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1.10.2024
Behind The Publication: Assessing transport phenomena in chemical plastic recycling
Shibashish Jaydev after successfully defending his PhD work at ETH Hönggerberg in September 20...
11.9.2024
Official launch of Phase II
On 11 September 2024, we officially launched our program's second funding phase (2024-2028) at ...
16.7.2024
Recipients of 2024 Young Talents Fellowship
We’re excited to announce the four recipients of our 2024 Young Talents Fellowship, who will ...
27.6.2024
From Spain to Switzerland: a lab exchange between computational and experimental researchers
Team portrait, from left to right: Andrea Ruiz-Ferrando, Dr. Javier Heras-Domingo, and Dr. Adam...
16.5.2024
NCCR Catalysis Trailblazers: Anastasiia Komarova
For our second Trailblazers feature, meet Dr. Anastasiia Komarova (she/her) from EPFL in the gr...
30.4.2024
Behind The Publication: Exploring Cu-promoted ZnZrOx catalysts for CO2 to methanol synthesis
Team portrait, from left to right: Dr. Thaylan Pinheiro Araújo, Dr. Jordi Morales Vidal, Dr. M...
11.4.2024
Phase II Continuation Party in Bern
In Spring 2024, we gathered our amazing community and supporters to celebrate our program's con...
8.3.2024
NCCR Catalysis Trailblazers: Alessandra Toniato
We’re kicking off the NCCR Catalysis Trailblazers series on exceptional individuals breaking ...
12.2.2024
2024 Award for Excellence in Natural Gas Conversion for Prof. Javier Pérez-Ramírez
The Award for Excellence in Natural Gas Conversion, presented every three years at the Natural ...
13.12.2023
Accelerating synthesis planning for heterogeneous catalysis
Team portrait, from left to right: Manu Suvarna, Prof. Javier Pérez-Ramírez, Dr. Sharon Mitch...
20.10.2023
Geminal atom catalysts for more sustainable organic synthesis
In an international collaboration, researchers from the NUS, A*STAR, Tsinghua University, and E...
7.9.2023
Recipients of 2023 Young Talents Fellowship
We’re excited to announce the six recipients of our 2023 Young Talents Fellowship, who will c...
22.8.2023
Recipients of 2023 Turbo Grants
We are thrilled to announce the recipients of our first edition of the NCCR Catalysis Turbo Gra...
8.6.2023
SCNAT Platform Chemistry Ethics Series 2023 ETH Zurich workshop
The 2023 SCNAT Platform Chemistry Ethics Series at ETH Zurich is organized by SCNAT, ETH Zurich...
30.5.2023
Science communication seminar with Dr. Fernando Gomollón-Bel
We have the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Fernando Gomollón-Bel for a science communication semina...
27.3.2023
NCCR Catalysis Annual Retreat 2023
On March 27-29 2023, NCCR Catalysis held its Annual Retreat in Lucerne, Switzerland. We welcome...
1.3.2023
Launch of Turbo Grant
In March 2023, we launched our spin-off support program, the NCCR Catalysis Turbo Grant. With t...
27.2.2023
Release of statement by Director Prof. Javier Pérez-Ramírez
We are excited to release a statement by NCCR Catalysis Director Prof. Javier Pérez-Ramírez f...
8.2.2023
Seminar with Prof. Mark Lautens on Reversible catalytic reactions
The group of Prof. Jérôme Waser at EPFL hosted Prof. Mark Lautens as visiting professor in ea...
1.2.2023
Arnold (Abel) Gimeno joins as Administrative Assistant
Arnold (Abel) Gimeno joined our Project Office team in February as Administrative Assistant. He...
9.1.2023
Kjell Jorner starts as Assistant Professor of Digital Chemistry
Prof. Kjell Jorner was appointed in May 2022 as Assistant Professor of Digital Chemistry at ETH...
1.1.2023
Romain Graux joins as Data Officer
Romain Graux joined our Project Office team in January as Data Officer. He recently completed h...
