Chemistry Europe Virtual Events

Virtual symposia and talks organized by the editorial offices and board members of Chemistry Europe journals

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You can find all recordings in our YouTube account. Browse the playlist: Virtual Events Below you can find a selection of Chemistry Europe events:

	March 10, 2022 Meet the Early Career Advisory Board of Chemistry – A European Journal (Session 1) Speakers Jesús Campos, Inst. Investigaciones Químicas Bimetallic Frustrated Lewis Pairs Trevor Hamlin, VU Amsterdam Understanding Chemical Reactivity using the Activation Strain Model Rebecca Melen, Cardiff University Lewis Acidic Boranes as Catalysts for Carbene Transfer Reactions Mónica Pérez-Temprano, Inst. Catalá d’Investigacó Química Catalysis Design through Mechanistic Investigations Chao Wang, Tsinghua University Water-Stable and Self-Healing Ion Conducting Elastomers for Electronics and Energy Storage

	December 9, 2021 ChemPhotoChem/EurJOC Joint Virtual Symposium: Photoredox Catalysis Speakers Timothy Noël, University of Amsterdam Innovation in Photocatalysis Through Use of Flow Jola Pospech, Leibniz Institute for Catalysis Development and Application of Pyrimidopteridine Photoredox Catalysis Tehshik Yoon, University of Wisconsin-Madison Base Metals in Oxidative Photoredox Reactions

	December 1, 2021 Journée D’Automne 2021 – Division de Chimie Organique Selected Speakers Christof Sparr, Université de Bâle, Suisse Davide Audisio, CEA Saclay Jeanne Crassous, Institut des Sciences Chimiques, Rennes Sophie Feuillastre, CEA Saclay Yannick Geiger, IPCMS, Strasbourg Julien Leclaire, ICBMS, Lyon Charlotte Lorton, ICSN, Gif/Yvette Julie Oble, IPCM, Paris

	October 26, 2021 Angewandte Fall Symposia (October 2021) Speakers Helma Wennemers, ETH Zürich, Switzerland Peptides as Asymmetric Catalyst Walter Leitner, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion in Mülheim & RWTH Aachen University, Germany Fire and Ice: Catalytic Synthesis using Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide May Nyman, Oregon State University, USA Differentiating Zr/Hf Chemistry through Metal-Oxo Clusters: Spotlight on an 80-yr Old Process

	September 29, 2021 Angewandte Fall Symposia (September 2021) Speakers Li-Zhu Wu, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Artificial Photosynthesis for Chemical Transformation Hiroaki Suga, University of Tokyo The Next Generation of Random Nonstandard Peptide Integrated Discovery (RaPID) System Martina Stenzel, UNSW, Sydney) Glycopolymers: The World of Sweet Polymers Qiang Zhang, Tsinghua University Emerging Energy Chemistry at Li Metal and Electrolyte Interfaces in Working Batteries

	September 23, 2021 ChemCatChem/EurJIC Joint Virtual Symposium: Main Group Catalysis Speakers Robert J. Gilliard, University of Virginia Redox-Flexibility in the Main-Group: Chemical Structure, Bonding, and Reactivity Josep Cornella, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Bismuth Redox Catalysis Eva Hevia, University of Bern Exploiting Chemical Cooperativity in Main Group Metal Catalysis

	June 4, 2021 EurJIC Virtual Symposium: Metal Complex Photocatalysis Speakers Hajime Ito, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Luminescent and Mechanical Properties of Gold(I) Complexes Jianzhang Zhao, Dalian University of Technology, China Preparation of Visible Light-Harvesting Transition Metal Complexes: Photophysical Property and Applications Oliver Wenger, University of Basel, Switzerland A Search for New Photophysics and Photochemistry with Metal Complexes

	April 29, 2021 EurJOC Virtual Symposium: Modern Organic Synthesis Speakers Jinghan Gui, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry Efficient Syntheses of Steroid and Terpenoid Natural Products EurJOC Award Lecture Mariola Tortosa, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid Catalysis to increase complexity – Stereoselective synthesis of sp³-rich building blocks Jérôme Waser, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Catalytic Multi-Functionalizations with Hypervalent Iodine Reagents

