Introducing new Green Chemistry Editorial Board member: Serenella Sala

We are delighted to announce that Serenella Sala (European Commission – Joint Research Centre, Italy) has been appointed as a new Board Member in Green Chemistry.

Serenella is the Head of Unit of the Land Resources and Supply Chain Assessments Unit within the Sustainable Resource Directorate at the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC). Environmental scientist by background, with a PhD in applied ecology, her research activities support European policies and focus on assessing sustainability by applying methodologies and models for sustainable development, integrated environmental assessment, life cycle assessment, risk assessment. The focus is on the eco-innovation of process and products as well as resource efficiency. She joined the JRC in 2010. Between 2001 and 2010, Serenella was the coordinator of the Research Unit on Sustainable Development (GRISS) at the Department of Environmental Science at University of Milano Bicocca, where she worked as a scientific project leader for several environmental projects supporting sustainability assessment in both the private and public sector. She actively promoted public and private partnership on eco-innovation and resource efficiency and contributed to harmonisation of methods and models for life cycle impact assessment at international level.

Let’s learn from nature how to develop our production and consumption systems in a sustainable way”. – Serenella Sala

Please join us in welcoming Serenella!

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Call for Papers: Exploring the Frontiers: Unveiling New Horizons in Carbon Efficient Biomass Utilization

Green Chemistry is delighted to announce a call for papers for its latest themed collection on Exploring the Frontiers: Unveiling New Horizons in Carbon Efficient Biomass Utilization themed collection of Green Chemistry, Guest Edited by Zhi-Hua Liu (Tianjin University), Bing-Zhi Li (Tianjin University), Joshua Yuan (Washington University in St. Louis), James Clark (University of York), Vânia Zuin Zeidler (Leuphana Universitat Luneburg), Lieve Laurens (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), Arthur Ragauskas (The University of Tennessee Knoxville), Joao Coutinho (CICECO-Universidade de Aveiro) and Buxing Han (Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences).  Open for submissions until October 31, 2024.

Lignocellulosic biomass, which is the most plentiful source of renewable energy, serves as a vital storehouse of energy within chemical bonds formed during photosynthetic CO2 reduction. The utilization of this abundant natural resource has a transformative role in the advancement of sustainable development and human civilization. Biomass conversion employs environmentally friendly techniques to convert renewable bioresources into valuable products such as biofuels, chemicals, and materials. Biomass utilization contributes significantly to the transition towards bio-economy, green chemistry, and carbon neutrality.

About this Themed Collection

This themed collection intends to showcase cutting-edge research, advancements, and innovations in carbon efficient biomass utilization, with a particular focus on uncovering new possibilities and opportunities in this field. It also aims to showcase innovative biotechnical solutions that can effectively transform biomass for a wide range of applications, while also addressing the current challenges and prospects in the field of carbon efficient biomass utilization. We believe that this themed collection will be of great interest to researchers in various fields such as green chemistry, synthetic biology, artificial intelligence, enzyme engineering, lignin valorization, biorefineries, sustainability, and environmental studies, among others.

Preferred topics include but are not limited to:

  • Biomass fractionation technologies: Exploration of emerging deconstruction and fractionation approaches to enhance the accessibility and convertibility of the biomass.
  • Enzymatic and microbial conversion: Prospecting novel enzymes and microorganisms for efficient bioconversion of carbohydrates and lignin into value-added biofuels, biochemicals, and biomaterials.
  • Synthetic biology approaches: Highlighting the application of synthetic biology principles to design microbial cell factory for improved biomass conversion; designing biosensors to regulate metabolic networks and enhance microbial cell factory performance.
  • Biocatalysis and enzyme engineering: Showcasing advancements in biocatalysis and enzyme engineering to enhance their efficiency, specificity, and stability in carbohydrates and lignin conversion.
  • Artificial intelligence (AI) technology: Exploiting cutting-edge AI and machine learning techniques for screening, mining, engineering, and de novo design of vital ligninolytic enzymes and other important enzymes in biomass and lignin valorization.
  • Design and evaluation of sustainable and carbon efficient biomass utilization: Exploring innovative approaches and routes to enhance the sustainability and carbon efficiency of biomass and lignin valorization; developing a synthesis solution for producing biodegradable and sustainable materials from biomass utilization; promoting a circular carbon economy and striving towards carbon neutrality in biomass utilization.
  • Other innovative technical strategies for carbon efficient biomass utilization.