22.11.2022
Lecture by Prof. Heather J. Kulik on ML-accelerated computational materials discovery
We have the pleasure of welcoming Prof. Heather J. Kulik for an open-to-all lecture on Addressi...
14.11.2022
SCNAT Platform Chemistry Ethics Series 2022 EPFL workshop
The 2022 re-launch of the SCNAT Platform Chemistry Ethics Series at EPFL was organized by SCNAT...
18.10.2022
Recipients of 2022 Young Talents Fellowship
We’re excited to announce the six recipients of our 2022 Young Talents Fellowship, who will c...
27.6.2022
Reaction insights help make sustainable liquid fuels
Methanol, produced from carbon dioxide in the air, can be used to make carbon neutral fuels. Bu...
21.6.2022
SCNAT Platform Chemistry Ethics Series 2022 ETH Zurich workshop
The 2022 re-launch of the SCNAT Platform Chemistry Ethics Series at ETH Zurich was organized by...
20.6.2022
Nickel electrocatalysts for one-step synthesis of long hydrocarbons from CO2
A collaboration supported by NCCR Catalysis between the groups of Profs. J. Pérez-Ramírez at ...
10.6.2022
NCCR Catalysis Annual Event 2022
On June 9-10 2022, NCCR Catalysis held its first Annual Event at ETH Zurich, Campus Hönggerber...
8.6.2022
Release of video on sustainability of chemicals through the lens of planetary boundaries
We had a great time shooting a video with the teams of Prof. Javier Pérez-Ramírez and Prof. G...
31.5.2022
Seminar with Prof. Abigail G. Doyle on data science tools for synthetic chemists
We had the pleasure of welcoming Prof. Abigail G. Doyle for an open-to-all seminar on Developme...
12.5.2022
NCCR Catalysis Sustainability Day 2022
On May 12 2022, NCCR Catalysis held its first Sustainability Day. The morning session combined ...
19.4.2022
Tutorial lectures by Prof. Bert Weckhuysen on operando spectroscopy of catalysts
We had the pleasure of welcoming Prof. Bert M. Weckhuysen for two tutorial lectures held in hyb...
4.4.2022
Launch of short explainer animation
We're excited to launch a short animation to introduce NCCR Catalysis to the broad public and t...
31.3.2022
Videos on life cycle assessment of chemicals
PhD student Jing Huo and postdoctoral researcher Dr. Eric Bradford, both working in the group o...
17.3.2022
Promotions for Prof. Raffaella Buonsanti and Prof. Bill Morandi
Prof. Raffaella Buonsanti, Core PI at EPFL and Work Package 3 Coordinator at NCCR Catalysis, wa...
16.3.2022
First NCCR Catalysis Industry Panel meeting held
We brought together our Industry Panel for the first time with an online meeting. Here, we coul...
17.2.2022
Seminar on publishing data sets in online digital repositories
In this seminar, the NCCR Catalysis Project Office will present the program's strategy for fulf...
15.2.2022
Ajdin Zekjiri joins as Administrative Assistant
Ajdin Zekjiri joined our Project Office as Administrative Assistant in February, and is our tea...
1.12.2021
Sandmeyer 2022 Award for the IBM RXN for Chemistry team
The Sandmeyer Award by the Swiss Chemical Society is presented to a team or an individual for o...
1.12.2021
Swiss Green & Sustainable Chemistry Award 2022 for Prof. Xile Hu
The Swiss Green & Sustainable Chemistry Award was implemented by the Swiss Chemical Society...
18.11.2021
NCCR Catalysis PIs among Clarivate’s 2021 list of Highly Cited Researchers
Prof. Maksym Kovalenko, Core PI at ETH Zurich, and Prof. Xile Hu, Core PI at EPFL, ranked among...
15.11.2021
Ryoji Noyori Prize for Prof. Erick M. Carreira
The Ryoji Noyori Prize by Takasago International Corporation and administered by the Society of...