	April 22, 2021 ChemPhysChem/ChemSystemsChem Joint Virtual Symposium: Computational Chemistry Speakers Markus Reiher, ETH Zürich, Switzerland Have you ever pulled on a molecule? – Chemical Reactivity by Interactive and Automated Quantum Mechanics Leticia González, University of Vienna, Austria Shining light on transition metal complexes: A dynamical view Gabriel Merino, CINVESTAV Mérida, Mexico Predicting new carbon and boron molecules

	March 2, 2021 Batteries & Supercaps/ChemElectroChem Joint Virtual Symposium: Beyond Lithium-Ion Batteries Speakers Philipp Adelhelm, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Material aspects of alternative energy storage: Sodium-ion and solid-state batteries Nagore Ortiz-Vitoriano, CIC energiGUNE Towards better understanding of Na-O2 batteries: from materials selection to electrolyte solvation Giuseppe Antonio Elia, Helmholtz-Institut Ulm Insight into the aluminum graphite dual-ion battery Magali Gauthier, CEA Saclay Phase transformations in alloy-based negative electrodes for magnesium batteries Robert Dominko, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia Possibilities and challenges of multivalent organic batteries

	February 25, 2021 Empowering Diversity in Science: Gender in Academia and Publishing Speakers Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede, Chalmers University of Technology & Head of Genie, Sweden Female faculty: Why so few and why care? Julia Trattnig, Convelop, Cooperative Knowledge Design GmbH, Austria Who cites whom? Tackling biases in academia Mia Ricci, Wiley, USA Committing to a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive publishing environment

	January 18, 2021 Batteries & Supercaps Virtual Symposium “Lithium Metal Anode” Speakers Alberto Varzi, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Tailoring the interphase of Li and Li alloy anodes Céline Barchasz, CEA Liten Lithium metal anodes for Li/S and solid-state batteries Holger Althues, Fraunhofer IWS Processing thin lithium films as tailored anodes for future generation batteries

	December 15, 2020 EurJOC Virtual Symposium “Meet the Chemists” Speakers M. Ángeles (Tati) Fernández-Ibáñez, University of Amsterdam Ligand-Promoted C-H Functionalization Reactions Joseph Moran, University of Strasbourg Metabolism Before Enzymes

	November 24, 2020 ChemSusChem Virtual Symposium: Lignin Valorization Speakers Katalin Barta, University of Graz Lignin first! Catalysis, platform chemicals, valorization pathways Eric Hegg, Michigan State University Biomimetic lignin depolymerization using small molecule thiols: mimicking the ß-aryl ether cleavage pathway Claudia Crestini, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice New perspectives in lignin valorization: nanoparticles and nanocapsules Changzhi Li, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Catalytic valorization of lignin towards selective strategies

	November 17, 2020 1st ChemistryOpen Virtual Symposium on Open Data and Open-Source Research Speakers Matthew Todd, University College London, UK Accelerating Drug Discovery with Open Source Chemistry Networks Rommie Amaro, University of California, San Diego, USA The Importance of Open Science in the Fight Against COVID-19 Alberto Pepe, Atypon Systems LLC, USA Taking the Open Source Paradigm to Publishing: Data, Code, and Notebooks for Open Research

	October 22, 2020 2nd ChemPhysChem Virtual Symposium on Supramolecular Chemistry Speakers Fraser Stoddart, Northwestern University, USA Chair Nathalie Busschaert, Tulane University, USA Alternative applications of synthetic transmembrane transporters: from optimizing optical sensors to drug delivery Carson Bruns, University of Colorado, USA CH-Pi stabilized supramolecular and mechanomolecular organic semiconductors based on cycloparaphenylenes Steve Goldup, University of Southampton, UK Synthesis and Applications of Interlocked Molecules