This call for papers is open for the following article types:

  • Communications
  • Full papers
  • Reviews

How to Submit

If you would like to contribute to this themed collection, you can submit your article directly through the journal’s online submission service at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gc before the deadline (October 31, 2024). Please answer the themed collection question in the submission form when uploading your files to say that this is a contribution to the themed collection and add a “Note to the Editor” that this is from the Open Call.

About the Journal

Green Chemistry provides a unique forum for the publication of innovative research on the development of alternative green and sustainable technologies. The journal publishes original and significant cutting-edge research that is likely to be of wide general appeal. Recently we have produced a YouTube video explaining the green advance requirement for Green Chemistry, which can be found here (alternative link here). A more detailed video summarising some of the benchmarking metrics to satisfy this requirement can be found here (alternative link here). We hope these are helpful to you during the writing process. For more information on the journal, please visit the journal homepage and see this editorial.

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Green Chemistry Emerging Investigators Series – Jun Xiang

Green Chemistry is proud to present the Green Chemistry Emerging Investigators Series, showcasing work being conducted by Emerging Investigators. This collection aims to highlight the excellent research being carried out by researchers in the early stages of their independent career from across the breadth of green chemistry.  For more information about this series, click here

The most recent contribution to this series, a communication article entitled A facile, general, and modular synthetic approach to biomass-based diols (DOI: 10.1039/D3GC03296E), introduces a novel method for synthesizing structurally diverse biomass-based diols (BDOs) in a facile and general manner. By providing access to BDOs without the need for catalysts and using mild reaction conditions, this method aims to advance the development of sustainable materials and promote the transition from petroleum-based to biomass-based chemicals.

The motivation behind this work was to develop a more efficient and sustainable method for biomass-based diols. The ultimate goal is to foster the advancement of sustainable materials, thus promoting a more eco-friendly and sustainable future.

Read our interview with the corresponding author below.

What aspects of this work are you most excited about at the moment and what do you find most challenging about it?

I’m excited about the establishment of a powerful approach towards the production of diols derived from biomass. This approach enables us to synthesize diols with analogous structures, thereby expediting our discovery of key performance-affecting factors and facilitating the fabrication of high-performance biomass-based materials.

The challenging aspect lies in pushing this technology from the lab side into the market and achieving the goal of replacing petroleum-based materials on a large scale.

What is the next step? What work is planned?

Our research group is deeply concerned with the efficiency and safety of material preparation, as well as the recyclability of as-prepared materials. In our future research efforts, we plan to design and synthesize biomass-based diols possessing unique functionalities, endowing their derived materials with exceptional durability and recyclability, and thus reducing the adverse impact on the environment.

Please describe your journey to becoming an independent researcher.

My scholarly journey commenced as a postgraduate student at the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering at Sichuan University (SCU), Sichuan Province, China. It was during my doctoral studies at the University of Sherbrooke (UdeS) in Quebec, Canada, under the supervision of Prof. Yue Zhao, that I honed my expertise and skills. At UdeS, I engaged in pioneering work involving the design, synthesis, and biomedical applications of advanced functional materials derived from photo-responsive polymers. Seeking to further strengthen my training as a chemist and broaden my interdisciplinary research experiences, I embarked on a research endeavour within the laboratory of Prof. Haojun Fan at SCU, where I was acquainted with the realm of biomass-based polymeric materials and their environmentally sustainable manufacturing processes. These educational and collaborative experiences taught me how research labs work, how projects are conducted and how the lab is managed, and ultimately trained me to work as an independent researcher specializing in “biomass-based energy and materials”.

Can you share one piece of career-related advice or wisdom with other early career scientists?

“Choosing an important problem.”

Why did you choose to publish in Green Chemistry?

Green Chemistry is a top-tier, highly respected journal in Chemistry with a broad readership and followers all over the world. This journal encourages the design and synthesis of safer chemicals, the use of renewable resources, and the minimization of waste and pollution. Our current article aligns perfectly with the scope of this journal; hence it has inspired me to publish our work in this prestigious journal.

