[Outreach] Kids’ University in Strasbourg
On the 9th of June, the CNRS team took part to the 2023 edition of Kids’ University, held at the European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Material Sciences (ECPM), in the Cronenbourg campus of the...
View ArticleCHAIR meeting and workshop in Warsaw
In September 2023, the CHAIR consortium gathered in the Polish capital city, Warsaw. Daniel Gryko welcomed us within the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences. The ESRs arrived in...
View Article[Outreach] Welcoming a high school class at ICHO PAN
Our latest meeting in Warsaw included one outreach session, to high-school students. One class from the Batory High School, following the International Baccalaureate programme, came to visit the...
View ArticleCHAIR Workshop in AstraZeneca
In October 2023, we held our first industrial workshop, organised by our colleagues from AstraZeneca, and held on the Gothenburg research site, in Sweden. This was a great opportunity for our ESRs to...
View ArticleThesis defence: Dr Marco DI MATTEO
On the 15th of January 2024, Marco Di Matteo, ESR7 from CHAIR and PhD student at the Université Paris Sorbonne, successfully defended his thesis work on the functionalization of limonene. Marco is the...
View ArticleThesis defence: Dr Janis ZAKIS
On the 26th of April 2024, Janis Zakis, ESR13 from CHAIR and PhD student at Syngenta, successfully defended his thesis, entitled “Cyclometallated Iridium catalysts for ortho-directed C-H borylation”....
View ArticleDr Alexandre Pradal receives the Outreach Prize from French Chemistry Society
In June 2024, CHAIR co-PI of ESR7, Dr Alexandre Pradal, has received the Prize for Outreach from the French Society of Chemistry. This prize recognises the quality of his workshop prepared for the...
View ArticleEuropean Meeting on C-H Activation
In January 2024, we held the CHAIR closing conference. The “European Meeting on C-H Activation” was organised by Prof. Alexander Kirillov and his team, from the Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST)/...
View ArticleThesis defense: Dr Eleni Papaplioura
On the 13th of September 2024, Eleni Papaplioura, ESR6 from CHAIR and PhD student at TUWien, succesfully defended her thesis entitled “Application of non-volatile reagents for the introduction of short...
View ArticleThesis defense: Dr Pascal Hauk
On the 20th of September 2024, Pascal Hauk, ESR14 from CHAIR and PhD student at the CNRS, successfully defended his thesis entitled “Surfactant-enabled C–H activation for the functionalisation of...
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