Scholarship Fund of the Swiss Chemical Industry (SSCI)

The Scholarship Fund of the Swiss Chemical Industry (SSCI) is a joint initiative of ETH Zurich and the two companies Janssen AG and Givaudan Schweiz AG.

The aim of this Scholarship Fund is to support outstanding PhD-students in the field of chemistry and applied biosciences during their doctoral studies and thus reverse the current deficit of qualified chemists in industry. As well, the Fund will cultivate an early and regular exchange between the students, the involved companies and ETH Zurich in the chemical sciences.

The SSCI Symposium 2024 will take place in January 2025.

Givaudan (Switzerland) AG

Givaudan. Our name is an invitation to engage your senses. As the world’s lead-ing Flavours and Fragrance company, we unveil the tastes and scents that touch peo-ple’s emotions, from prestige perfumes to laundry care, from your favourite drink to your daily meal. Our flavours and fragrances serve our customers in the food, bever-age, consumer goods and fine fragrance industries to create brands that delight con-sumers.
Givaudan is proud to participate in the SSCI. The proximity of Givaudan's main Fra-grance Research centre in Duebendorf to the ETHZ combined with this relationship enables Givaudan to build an even stronger, high quality scientific network to inspire and support it's Research and Technology programmes. It also offers the opportunity to raise awareness of careers in the fragrance industry to attract the top scientific tal-ents to the organisation.

Janssen AG

Janssen AG is an international operating company integrated in the Pharmaceuticals Group of Johnson & Johnson that provides its customers with highest quality active pharmaceutical ingredients and pharmaceutical products worldwide.

With the SSCI we have the unique opportunity to actively work together with the most established and best University of Switzerland. The access to students, PhD-students and professors allows us to have a goal-oriented recruiting, technology scouting and networking. Thus, we can support and accompany several PhD-students during their thesis work and through this we can also get to know them better. And last but not least SSCI offers a great plattform to present the company Johnson & Johnson/Janssen AG to a broader academic public.

Who can apply?

All PhD-students of the Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences (D-CHAB) at ETH Zurich during the first year of graduate school. The scholarship is intended to support awardees from the second through the fourth year.

Every year, a number of students will be selected for a Scholarship Fund of the Swiss Chemical Industry. Apart from having one more award in their CV, the awardees benefit especially from an early and important exchange with the industry.

How to apply?

Students submit a complete nomination package (one single PDF-file), written in English and consisting of :

  • Cover letter
  • Curriculum vitae with photograph
  • Research summary that includes an abstract, suitably detailed research outline (max. 5 pages)
  • Listing of Master/Diploma/BSc grades
  • Letter of reference from the faculty mentor
  • Submission of applications will be accepted between Sept 2024 and Oct 31, 2024

Selection Procedure:

A committee consisting of professors of D-CHAB and a representative of each partner company is responsible for the selection. The nomination packages will be evaluated on account of the candidate's qualifications and the scientific content.

Contact

Anke-Christiane Kleint
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Professur für Organische Chemie
Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10
8093 Zürich
Switzerland

Awardees 2008-2023

Sebastian Kölbl

Porträt Sebastian Kölbl

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Erick M. Carreira

A New TiIII-mediated Polyene Cyclization Approach Towards the Convergent Synthesis of Polycyclic Polyprenylated Acylphloroglucinols

Bence Botlik

Porträt Bence Botlik

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Bill Morandi

Advancing Rearrangements for the Formation and Modification of Aromatic Systems

Brenno Masina

Porträt Brenno Masina

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Helma Wennemers

Allysine reactive peptides for targeting fibrosis

Héloïse Colombano

Porträt Heloise Colombano

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Erick M. Carreira

Development of a Metal-Catalyzed Enolate Cross-Coupling Toward the Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Diterpenoids

Lukas Sprenger

Porträt Lukas Sprenger

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Erick M. Carreira

Synthetic Studies Towards the Total Synthesis of a Diterpenoid Natural Product

Lena Beiersdörfer

Porträt Lena Beiersdörfer

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Helma Wennemers

Receptors and Sensors for the Selective Recognition of Saccharides in Water

Dominic Egger

Portrait Dominic Egger

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Bill Morandi

Non-Classical Alkyne Metathesis Mediated by Group 11 Transition Metals with Group 13 X-Type Ligands