Meet the author

Jun Xiang is an Associate Professor in the College of Biomass Science and Engineering at Sichuan University. He currently works on developing more efficient and eco-friendly methods to accelerate the substitution of petroleum-based chemicals with biomass feedstocks. Dr Xiang earned his MSE from Sichuan University in 2013 and later completed a PhD in chemistry at the University of Sherbrooke in 2018, supported by the merit scholarship program provided by FRQNT. His professional journey commenced in December 2018. Starting in 2022, he became a committee member at ACS South western China Chapter and leads the subject of biomass-based energy and materials.

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Celebrate the 25th anniversary of Green Chemistry! Read our newly published issue 1, 2024.

It’s Green Chemistry 25th anniversary!

Over the past 25 years, Green Chemistry has provided a unique forum for the publication of innovative research on the development of alternative sustainable technologies. The journal publishes original and significant cutting-edge research that is likely to be of wide general appeal. For more information on the journal, please visit the journal homepage.

The journal retains an expert Editorial Board led by our Chair Javier Pérez-Ramírez and manuscripts submitted are professionally handled by our Publishing Editors or by our dedicated Associate Editors Aiwen Lei, Elsje Alessandra Quadrelli, Magdalena Titirici and Keiichi Tomishige. We also have an exceptional Advisory Board to support our journal.

What is happening?

What’s next for Green Chemistry?

In celebration of our 25th anniversary, Green Chemistry is committed to remaining at the frontiers of this ever-evolving interdisciplinary field, bringing together collaborative, insightful, and impactful research working to advance the field of green and sustainable chemistry. We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Stay tuned for more news!

We invite you to keep an eye out for the upcoming exciting news and celebrations for our 25th anniversary!

Follow the latest news on the Green Chemistry blog, on Twitter/X @green_rsc and our new LinkedIn Sustainable Chemistry Showcase.

From all of the Green Chemistry team, we thank you for your continued interest in and support of the journal!

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Cross journal Themed Collection: 25 years of The Netherlands’ Catalysis and Chemistry Conference (NCCC)

The Royal Society of Chemistry is delighted to support the 25th Netherlands’ Catalysis and Chemistry Conference (NCCC) taking place from 4–6 March 2024. As part of our partnership with this event, a number of our journals are inviting contributions to a cross journal themed collection, Guest Edited by Atsushi Urakawa (Technische Universiteit Delft), Petra De Jongh  (Universiteit Utrecht), Pieter Bruijnincx (Universiteit Utrecht), Moniek Tromp (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen), Caroline Paul (Technische Universiteit Delft), Sammy Verbruggen (Universiteit Antwerpen) and Matthijs Ruitenbeek (Dow Benelux BV).

Since its birth, NCCC has served as the premier forum to discuss advancements in catalysis research and to foster a dynamic exchange of innovative ideas among academic and industrial scientists in The Netherlands and in Flanders, Belgium. It has a strong focus on young and upcoming researchers, bringing them into contact with the more established and experienced researchers in the field.

Scope

This collection intends to showcase a variety of fundamental and applied catalysis research widely recognised by scientists worldwide as an extraordinary hub for catalysis that is driven jointly by a community of strong academic groups, industry and commercial activities. The scope of this collection covers the breadth of catalysis science & engineering . Preferred topics include but are not limited to:

  • Fundamental and applied studies in heterogeneous catalysis, homogeneous catalysis and biocatalysis
  • Developments in electro- and photochemistry
  • Alternative feedstock uses and carbon circularity (CO2 and biomass conversion)
  • Advanced materials characterization
  • Energy materials
  • Computational chemistry
  • Catalysis for materials circularity (new polymers and plastics recycling)

Journals involved

The following RSC journals are supporting the collection:

  • Chemical Science – A diamond open access journal that is home to exceptional research, with a wide-ranging scope that covers the full breadth of the chemical sciences.
  • Catalysis Science & Technology – A multidisciplinary journal focusing on cutting edge research across all fundamental science and technological aspects of catalysis.
  • Reaction Chemistry & Engineering – An interdisciplinary journal bridging the gap between chemistry and chemical engineering.
  • Green Chemistry – A multidisciplinary journal providing a unique forum for the publication of innovative research on the development of alternative green and sustainable technologies that is likely to be of wide general appeal.
  • PCCP – An international journal publishing original, cutting-edge research in physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry.
  • EES Catalysis – A premier journal, publishing high-quality experimental and theoretical catalysis research for energy and environmental applications.
  • RSC Sustainability – An inclusive journal publishing solutions-focused research dedicated to solving sustainability challenges.
  • RSC Applied Interfaces – A dedicated, interdisciplinary journal publishing articles that highlight the impact of applied interfacial and surface research.
  • RSC Mechanochemistry – An inclusive journal focusing on the publication of innovative research that advances the fundamental understanding and application of the use of mechanical force for driving and controlling chemical reactions and materials transformations in the gas, liquid, and solid states.

