prof. Cathy Crudden, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
«Metal catalysts, clusters and surfaces: From the synthesis of chiral bio-molecules to carbon-based self assembled monolayers»
Tour date: 02-09. October 2017
Tour organizier: Jeffrey Bode, ETH Zurich
Program overview, Prof. Cathy Crudden

Prof. Cynthia Burrows, The University of Utah, USA
«The Epigenetics of Guanine:  From chemistry to biology with guanine oxidation»
Tour date: 16.-20. October 2017
Tour organizer: Prof. Thomas Bally, University of Fribourg
Program overview, Prof. Cynthia Burrows

Prof. Frank Neese, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr, GER
«Reactivity of high-valent nonheme iron centers»
«Insight into the water oxidizing cluster in Photosystem II»
«Insight into CO₂ activation»
«Insight into the water oxidizing cluster in Photosystem II»
«Ab initio ligand field theory and magnetism of d- and f-elements»
Tour date: 13.-17. November 2017 
The tour is cancelled and an alternative date in 2018 will be defined.
Tour organizer: Prof. Thomas Bally, University of Fribourg
Program overview, Prof. Frank Neese

Prof. Sir Richard Friend, University of Cambridge, UK
«Molecular semiconductors for LEDs and solar cells: designing around the Coulomb interaction»
«New semiconductors and new architectures for LEDs and solar cells»
Tour date: 20.-24. November 2017
Tour organizer: Prof. Majed Chergui, EPF Lausanne
Program overview, Prof. Sir Richard Friend

Prof. Shiki Yagai, Chiba University, Japan
«Figuration of Supramolecular Polymers with Spontaneous Curvature»
Tour date: 11.-15. December 2017
Tour organizier: Prof. Bruno Therrien, University of Neuchatel
Program overview, Prof. Shiki Yagai

Prof. F. Fleming Crim, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
«The Influence of Vibrations on Reactions in Gases and Liquids»
Tour date: 21. September - 21. November 2017
Tour organizier: Prof. Martin Quack, ETH Zurich
Program overview, Prof. F. Fleming Crim

 

Prof. Gregory Scholes, Princeton University (US)
«Coherent Energy Transfer in Photosynthetic Light Harvesting»
Host: Natalie Banerji, University of Fribourg
Tour date: 14. - 18. March 2016
Program overview, Prof. Gregory Scholes

Prof. Michinori Suginome, Kyoto University (JP)
«New Catalytic and Chiroptical Functions of Chirality-Switchable Helical Macromolecules»
Host: Clément Mazet, University of Geneva 
Tour date: 09. - 16. May 2016
Program overview, Prof. Michinori Suginome

Prof. Michael Gottfried, Philipps-Universität Marburg (DE)
«Organometallic and coordination chemistry on surfaces»
Host: Karl-Heinz Ernst von der EMPA
Tour date: 06. - 10. June 2016
Program overview, Prof. Michael Gottfried

Prof. Justin du Bois, Stanford University, California (US)
«The Molecular Mystique of Nature’s Poisons», «Chemical Approaches to the Study of Ion Channels»
Host: Olivier Baudoin, University of Basel
Tour date: 14. - 21. June 2016
Program overview, Prof. Justin Du Bois

Prof. Jeffrey Johntson, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN (US)
«New Catalysts, Methods, and Strategies that Enable Therapeutic Development and On-Demand Natural Product Total Synthesis»
Host: Jérôme Lacour, University of Geneva
Tour date: 05. - 09. September 2016
Program overview, Prof. Jeffrey N. Johnston

Prof. Richard N. Zare, Stanford University, California (US)
«Microdroplet Chemistry»
Host: Stefan Willitsch, University of Basel
Tour date: 12. - 16. September 2016
Program overview, Prof. Richard N. Zare

Prof. Keisuke Suzuki, Tokyo Institute of Technology (JP)
«Lessons from Complex Natural Product Synthesis: Polyphenol Monomers, Oligomers and Hybrids»
Host: Clément Mazet, University of Geneva
Tour date: 03. - 11. October 2016
Program overview, Prof. Keisuke Suzuki

Prof. Eric V. Anslyn, University of Texas, Austin (US)
«Supramolecular Analytical Chemistry»
Host: Thomas Bally, University of Fribourgl
Tour date: 10. - 14. Oktober 2016
Program overview, Prof. Eric Anslyn

 

Prof. Peter J. Sadler, University of Warwick (UK)
«Metals in Medicine»
Host: PD Dr. Julien Furrer, University of Bern
Program overview, Prof. Peter J. Sadler

Prof. Peter R. Schreiner, Universität Giessen (Germany)
«Enantioselective Multicatalysis - Retrocatalysis»,
«Nanodiamandoids as Next-Generation Carbon Materials» and
«Tunnelling control of chemical reactions»
Host: Prof. Thomas Bally, University of Fribourg
Program overview, Prof. Peter Schreiner