Henrik Wilke

Portrait Henrik Wilke

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Erick M. Carreira

A Modular Approach Towards the Convergent Synthesis of Densely Functionalized Meroterpenoids

Liam Grunwald

Liam Grunwald

Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry
Group of Prof.Victor Mougel

Biomimetic Iron-Sulfur Clusters: Toward Applications in Small Molecule Activation

Willi Amberg

Willi Amberg

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Erick M. Carreira

Metal-Catalyzed Complex Cascades: 4 Rings-1 Step Towards Marine Diterpenoid Cores

Christian Ehinger

Christian Ehinger

Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Christoph Copéret

Development of a Unified Late Transition-Metal Precursor Family Suitable for SOMC and Bimetallic Catalysts for the Deoxygenation of Biomass-Derived Feedstocks

Moritz Fink

Moritz Fink

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Erick M. Carreira

Photopharmacological Tools for Biomolecule Degradation

Clemens Isert

Clemens Isert

Insitute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Group of Prof. Gisbert Schneider

Electron density-based deep-learning models for the prediction of ligand binding affinity

Miroslav Kosar

David Fischer

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Erick M. Carreira

Fluorescent Labeling of Native Cannabinoid Receptor 2

Alena Budinska

David Fischer

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Helma Wennemers

Stereoselective Organocatalytic α-Alkylation of Aldehydes

Lukas Lätsch

David Fischer

Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Christophe Copéret

Probing the Interplay of Isolated and Non-isolated Sites in Zeotype Catalysts by Solid-State NMR and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

David Fischer

David Fischer

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Erick M. Carreira

Synthetic Studies Towards the Total Synthesis of a Diterpene Natural Product

Stephanie Linker

Stephanie Linker

Laboratory of Physical Chemistry
Group of Prof. Sereina Riniker

Development of simulation methods to analyse and understand rare-event kinetics of biological systems

Julia Reisenbauer

Julia Reisenbauer

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Bill Morandi

Unactivated Alkane Bond Cyclization and Functionalization mediated by Rhodium-Porphyrin-like Catalysts

Viktoria Gerken

Viktoria Gerken

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Erick M. Carreira

Generation of Masked C1-Radicals by Carbon Nitride Photoredox Catalysis

Jérôme Kaeslin

Jérôme Kaeslin

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Renato Zenobi

Rapid and Quantitative Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry for Pharmaceutical and Clinical Applications

Anne Schuhmacher

Anne Schuhmacher

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Jeffrey Bode

Towards sustainable solid-phase peptide synthesis with a new amide-forming process

Giovanni Luca Bartolomeo

 Giovanni Bartolomeo

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Renato Zenobi

Nanoscale Characterization of Biological Samples with Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Felix Pultar

Felix Pultar

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Erick M. Carreira

Synthetic Studies of Structurally Intriguing Metabolites from the Human Microbiome

Patrick Pfaff

Patrick Pfaff

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Erick M. Carreira

Reversible Spatiotemporal Control of Induced Protein Degradation by photoPROTACs

Antonia Schantl

Antonia Schantl

Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Group of Prof. Jean-Christophe Leroux

Novel Small Molecule Inhibitors for the Treatment of Vascular Calcification

Roman Sarott

Raphael Hofmann

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Erick M. Carreira

Photoswitchable Cannabinoids for the Study of CB1/CB2 Signaling

Moritz Hönig

Moritz Hönig

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry

Group of Prof. Erick M. Carreira

Synthetic Studies on structurally and biologically intriguing diterpenoids

Christopher Gordon

Christopher Gordon

Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry

Group of Prof. Christophe Copéret

Structure-Activity Relationships from NMR Chemical Shift Analysis for Hydrocarbon Homologation and Functionalization Processes

Helene Wolleb

Helene Wolleb

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Erick M. Carreira

 

Synthetic Studies and Investigation of Biosynthetic Pathways of Dendrowardol C

Raphael Hofmann

Raphael Hofmann

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Jeffrey Bode

 

Site-specific modification of native proteins

Laura Piveteau

Laura Piveteau

Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Maksym Kovalenko

 