As a global society publisher, the RSC positions itself as a leading voice for the chemical sciences and puts catalysis science, as well as the themes covered in NCCC in the spotlight. We recognise the potential of the chemical sciences to provide innovative solutions to the most pressing challenges – and the importance of giving a platform to scientists whose discoveries catalyse global change.

To express an interest in contributing to the collection, please reach out to our Editorial team (journals@rsc.org)

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Open for Nominations: Green Chemistry Emerging Investigator themed collection

Green Chemistry is delighted to announce a call for papers for its latest Emerging Investigators Series. This themed collection aims to highlight the excellent research being carried out by researchers in the early stages of their independent career from across the breadth of green chemistry. This themed collection is an invitation-only initiative, with nominations curated by our Editorial Office. We will however consider additional applications and nominations on their own merit, and we encourage the green chemistry community to send in their nominees. Self-nominations are welcome!

The Green Chemistry Editorial Office will contact nominated Emerging Investigators throughout the year.

Regarding eligibility, contributors must:

  • Publish research within the scope of the journal.
  • Have completed their PhD.
  • Be actively pursuing an independent research career.
  • Be at an early stage of their independent career (typically this will be within 15 years of completing their PhD, but appropriate consideration will be given to those who have taken a career break or followed a different career path).

To best meet the needs of our contributing authors, there will be no fixed submission deadlines. Accepted articles will be published online in a citeable form, included in the web collection and collated in an online issue as soon as they are ready. We aim to promote all the papers and authors periodically.

By contributing as a corresponding author, the researchers will be internationally recognised as outstanding emerging scientists in the field. This collection provides an excellent opportunity to raise their profile and visibility in the community, and a short profile of each researcher will also be featured in the journal.

How to nominate

Nominations must be made via email to green-rsc@rsc.org including the following information of the nominee:

  • Full name
  • Current affiliation
  • Current email address
  • Researcher/group website (optional)

If you have any questions or queries about the lectureship, please contact us at green-rsc@rsc.org

We look forward to receiving your nomination!

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Congratulations to our esteemed Green Chemistry Editorial Board Members on being recognized as Highly Cited Researchers

Congratulations to the Green Chemistry Editorial Board Members that have been featured on Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list for 2023:

Chair
Javier Pérez-Ramírez  (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)

Associate Editor

  • Aiwen Lei (College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, The Institute for Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, P. R. China)
  • Magdalena Titirici (Imperial College London, UK)

Editorial Board Member 

  • Serenella Sala (European Commission – Joint Research Centre)
  • Tao Zhang (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

This prestigious recognition reflects the calibre of individuals who guide and shape the quality of research published in our journals. We would like to extend our congratulations to all members of the Green Chemistry community who have been recognised this year.

Follow the latest news on Twitter/X @green_rsc and our new LinkedIn Sustainable Chemistry Showcase and browse the latest HOT research in our 2023 Green Chemistry HOT articles collection.

Explore recent papers from our companion journal RSC Sustainability

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Featuring our paper: “The sustainability impact of Nobel Prize Chemistry: life cycle assessment of C–C cross-coupling reactions”

Published in Issue 25 and highlighted by Prof. Javier Pérez-Ramírez (Editorial Board Chair) and Dr. Michael Rowan (Executive Editor) for inclusion in our 25th Anniversary Collection, “The sustainability impact of Nobel Prize Chemistry: life cycle assessment of C–C cross-coupling reactionspaper is already receiving a great deal of attention in the community (DOI: 10.1039/D3GC01896B).

The paper presents a comprehensive study based on life cycle assessment (LCA) to evaluate the environmental profiles of carbon-carbon cross-coupling reaction (CCR) in terms of the materials involved and their energy consumption.

