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99th Chemical Society of Japan Annual Meeting – PCCP Prize Winners

The 99th Chemical Society of Japan Annual Meeting took place in Konan University, Japan between the 16th – 19th March 2019.

The Royal Society of Chemistry’s Emma Wilson, Director of Publishing delivered a greeting speech and awarded PCCP Prize Certificates for Outstanding Achievement of Young Scientists in Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics with committee chair and PCCP Advisory Board member Professor Yasuhiro Iwasawa.

Prizes were awarded to:

1. Dr. Hikaru Kuramochi, Research Scientist RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics – “Development of ultrafast time-domain Raman spectroscopy using few-cycle pulses and its application to complex molecular systems”

2. Dr. Koji Oohora, Assistant Professor Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering – “Hemoprotein engineering by chemical modification toward artificial enzyme and biomaterials”

3. Dr. Ken Sakaushi, Senior Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental Materials – “Two-Dimensional Conjugated Frameworks towards Unveiling Microscopic Energy Storage/Conversion Mechanisms”


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Outstanding Reviewers for Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics in 2018

We would like to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) in 2018, as selected by the editorial team, for their significant contribution to the journal. The reviewers have been chosen based on the number, timeliness and quality of the reports completed over the last 12 months.

We would like to say a big thank you to those individuals listed here as well as to all of the reviewers that have supported the journal. Each Outstanding Reviewer will receive a certificate to give recognition for their significant contribution.

Dr Attila Bende, National Institute for R&D of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, ORCID: 0000-0002-5347-1514

Dr Leonardo Bernasconi, University of Pittsburgh, ORCID: 0000-0002-9460-7975

Professor Francesc Illas Riera, Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (IQTCUB), ORCID: 0000-0003-2104-6123

Dr Vladan Mlinar, School of Engineering, Brown University, ORCID: 0000-0003-0078-3693

Dr Isao Ohkubo, National Institute for Material Science (NIMS), ORCID: 0000-0002-4187-0112

Dr Aurelien Perera, LPTMC Sorbonne University, ORCID: 0000-0001-9119-6659

Dr Antonio Rizzo, Istituto per I Processi Chimico Fisici (IPCF), CNR

Professor Dennis Salahub, University of Calgary, ORCID: 0000-0002-9848-3762

Dr Ian Shuttleworth, Nottingham Trent University, ORCID: 0000-0001-8655-9718

Dr Héctor Vázquez, Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, ORCID: 0000-0002-3865-9922

We would also like to thank the PCCP board and the physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry community for their continued support of the journal, as authors, reviewers and readers.

 

If you would like to become a reviewer for our journal, just email us with details of your research interests and an up-to-date CV or résumé.  You can find more details in our author and reviewer resource centre

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2018 PCCP Emerging Investigator Lectureship: awarded to Professor Debashree Ghosh

Nominations were open to all and were made by leading researchers from around the world. The nominee list was shortlisted by the Editorial Board prior to the Fall PCCP Editorial Board meeting, at which, Professor Debashree Ghosh (Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science) was selected as the 2018 recipient.

Professor Ghosh develops and applies accurate quantum chemical methods to understand the interaction between light and coupled bio-chromophores. Electronic structure theory gives us unique tools to understand the energy states of the chromophores and their coupling to each other and therefore, gives us a glimpse into their photochemistry and photo-dynamics.

As part of the Lectureship, Professor Ghosh will be awarded a travel bursary of £1000 to attend and present at a leading international event in 2019, where she will be presented her Lectureship award. Professor Ghosh has also been invited to contribute a Perspective article to PCCP.

Many congratulations to Professor Ghosh on behalf of the PCCP Ownership Societies and Editorial Board.

Nominations for the 2019 PCCP Emerging Investigator Lectureship will open next summer, keep up to date with latest journal news on the blogTwitternewsletter and e-TOC alerts.

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Celebrating 20 years of society collaboration in physical chemistry and chemical physics

We are proud to announce that PCCP is holding a symposium at the 7th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress on Monday 27th August entitled: “Celebrating 20 years of society collaboration in physical chemistry and chemical physics”. Join us at this special one-day symposium to mark volume 20 of PCCP being published, which aims to celebrate and encourage collaboration between nations across the physical chemistry and chemical physics community.

