D-CHAB News

As part of the ETH Day 2024 celebrations, Dr. Miguel Steiner received the IBM Research Award 2024 for his dissertation on navigating the catalytic reaction space with automated and controlled mechanism exploration approaches. The prize, sponsored by IBM Research Zurich Laboratory, is awarded alternately to outstanding master's and doctoral theses in the fields of computational chemistry, physics, biology and materials science.

Scott E. Denmark studied Chemistry at the MIT and ETH Zurich. In 1987, he became professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois. Four years later he was named the Reynold C. Fuson Professor of Chemistry. Now, on ETH Day 2024, Scott E. Denmark has been awarded the honorary doctorate of ETH Zurich for the development of new catalysis concepts and useful synthesis methods as well as detailed mechanistic and stereochemical studies of preparatively important reactions.

With the PHOENIX Pharmacy Science Award, the PHOENIX group promotes outstanding pharmaceutical research in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and thus strengthens the pharmaceutical value chain in the long term. Among this years winners is Jean-Christophe Leroux. He receives the prize for the development of an artificial suction cup that is placed in the oral cavity and can deliver medication. The method can replace the drug delivery via syringes. Check out the video following the link. 

The Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Program (ESOP) at ETH Zurich supports outstanding students every year. They are among the best and receive support from the donors of ETH Foundation for their Master's studies to concentrate on their studies. In this article, the four new Excellence Scholars at D-CHAB introduce themselves. Get to know Urs Keller, Daniel Isler, Angela Spadea and Filip Hůlek.

The Laboratory of Organic Chemistry awards the 2024 Prelog Medal and Lectureship to Prof. Dr. Sarah E. O’Connor (Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology, Jena) honoring her outstanding research on the chemistry and biochemistry of plant natural products, with emphasis on the elucidation of metabolic pathways and engineering of novel routes and compounds for biomedical applications. At the  Lecture on Nov. 18, 2024, Prof. O'Connor will discuss Harnessing the chemistry of plants and beyond.