About the Swiss Chemical Society (SCS)

Vision
Our vision is to promote chemistry-based sciences and foster innovation in Switzerland to benefit society and the environment.

Mission Statement
The Swiss Chemical Society (SCS) supports the scientific community and promotes chemistry-related activities and the information exchange among academic, government, and industrial scientists.

The SCS offers and organizes ...

Events, including conferences, congresses, and courses to promote the exchange of knowledge
Platforms for networking and fostering career development
Prizes and awards for outstanding achievements
Representing and ensuring the exchange of information in national and international organizations
Publications as active publisher or partner

The Society actively supports diversity and inclusion for all its members and activities.

The SCS is a member of the European Chemical Society (EuChemS), the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) and the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW). It is also connected to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, IUPAC (with the Platform Chemistry of the SCNAT being the Swiss representative)

All members can access our SCS network platforms on LinkedIn or follow us on Twitter.

Prof. Christian Bochet, President (member of the Executive Board)
University of Fribourg

Dr. Yves Auberson, Vice-President (member of the Executive Board)
Novartis Pharma AG, Basel

Dr. Gillian Harvey, Chairman of the Editorial Board of CHIMIA (member of the Executive Board)
CHIMIA/Swiss Chemical Society

Dr. Maud Reiter, Treasurer (member of the Executive Board)
dsm-firmenich, Genève

David Spichiger, Executive Director and Head Office (member of the Executive Board)
Swiss Chemical Society

Prof. Maksym Kovalenko, President of the Division of Materials Chemistry (DMC)
ETH Zurich and Empa Dübendorf

Dr. Davide Bleiner , President of the Division of Analytical Sciences (DAS)
Empa Dübendorf

Prof. Christophe Copéret, Swiss Representative in the EuChemS Executive Board
ETH Zurich

Dr. Jan Cvengros, President of the Division of Chemical Education (DCE)
ETH Zurich

Dr. Leslie Fendt, Member of the Board
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel

Dr. Corinne Jud, Member of the Board
Agroscope, Bern

Dr. Hans Peter Lüthi, Director SCS Foundation
SCS Foundation

Dr. Niklaus Künzle, President of the Division of Industrial & Applied Chemistry (DIAC)
Lonza AG, Visp

Prof. Fides Benfatti, President of the Division of Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology (DMCCB)
Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Stein

Prof. Thomas Bürgi, President of the Division of Fundamental Research (DFR)
University of Geneva

SCS Membership

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David Spichiger, SCS Head Office

EuChemS Executive Board, Elected Member	Prof. Christophe Copéret, ETH Zürich
EuChemS Executive Board, Treasurer	Dr. Hans Peter Lüthi, SCS Foundation
Division of Organic Chemistry	Prof. Christof Sparr, University of Basel
Division of Inorganic Chemistry	Prof. Kay Severin, EPFL
Division of Analytical Chemistry	Prof. Franka Kalman, HESSO//VS
Division of Chemistry and the Environment	Dr. Thomas Bucheli, Agroscope
Division of Nuclear and Radiochemistry	Prof. Patrick Steinegger, PSI
Division of Food Chemistry	Prof. Laura Nyström, ETH Zurich
Division of Organimetallic Chemistry	Prof. Martin Albrecht, University of Bern
Division of Chemistry in Life Sciences	Prof. Leonardo Scapozza, University of Geneva
Division of Computational Chemistry	Dr. Hans Peter Lüthi, SCS Foundation
Working Party on Chemistry and Energy	vacancy
Division of Physical Chemistry	Prof. Stefan Willitsch, University of Basel
Division of Education	Dr. Markus Müller, Kanti Frauenfeld
Division of Solid State and Materials Chemistry	Prof. Greta Patzke, University of Zürich
European Young Chemists' Network EYCN	Chrysanthi Papadimou, University of Neuchâtel
International Award Committee for the EuChemS Lecture Award (IACL)	Dr. Hans Peter Lüthi, ETH Zürich
Working Party on Chemistry for Cultural Heritage	Prof. Edit Joseph, Haute Ecole Arc, Neuchâtel

The mandate as Swiss delegate can be summarized as follows:

On EuChemS Level

Participate in the EuChemS divisional board meetings (onsite or virtually). Basically, there is one meeting per year, often linked to an EuChemS conference.
Represent the interest of the SCS and make sure that the input of Switzerland as important provider for high quality research in Chemistry/LS is included in the divisional decision processes.
Actively participate in EuChemS Divisional Conferences or/and in the ECC Conference series: as OC member, as proposer of (Swiss) speakers, as consultant for general organization aspects or as participant.
consider taking over an executive mandate such as treasurer or president.

On SCS Level

Assign as member of the divisional SCS board (2-3 meeting per year in CH).
Inform the SCS Divisional Board about relevant activities of EuChemS and the respective EuChemS division.
Collect and consolidate inputs from the SCS divisional board members and present them on EuChemS level.
Coordinate communication measures with SCS Head Office and ask for support to publish e.g. SCS news messages, Social Media posts, CHIMIA articles, newsletters.

As Swiss delegate an annual budget of CHF 1’000 is available from the SCS to cover travel expenses.

About the Swiss Chemical Society (SCS)

Divisions of the Swiss Chemical Society

Analytical Sciences

Fundamental Research

Industrial & Applied Chemistry (DIAC)

Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Materials Chemistry

Chemical Education

SCS Annual Report 2023 (pdf)

SCS Annual Report 2022 (pdf)

SCS Annual Report 2021 (pdf)

SCS Annual Report 2020 (pdf)

SCS Annual Report 2019 (pdf)

SCS Annual Report 2018 (pdf)

SCS Annual Report 2017 (pdf)

SCS Annual Report 2016 (pdf)

SCS Annual Report 2015 (pdf)

SCS Annual Report 2014 (pdf)

SCS Annual Report 2013 (pdf)

SCS Bylaws (pdf)

SCS Flyer (pdf)

Online form, claim for allowable expenses

Guidelines, claim for allowable expenses (pdf)

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