This unique event will feature scientific talks from distinguished PCCP Editorial Board members and the recipient of the 2017 PCCP Emerging Investigator Lectureship, Professor Ryan Steele (University of Utah), covering a variety of topics that reflect journal’s broad scope. The symposium also includes a panel discussion, led by the Chair of the PCCP Ownership Board, Dr Lene Hviid (Shell) on the importance and value of collaboration in the physical chemistry community for the benefit of research and individual careers.

The symposium will be led by Professor Seong Keun Kim, the Chair of PCCP and Dr Katie Lim, PCCP Executive Editor.

Confirmed speakers include:

  • Professor Kiyotaka Asakura (Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University)
    “The sensitivity and resolution development of X-ray spectroscopy – smaller, faster, thinner and sparser samples”
  • Professor Piero Baglioni (University of Florence)
    “Polymer hydrogel networks and complex fluid for the conservation of modern and contemporary art”
  • Professor Luis Bañares (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
    “Molecules under strong laser fields: Shaping ultrafast photodissociation dynamics and stereodynamics”
  • Professor Anna Krylov (University of Southern California)
    “Collaboration between theory and experiment in physical chemistry and chemical physics: The whole is larger than the sum of the parts”
  • Dr Anouk Rijs (Radboud University)
    “Peptide self-assembly; one non-covalent interaction at a time”
  • Professor David Rueda (Imperial College London)
    “How Cas9 Finds Off-Targets”
  • Professor Henry Schaefer (University of Georgia)
    “Some Chemistry Involving Hypervalent Iodine”
  • Professor Ryan Steele (The University of Utah)
    “2017 PCCP Lectureship – From Electrons to Molecular Vibrations … and Back”

Join us at the the Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool (ACC Liverpool) on Monday, 27th August for this special event. For more information, see the Full Programme.

The European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS) is holding its 7th Chemistry Congress in Liverpool, United Kingdom on 26th – 30th August 2018. The Congress is an internationally respected, large-scale event for the chemical sciences.

For more information about this exciting conference, please visit the conference web page.

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Recent Appointees in Physical Chemistry (RAPC) 2018

Recent Appointees in Physical Chemistry (RAPC) 2018

20-22 August 2018, University of Birmingham, UK.

Registration closes on 06th August 2018

RAPC provides an important forum bringing together early-career researchers and academics appointed in the last 5-years. Established colleagues will share their experiences on becoming a research leader covering topics such as the funding landscape, innovation in teaching, public engagement, publishing and commercialisation will also be covered. Dr Steven Lee (University of Cambridge) will present his Marlow Award<http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/MarlowAward/2017-winner.asp> winning work on single molecule fluorescence microscopy. Conference delegates are invited to present an overview of their research via oral and poster presentations. The social programme comprises of conference dinner and numerous networking opportunities.

Registration is £100 and will cover registration, accommodation, the conference dinner and meals throughout the conference.

Don’t miss this chance to build your network and to present your research. Please submit your abstract by 31st July via following link: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/chemistry/news/events/2018/recent-appointees-physical-chemistry-2018.aspx.

For any queries, please contact Dr Ruchi Gupta (r.gupta.3@bham.ac.uk).

 

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16th International Congress of Quantum Chemistry PCCP poster award winners

The 16th International Congress of Quantum Chemistry was held in Menton, France, from 18 – 23 June 2018.

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics sponsored two poster prizes and these were awarded to Daniel Aravena, University of Santiago de Chile for Electron transport through transition metal complexes” and Christian Silvio Pomelli, University of Pisa for A computational study of the effect of ionic liquids’ anions on Reichardt’s dye solvatochromism”

Congratulations to both awardees!

 

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International Conference on Physical Chemistry and Functional Materials

The International Conference on Physical Chemistry and Functional Materials (PCFM’18) was held in Elaziğ, Turkey, from 19 – 21 June 2018.

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics sponsored three poster prizes and these were awarded to Cesur Altinkaya,  A. Musa Abubakar and Goncagul Serdaroglu.

Congratulations to the awardees!

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