Molecular Understanding and Control of Nanocrystal Surfaces

Marco Brandstätter

Marco Brandstätter

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Group of Prof. Erick M. Carreira

 

Towards the Total Synthesis of Marine Antibiotics

Murielle Delley

Enlarged view: Murielle Delley

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry

 

Activation of C­-H Bonds on Tailor­-Made Supported M,O Sites

Alberto Kravina

Enlarged view: Alberto Kravina

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry

 

Studies Towards the Total Synthesis of a Polyketide Natural Product with an Unusual Carbon Skeleton via Cycloaddition Strategy

Simon Matoori

Enlarged view: Simon Matoori

Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

 

Polymeric Microparticle-­Based Gastrointestinal Dialysis to Treat Hyperammonemia: Synthesis, Coating, Proof of Concept

Reinhard Zschoche

Enlarged view: Reinhard Zschoche

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry

 

Enhancing Pathway Flux by Sequestration of Enzymes in a Protein Container

Simon Breitler

Enlarged view: Simon Breitler

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry

 

Synthesis of 3,4­-seco­-Atisane Diterpenoids: Naturally Occurring Anti­-Cancer Agents

Christian Ebner

Enlarged view: Christian Ebner

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry

 

Towards the Total Synthesis of Diterpenoid Natural Products: Development of Novel Methods to Access Complex Structural Motifs

Christiane Siebler

Enlarged view: Christiane Siebler

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry

 

From Functionalizable Collagen Model Peptides to Collagen based Materials

Stefan Diethelm

Enlarged view: Stefan Diethelm

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry

 

Total Synthesis of Alkaloid Natural Products Employing Novel Strategies for C­N-Bond Formation

Hajo Kries

Enlarged view: Hajo Kries

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry

 

Reprogramming Nonribosomal Peptide Synthesis

Simon Karl Küster

Enlarged view: Simon Karl Küster

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry

 

Development of a Droplet­Based Microfluidic Platform for Single­ Cell Analysis

Boris Tchitchanov

Enlarged view: Boris Tchitchanov

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry

 

Synthesis and Anion Binding Properties of Macrocyclic Push­-Pull Chromophoric Architectures

Nicolas Armanino

Enlarged view: Nicolas Armanino

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry

 

Ruthenium-­Catalyzed Hydroesterification Reactions of Olefins

Lorine Brülisauer

Enlarged view: Lorine Brülisauer

Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

 

pH-­Sensitive Immunoliposomes as a Means to Modify the Reducing Capacity of Endosomes

Markus Roggen

Enlarged view: Markus Roggen

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry

 

Direct Iridium­(P,alkene) Catalyzed Allylic Substitution of Branched Free Allylic Alcohols

 

 

Yi-Lin Wu

Enlarged view: Yi-Lin Wu

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry

 

Electronically Active Acetylenes: Properties, Synthetic Utilities and Materials Application

Pablo Rivera Fuentes

Enlarged view: Pablo Rivera Fuentes

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry

 

Three-­dimensional Acetylenic Scaffolding Using Enantiopure 1,3-­Diethynylallenes

Vincent Diederich

Enlarged view: Vincent Diederich

Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering

 

Design of polymer hydrogels with a gradient in mechanical properties, used as support material for the cultivation and the differentiation of stem cells

Lars Giger

Enlarged view: Lars Giger

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry

 

Design and Evolution of Enzymes with Novel Aldolase Activities

Christoph Bucher

Enlarged view: Christoph Bucher

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry

 

ß-­Fluoro Amines: Applications in Catalysis and Medicinal Chemistry

Fabian Buller

Enlarged view: Fabian Buller

Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

 

DNA-encoded chemical libraries

Raffael Koller

Enlarged view: Raffael Koller

Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry

 

Electrophilic trifluoromethylation using hypervalent iodine compounds

Bill Morandi

Enlarged view: Bill Morandi

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry

 

Alternatives to Noble Metal Catalysts: Discovery and Development of Iron Catalysts for Chemical Synthesis

Manuel Müller

Enlarged view: Manuel Müller

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry

 

Design and Evaluation of Catalytic Foldamers

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