EYCN Podcast - Chemistry To Your Ears

Welcome to our new Podcast episode, with an all-new host! In this episode, Konstantina Armadorou interviews Chemistry Europe laureate and accomplished computational chemist Professor Stefan Grimme. A captivating conversation about current trends in the field of chemistry and unlikely collaborations awaits you. Enjoy!Host: Konstantina ArmadorouIntro and Outro: Carl SchneiderWriting: Carl Schneider and Konstantina ArmadorouEditing: Miguel Steiner

In this episode Carl Schneider interviews IUPAC’s past-president Prof. Dr. Javier García Martinez about the 2023 “IUPAC Top Ten”. Javier and Carl talk about the origin of this tradition, what concerns the chemists of the world, and how IUPAC as a global organization encourages local acting. For a further look at last year’s finalists you can read up on them here. Until the 31st of March you can also submit your candidates here to be considered for the 2024 edition of the Top Ten. You always wanted to know something else about IUPAC? Now, is your chance! We are planning a follow-up episode to talk with Javier about IUPAC in general and we invite you to submit your questions to us beforehand.

In our latest podcast episode, we are discussing Carbon turnover in the deep biosphere, its relevance to modern society, how it takes place and how it influences life on the surface. For that, Katarina Josifovska interviewed Prof. Dr. Alexander Probst, associate professor for "Aquatic Microbial Ecology" at the University of Duisburg-Essen

In this episode we are talking about the path towards completing a doctoral degree. Our guest, Dr. Daniel Friedrich, provides some key points along the road to obtain a PhD. He highlights the importance of taking the time to make a detailed plan containing the incremental steps, which lead you to your goal. Moreover, he suggests building a professional network and develop transferable skills, which will help you in the future stages of your career. Furthermore, certain problems that can occur during a PhD are discussed to give some advice on how students can approach these challenges. Dr. Daniel Friedrich is an expert in project and self-management within and beyond the science community. He gained experience as a founder, taught as a Teach First Fellow and is currently working as a data scientist at the largest German portal for teaching materials. Since 2019, he has been bringing his experience as a researcher, doctoral advisor, and university lecturer into ImpulsPlus.

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a new sustainable development agenda, which includes 17 sustainable development goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all. If achieved, these 17 goals will fundamentally change the world for the better. The chemical enterprise has a unique role to play in reaching these goals. Chemistry offers a broad spectrum of products and services essential to our daily lives that are safe, sustainable, and environmentally sound. Therefore, we wanted to know more how young chemists can contribute to this and talked with Prof. David Cole-Hamilton, former president of the European Chemical Society and Professor Emeritus at the University of St. Andrews.

In our new series, we interview the winners of the prestigious European Young Chemists' Award 2020 to discuss with them their research and also ask them for advice for other young chemists. Today, we are talking about how we can enable novel reactions with the application of ultrasound, which could allow for more eco-friendly processes in the chemical industry. For this, our Austrian delegate Miguel Steiner interviewed the Silver medal winner at the Early Career Research Level, Dr. Gregory Chatel.

In our new series, we interview the winners of the prestigious European Young Chemists' Award 2020 to discuss with them their research and also ask them for advice for other young chemists. Today, we are talking about thin films that have antimicrobial properties and how they are synthesized, analyzed, and applied on various substances. For this, our Belgium delegate Nathan Carpentier interviewed the Gold medal winner at the Early Career Research Level, Dr. Maria Chiara Sportelli.

Could we produce useful chemicals while lowering the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere? In this month's episode, we are interviewing Prof. Victor Mougel from ETH Zurich to answer this and many more questions. We talk about the basics of CO2 reduction, the different approaches and their advantages and challenges. Furthermore, we are talking about the encryption of information in DNA, a new synthesis strategy to develop more efficient pharmaceuticals, and a new high throughput methodology for drug discovery.