	October 14, 2020 3rd ChemBioChem Virtual Symposium “Chemical Translational Biology” Speakers Yael David, Sloan Kettering Institute Uncovering Cancer-Associated Epigenetic Events Using Novel Chemical Tools Jeremy Baskin, Cornell University Chemical Tools that IMPACT Lipid Signaling Vishal Rai, IISER Bhopal Chemical Technologies Empowering Biologics with Precision and Modularity

	September 30, 2020 EurJOC Virtual Symposium – Special Edition Journeé DCO – EurJOC Speakers Matthieu Sollogoub, Sorbonne Université, President DCO Moderator Frances Arnold, California Institute of Technology Innovation by Evolution: Bringing New Chemistry to Life (not included in the recording) Thomas Carell, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München The Second Dimension of the Genetic Code Jean-Francois Nierengarten, Université de Strasbourg Fullerene and Pillar[5]arene Scaffolds for the Preparation of Advanced Materials and Bioactive Compounds Xavier Bugaut, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, Marseille Combining Organocatalysis with Central-to-Axial Conversion of Chirality for the Enantioselective Synthesis of Atropoisomers Ludovic Favereau, Institut des Sciences Chimiques, Rennes A Polarized Spotlight on Chiral Molecular Materials

(see links on the right for separate recordings)	August 31, 2020 25th Anniversary Virtual Symposium of Chemistry – A European Journal Speakers Clare Grey, University of Cambridge Developing and applying new tools to understand how materials for Li and “beyond-Li” battery technologies function and fail Kuiling Ding, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry A Story of SKP/Pd Catalysts: Mechanistic Understanding, Process Innovation & Drug Discovery Nuno Maulide, Universität Wien Using Rearrangements to Make Difficult Bonds Jean-Franҫois Nierengarten, Université de Strasbourg Fullerene and Pillar[5]arene Scaffolds for the Preparation of Advanced Materials and Bioactive Compounds Angela Casini, Technische Universität München Bioinorganic Chemistry as an Enabling Technology Lee Cronin, University of Glasgow Computing with Chemical Reactions

	July 28, 2020 Chemistry Europe Voices – Self Care is not the Enemy of Performance Speaker Jen Heemstra, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

	July 8, 2020 2nd ChemBioChem Virtual Symposium Speakers Gilles Gasser, Chimie ParisTech Selective Delivery of Ruthenium-based Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy Seth Cohen, UC San Diego The Development of Metal-Binding Isosteres for Fragment-Based Drug Discovery Marie Heffern, UC Davis Untangling the Extracellular Bioinorganic Space and its Implications in Health

	July 1, 2020 3rd EurJOC Virtual Symposium Speakers Varinder K. Aggarwal, University of Bristol Assembly Line Synthesis Tatiana Besset, INSA de Rouen, Université de Rouen Sulfur and Fluorine: An Efficient Partnership Josep Cornellà, MPI für Kohlenforschung New Catalysts and Reagents for Organic Synthesis

	May 27, 2020 1st ChemBioChem Virtual Symposium Speakers Tom Grossmann, VU Amsterdam In Situ Cyclization of Proteins (INCYPRO) – Stabilizing protein tertiary structures with synthetic scaffolds Alison Narayan, University of Michigan Biocatalysis and complex molecule synthesis Gonçalo Bernardes, University of Cambridge Translational antibody bioconjugation

	April 22, 2020 2nd EurJOC Virtual Symposium Speakers Paolo Melchiorre, ICIQ Tarragona Asymmetric Catalysis in the Excited State Cristina Nevado, University of Zurich Mechanistic Puzzles in Metal-Catalyzed Reactions Tobias Ritter, MPI für Kohlenforschung Late-Stage Functionalizations

	February 26, 2020 1st EurJOC Virtual Symposium Speakers Nuno Maulide, University of Vienna, Austria The beautiful simplicity of rearrangements: a tale of flying hydrides Géraldine Masson, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, Gif-sur-Yvette, France Organocatalysis: A Versatile Tool for the Synthesis of Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles