ACS National Awards for Helma Wennemers & Peter Chen
The American Chemical Society (ACS) recently announced the ACS 2021 national award winners. Among them are two professors from the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry at the D-CHAB: Helma Wennemers receives the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award. Peter Chen wins the James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry.
The ACS National Awards administered by the American Chemical Society (ACS) should encourage the advancement of chemistry, support scientists and inspire students. Only a few scientists in Europe have received such an award so far. It is therefore an outstanding achievement that in 2021, two prize winners are from the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry at ETH Zurich: Professor Helma Wennemers and Professor Peter Chen.
Helma Wennemers joined ETH Zurich in 2011 and is the current Chair of the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry. She receives the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award for her overall research accomplishments, especially in the field of bioinspired asymmetric catalysts and the use of functionalized molecular scaffolds in supramolecular chemistry and chemical biology.
Peter Chen has been a full professor at ETH Zurich since 1994 and had served as Vice President for Research and Corporate Relations 2007-2009. In his research he combines detailed physical measurements with the planning and synthesis of molecules. Peter Chen recieves the James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry for his research contribution in the field of reaction mechanisms and reactive intermediates.
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