19.10.2021
NCCR Catalysis at 2021 ILMAC Forum
Management Team members Lauren Gamp, Dr. Marie Francine Lagadec and Dr. Sebastiaan Huber repres...
8.10.2021
Conclusion of Y1 with evaluation meeting
Our program turned one in August 2021, and we wrapped up the first year with an in-person evalu...
28.9.2021
Rössler Prize and Max Planck Fellowship for Prof. Andreas Krause
The Rössler Prize by ETH Zurich is awarded to promising young scientists in the middle of an a...
5.9.2021
Summer School on Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry
The Swiss Summer School 2021: Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry is co-organized by the Swiss ...
27.8.2021
Robert K. Grasselli Award for Prof. Javier Pérez-Ramírez
The 2021 EFCATS Robert K. Grasselli Award for Catalysis honours outstanding theoretical and exp...
16.7.2021
Dr. Philippe Schwaller appointed as Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
Postdoctoral researcher Dr. Philippe Schwaller was appointed as Tenure-Track Assistant Professo...
23.6.2021
Seminar on technology transfer and spin-offs
In this seminar, Dr. Christoph Fik from ETH transfer will overview how and when to valorize res...
17.6.2021
European Inventor Award for Prof. Robert Grass and Prof. Wendelin Stark
With the European Inventor Award, the European Patent Office honours individual inventors and t...
15.6.2021
Lauren Gamp joins as Knowledge and Technology Transfer Officer
Lauren Gamp joined our Management Team as Knowledge and Technology Transfer (KTT) Officer in Ju...
14.6.2021
Coblentz Award for Prof. Sandra Luber
The Coblentz Award by the Coblentz Society is presented annually to an outstanding young molecu...
10.6.2021
Symposium on industrial biocatalysis
The 12th Wädenswil Day of Life Sciences hosts the 3rd Competence Center of Biocatalysis Sympos...
7.6.2021
Summer school on big data and machine learning for chemistry
The Summer School on Big Data and Machine Learning for Chemistry is co-organized by EPFL and ET...
11.5.2021
Seminar on electronic lab notebooks with demonstrations
In this seminar, members of NCCR Catalysis will demonstrate a variety of electronic lab noteboo...
13.4.2021
Dan Maydan Prize for Prof. Maksym Kovalenko
The Dan Maydan Prize is awarded yearly to emerging and outstanding young scientists from Israel...
25.3.2021
Heilbronner-Hückel Lectureship Award for Prof. Clémence Corminboeuf
The Heilbronner-Hückel Lecture Series is a joint initiative by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chem...
8.3.2021
Prof. Javier Pérez-Ramírez at Nature Nano Talks
Nature Nanotechnology will host a virtual panel discussion with panelists from industry and aca...
5.3.2021
Prof. Jeremy Luterbacher now Associate Professor
Prof. Jeremy S. Luterbacher, a Core PI of NCCR Catalysis and previously Tenure Track Assistant ...
25.2.2021
Dr. Margaret Faul Award 2021 for Prof. Cristina Nevado
The Dr. Margaret Faul Award for Women in Chemistry is awarded to young woman within the first 1...
5.2.2021
Prof. Thomas Ward awarded 2021 ACS Catalysis Lectureship
The ACS Catalysis Lectureship for the Advancement of Catalytic Science is awarded to an individ...
14.1.2021
NCCR Catalysis at NCCR MARVEL Sector Day 2021
The NCCR Catalysis was invited to attend the virtual NCCR MARVEL Sector Day 2021 on Chemistry a...
17.12.2020
Prof. Raffaella Buonsanti awarded Werner Prize 2021
The Werner Prize by the Swiss Chemical Society is awarded to promising young scientists for out...
15.10.2020
Project Office is operative
The NCCR Catalysis Project Office is now operative. It consists of Dr. Marie Francine Lagadec (...
1.8.2020
Launch of NCCR Catalysis
We're delighted to announce the launch of the NCCR Catalysis, which is funded by the Swiss Nati...