Prof. Mark MacLachlan, University of British Columbia (Canada)
"Supramolecular Chemistry"
Host:  Alan F. Williams, University of Geneva
Program overview, Prof. Marc MacLachlan

Prof. Prof. Keiji Morokuma, Kyoto University (Japan)
«Exciting World of Theoretical Studies of Chemical Reactions»
Host:  Prof. Markus Meuwly, University of Basel
Program overview, Prof. Keiji Morokuma

Prof. Varinder Aggarwal, University of Bristol (UK)
«Assembly Line Synthesis»
Host:  Prof. Philippe Renaud, University of Berne
Program overview, Prof. Varinder Aggarwal

Prof. Sukbok Chang, KAIST, Department of Chemistry (KR)
«Development of Direct C-H Amination Reactions Based on Mechanistic Aspects»
Host: Prof. E. Peter Kündig, University of Geneva
Program overview, Prof. Sukbok Chang

Prof. Eric T. Kool, Stanford University (US)
Lecture Title: «Designer DNA Bases: Probing Molecules and Mechanisms in Biology»
Host: Prof.  Nicolas Winssinger, University of Geneva
Program overview, Prof. Eric T. Kool
Abstract, Prof. Eric T. Kool

Prof. Graham Cooks, Purdue University (US)
Lecture Title: «Mass Spectrometry for Medical Diagnostics, Organic Synthesis and Materials Fabrication»
Host: Prof. Christophe Copéret, ETH Zurich
Program overview, Prof. Graham Cooks

Prof. Guy Bertrand, University of Califormina (US)
Lecture Title: «Stable carbenes and related species: Powerful tools in organic, inorganic and organometallic chemistry»
Host: Prof. Hansjörg Grützmacher, ETH Zurich
Program overview, Prof. Guy Bertrand

Prof. Kenichiro Itami, Nagoya University (JP)
Lecture Title: «C-H Activation Catalysis for Carbon Materials and Plant/Animal Biology»
Host: Prof. Georg Süss-Fink, University of Neuchâtel
Program overview, Prof. Kenichiro Itami

Prof. Tristan Lambert, Columbia University
Lecture title: «Advances in Catalysis via the Exploration of Novel Ionic Structures»
Host: Prof. Jérome Waser, EPF Lausanne
Program overview, Prof. Tristan Lambert

Prof. Michael R. Wasielewski, Northwestern University (US)
Lecture title: «Photoinitiated Charge Transport in Self-assembled Organic Nanostructures» and
«Integrated Molecular Systems for Artificial Photosynthesis»
Host: Prof. Oliver S. Wenger, University of Basel
Program overview, Prof. Michael R. Wasielewski

Prof. Kazuya Kikuchi, Osaka University (JP)
Lecture title: «Design Strategy of Molecular Imaging Probes which Convert Biological Signals to Chemical Output» 
Host: Prof. Nicolas Winssinger, University of Geneva
Program overview, Prof. Kazuya Kikuchi

Prof. Shunichi Fukuzumi, Osaka University (JP)
Lecture Title: «New Strategies for Artificial Photosynthesis»
Host: Prof.  Oliver Wenger, University of Basel
Program overview, Prof. Shunichi Fukuzumi

Prof. Huw Davies, Emory University (US)
Lecture Title: «Collaborative Approach for C-H Functionalization»
Host: Prof. Nicolai Cramer, EPF Lausanne
Program overview, Prof. Huw Davies

 

Prof. Carl Lineberger, University of Colorado Boulder (USA)
«Anion Photoelectron Spectroscopy: From Radicals to the Reaction Coordinate»
Host: Prof. Thomas Bally, University of Fribourg
Program overview, Prof. Carl Lineberger

Prof. Hanadi Sleiman, McGill University, Montreal (Canada)
«Three-Dimensional DNA Structures for Biological and Materials Applications»
Host:  Prof. Prof. Georg Suess-Fink, University of Neuchâtel
Program overview, Prof. Hanadi Sleiman

Prof. Michael Famulok, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (DE)
«Chemical biology for deciphering cell signaling pathways» and
«Oligonucleotide-based tools for pharmacology and nano-engineering»
Host:  Prof. Wolf-Dietrich Woggon, University of Basel
Program overview, Prof. Michael Famulok

Program Director
Prof. Roger Alberto, University of Zürich 

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Site Coordinators
University of Basel: Prof. Stefan Willitsch
University of Bern: Prof. Philippe Renaud
University of Fribourg: Prof. Fabio Zobi
University of Geneva: Prof. Nicolas Winssinger 
Univesity of Neuchâtel: Prof. Bruno Therrien 
University of Zurich: Prof. Cristina Nevado
EPF Lausanne: Prof. Sandrine Gerber
ETH Zurich: Prof. Javier Pérez-Ramírez
Syngenta: Dr. Jérôme Cassayre
Novartis Pharma AG: Andreas Marzinzik
F.Hofmann-La Roche: Dr. Stefan Bachmann 
BASF Schweiz AG: Dr. Andreas Hafner