SCS Award Winners 2015

The prize is given to

Prof. Gilles Gasser, University of Zurich

for his outstanding contributions in the field of medicinal inorganic chemistry and of inorganic chemical biology.

The prize is awarded to

Prof. Natalie Banerji, University of Fribourg

for her studies providing insight into photophysical processes of polymeric semiconductors.

The prize is given on the occasion of the SCS Fall Meeting in Lausanne on September 4, 2015.

The Award 2015 is given to the

• Dr. Stefan Abele, Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd,
• Dr. Jacques-Alexis Funel, Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd,
• Dr. Gunther Schmidt, Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd,
• Prof. Roger Marti, Hochschule für Technik und Architektur Fribourg,
• Dr. Christian Mössner, F. Hoffmann La-Roche, former Solvias AG and
• Mr. Mischa Schwaninger, Swissi Process Safety, a member of TÜV SÜD Group

for the conception and successful scale-up of Diels–Alder reactions and organocatalysis leading to enantiomerically pure 5-phenylbicyclo[2.2.2]oct-5-en-2-one, a key intermediate for the production of an L/T calcium channel antagonist.

The award lecture is given on the occasion of the 12. Freiburger Symposium in Fribourg on April 23./24., 2015.

The prize is given to

Mr. Francis Mingard, Gymnase de Nyon

for the development of didactic chemistry experiments and for making them available on the web.

The prize is given on the occasion of the central education course for science teachers, organized by the VSN in Schaffhausen on October 14-16, 2015.

The award is attributed to

Mr. Yvan Mongbanziama, HEIA Fribourg

for his Bachelor thesis describing the synthesis and characterization of a new enantiomerically pure verdazyl radical derived from pinene.

The prize is given on the occasion of the SCS Fall Meeting in Lausanne on September 4, 2015.