Cross-coupling reaction protocols are among the most important reactions for the synthesis of building blocks, and their great significance led to them being awarded the Nobel Prize in 2010. The objectives and value of this study were to evaluate the intrinsic potential of CCR protocols through LCA-based environmental assessment and to demonstrate that creation of large initial innovation likely multiplies to massive literature impact in the years after. The motivation behind this work was to help future innovations to be even more powerful with the authors hoping that this study will contribute to the improvement and optimization of future CCR research.

Read our interview with the corresponding authors below.

Could you briefly explain the focus of your article?

Life cycle assessment was conducted for the Nobel Prize of Chemistry 2010, inventing the C-C cross coupling, which was seminal for modern synthesis of innovative chemicals and pharmaceuticals. It was aimed to assess the original strategy only, and not how it was improved in the almost four decades after, separating idea and translation of idea.

How would you set this article in a wider context?

Sustainability is typically measured when innovations turn into applications, meaning one decade or more later. This also mean that the industrial translation of the innovation is assessed, rather than the innovation itself. We have developed an intrinsic sustainability assessment of the innovation itself, exemplified at the paramount Nobel Prize innovations.

Can you express your view on the importance of metrics and analysis (techno, economic, ecological, etc) to the chemistry community?

While metrical analysis can judge on the sustainability achievement of a chemical innovation after its demonstration, we see the true value in the assessment shaping a chemical idea during its nascence and guiding it in its early moments.

What aspects of this work are you most excited about at the moment and what do you find most challenging about it?

Knowing that Nobel Prize innovations have highest esteem and demand for ultimate seriousness in discussion, we are excited to arguably have made an informative and balanced assessment. Challenging was to separate intrinsic and extrinsic effects, seeing that we need to neglect the chemical yield for the first, while this is crucial value for any chemical synthesis and its metrics.

What is the next step? What work is planned?

We like to make a follow-up paper with more generalised methodology, meaning tailored metrics for intrinsic value of innovations; published in Green Chemistry journal. In addition we will aim to assess precise challenging real world molecules that have been prepared using this idea.

Why did you choose to publish in Green Chemistry?

It is a top-tier, highly respected journal in Chemistry, open for cross-discipline, blue sky research, and has transparent, professional journal management.

Meet the corresponding authors.  

Prof. Volker Hessel studied chemistry at Mainz University. In 1994, he went to the Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH. In 2002, he was appointed as vice director of R&D at IMM and became director of R&D in 2007 and in 2005, he started working at the Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands. He has been working at the University of Adelaide, Australia, as deputy dean (research) at the ECMS faculty and professor in pharmaceutical engineering since 2018, and as a part-time professor University of Warwick/UK since 2019.

Volker received the AIChE Excellence in Process Development Research Award, IUPAC ThalesNano Prize in Flow Chemistry. He is program lead in the ARC Centre of Excellence Plants for Space (P4S), and is Research Director of the Andy Thomas Centre for Space Resources. He received several EU’s research excellence grants (ERC Advanced/Proof of Concept/Synergy, FET OPEN). He was authority in a 35-teamed Parliament Enquete Commission “Future Chemical Industry”.

Prof. Luigi Vaccaro is a Full Professor at the University of Perugia where he is leading the Green S.O.C. group, http://greensoc.chm.unipg.it. He is Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and he is currently appointed as Associate Editor of the RSC Advances and of Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. His recognitions comprise the Europa Medal from the Society of Chemical Industry – London (2001), the ADP Award from Merck’s Chemistry Council for “Creative work in organic chemistry” (2006 and 2007), the G. Ciamician Medal of the Società Chimica Italiana (2007), the Lady Davis (2018) Visiting Professorship, the Pino Medal from the Organic and Industrial Divisions of the Italian Chemical Society. His research is aimed at developing different aspects of chemistry to define sustainable and optimized chemical processes. Luigi has published over 260 scientific contributions with an H-index of 58, and about 9000 citations.

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International Symposium on Green Chemistry 2022 is now online and free to access until the end of January 2024

We are delighted to announce that the Green Chemistry themed issue International Symposium on Green Chemistry 2022 is now online and free to access until the end of January 2024.

Guest Edited by François Jérôme, this collection comprises articles based on presentations from the International Symposium on Green Chemistry 2022 meeting held in La Rochelle, France between 16th-20th May 2022.

