The Division of Materials Chemistry of the SCS is happy and proud to announce the winners of the MatChem PhD Student Award 2024. The prizes are given for outstanding PhD thesis' that were performed in the area of materials chemistry within Switzerland between January 2023 and May 2024.

The MatChem PhD Student Award is given to researchers that defended a PhD in the area of materials chemistry within Switzerland between January 2023 and May 2024. The prize includes a certificate and a prize money of CHF 1’000 and the winner is invited to give an elevator talk in the MatChem Session of the SCS Fall Meeting 2024.

Dr. Hyun Suk Wang,
ETH Zurich
for his outstanding work during his PhD focusing on Controlled Radical Depolymerization: Structural Differentiation and Molecular Weight Control

 

Dr. Mikalai Artsiusheuski,
ETH Zurich
for his outstanding PhD thesis focusing on copper-containing zeolites – materials with unique combination of redox, sorption and catalytic properties

 

Dr. Paradis Adams,
University of Zurich
for her outstanding PhD thesis “Enhancing the Efficiency of Antimony Selenide Photocathodes Towards Solar Hydrogen Production”

 

Sika, Vigor and ETH Zurich sponsor one of the three prizes each.