Swiss Women in Chemistry

Under the umbrella of the Swiss Chemical Society, the aim of the Swiss Women in Chemistry (SWC) is to facilitate networking and provide a supportive community for female chemists in Switzerland at all career stages. SWC is open to all female scientists of Switzerland across the diverse fields of chemistry, life sciences, and biotechnology, coming from academia, industry and government.

The aims of the Swiss Women in Chemistry Network are

• Generating visibility for female chemists through a professional network for women at all stages of their career, from senior executives to junior scientists.
• Providing an open platform for the exchange of ideas and experiences.
• Supporting young female researcher in their professional development through a mentoring program.
• Collaborating with other organizations and corporations through various networking events.

Main Activities

• Organize mentors-mentees dinners in the Remandie, the Basel and the Zurich region
• Publish community news on the website, in CHIMIA and the social media channels.
• Facilitate access to female experts for lectures, media communications and panel discussions.

Our mentoring program aims to facilitate networking for female chemists in Switzerland at different career stages and provides a platform to the experience exchange form senior, mid-career to junior female scientists.

Our mentoring program has been running since 2019 and it helped to support over 30 mentees in their professional development. Our 3^rd series is currently running. We are looking for motivated, mid-career female scientists like yourself, who would be interested in mentoring a student (Master, Phd) or postdoctoral scholar in Switzerland. Interested in participating as mentee? We welcome all the Swiss Chemical Society members. The mentoring program is based on ideally monthly meetings, which can take place completely virtually or in person or as a hybrid format, as per preference of both the mentor and mentee.
Apply as a mentor/mentee.

Core Team
Dr. Elodie Brun, Firmenich S.A.
Dr. Rachel Hevey, University of Basel
Prof. Francesca Paradisi, University of Bern

Social Media contributors
Marina Banzi, Ferring
Hsin-hua Huang, University of Basel
Inga Shybeka, University of Geneva

Email:
Website: scg.ch/swc
Twitter: @SwissWomenChem
LinkedIn: Swiss Women in Chemistry
Instagram: swisswomenchem

Vol. 73, 06/2019, 532: Launch of the SCS Swiss Women in Chemistry, M. Reiter, R. Buller, R. Havey

The launch of SWC was celebrated at the Swiss Women in Chemistry Inauguration Gala Night September 25, 2019, 17:30-20:30, Basel The program included presentations by Dr. Maria Inès Velazco (Consultant at MIV Senses, former SVP R&D at Firmenich) and Dr. Leslie A. Fendt (AI Integrated Strategy Leader, Global Launch Leader, Ulcerative Colitis at Hoffmann-La Roche) and was followed by a networking gala, with more than one hundred attendants. 
More information and pictures taken at the event on the website.