Read the full issue online
It includes:

Tutorial Review
Physico-chemical challenges on the self-assembly of natural and bio-based ingredients on hair surfaces: towards sustainable haircare formulations
Gustavo S. Luengo, Fabien Leonforte, Andrew Greaves, Ramon G. Rubio and Eduardo Guzman
Green Chem., 2023, 25, 7863-7882. DOI: 10.1039/D3GC02763E

Communication
Supercritical carbon dioxide as reaction medium for selective hydrogenation of fluorinated arenes
Souha Kacem, Yunxiang Qiao, Cornelia Wirtz, Nils Theyssen, Alexis Bordet and Walter Leitner
Green Chem., 2022, 24, 8671-8676. DOI: 10.1039/D2GC02623F

Communication
Decarboxylative arylation with diaryliodonium(iii) salts: alternative approach for catalyst-free difluoroenolate coupling to aryldifluoromethyl ketones
Kotaro Kikushima, Kohei Yamada, Narumi Umekawa, Natsumi Yoshio, Yasuyuki Kita and Toshifumi Dohi
Green Chem., 2023, 25, 1790-1796. DOI: 10.1039/D2GC04445E

Paper
Antioxidant silicone oils from natural antioxidants
Michael A. Brook, Akop Yepremyan, Guanhua Lu, Miguel Melendez-Zamudio, Daniel J. Hrabowyj and Cody B. Gale
Green Chem., 2022, 24, 8751-8759. DOI: 10.1039/D2GC03112D

Paper
Influence of stabilisers on the catalytic activity of supported Au colloidal nanoparticles for the liquid phase oxidation of glucose to glucaric acid: understanding the catalyst performance from NMR relaxation and computational studies
Eleonora Monti, Alessia Ventimiglia, Luke Forster, Elena Rodríguez-Aguado, Juan Antonio Cecilia, Francesca Ospitali, Tommaso Tabanelli, Stefania Albonetti, Fabrizio Cavani, Ivan Rivalta, Carmine D’Agostino and Nikolaos Dimitratos
Green Chem., 2023, 25, 2640-2652. DOI: 10.1039/D2GC04418H

Paper
Molybdate ionic liquids as halide-free catalysts for CO2 fixation into epoxides
Nicola Bragato, Alvise Perosa, Maurizio Selva, Giulia Fiorani and Roberto Calmanti
Green Chem., 2023, 25, 4849-4860. DOI: 10.1039/D2GC04475G

Paper
Acid hydrolysis of chitin in calcium chloride solutions
Yudi Wang, Jia Kou, Xuewei Wang and Xi Chen
Green Chem., 2023, 25, 2596-2607. DOI: 10.1039/D2GC04246K

We hope you enjoy reading the articles. Please get in touch if you have any questions about this themed collection or Green Chemistry.

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Congratulations to the winners of the Green Chemistry and Reaction Chemistry & Engineering poster prizes at the Electrosynthesis Faraday Discussion!

The Faraday Discussion on Electrosynthesis was held from 12-14 July 2023, in Edinburgh, UK and online. Green Chemistry and Reaction Chemistry & Engineering were pleased to support best poster prize awards at this event and we would like to congratulate our winners!

Green Chemistry winner

Mickaël Avanthay (University of Bristol, UK)

Poster title: Mediated Silane Oxidation: A practical and metal-free counter-electrode process for electrochemical reduction reactions

Mickaël completed his undergraduate studies at ETH Zürich and then completed the AstraZeneca R&D graduate program in Sweden before starting a PhD in the Lennox Lab (Bristol) to investigate reductive electrochemical methods. His areas of interest are novel defluorination methods and new techniques to make electrochemical reductions more practical and scalable.

Reaction Chemistry & Engineering winner

Zach Nguyen (University of Utah, USA)

Poster title: Electrolyte Induced Cage Effects for Enantioselective Electrosynthesis

Zach is currently completing his Ph.D. studies with Shelley Minteer at the University of Utah, where he also received a B.S. in chemistry. His current research interests are sustainable electro organic synthesis and mechanistic investigations using electrochemistry. Outside of chemistry, he enjoys exploring the Wasatch mountains, where he enjoys being an avid photographer, skier, and fisherman.

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