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2023 EFCATS Robert K. Grasselli Award for Catalysis

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We are delighted to announce that Professor Xile Hu, affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland), is the recipient of the 2023 EFCATS Robert K. Grasselli Award for Catalysis.

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2023 EFCATS Best PhD Thesis Award

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EFCATS proudly announces that the winner of the 2023 EFCATS Best PhD Thesis Award is Dr. Arik Beck for the thesis entitled “The structural transformation of metal-metal oxide catalysts in reactive environments”.

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2023 EFCATS Applied Catalysis Award

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We are delighted to announce that Professor Stephan Schunk, who serves as Vice President and Executive Expert at BASF SE and hte GmbH, as well as Honorary Professor at Leipzig University, has been bestowed with the 2023 EFCATS Applied Catalysis Award.

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2023 Francois Gault Lectureship Award

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EFCATS proudly announces the 2023 Francois Gault Lectureship Award which is shared between two outstanding scientists, namely Dr. Francois Jerome and Professor Andrzej Kotarba in recognition of their seminal contributions to the field of heterogeneous catalysis.

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2023 EFCATS Young Researcher Award

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EFCATS proudly announces that the recipient of the 2023 EFCATS Young Researcher Award is Dr. Federico CALLE-VALLEJO.

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Johannes Lercher is the recipient of the 2023 Michel Boudart Award for the Advancement of Catalysis

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We are very pleased to announce that EFCATS former President Prof. Johannes Lercher of TU München and PNNL is the recipient of the 2023 Michel Boudart Award for the Advancement of Catalysis.

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2021 EFCATS Robert K. Grasselli Award for Catalysis is Professor Dr. Javier Pérez-Ramírez

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EFCATS proudly announces that the recipient of the 2021 EFCATS Robert K. Grasselli Award for Catalysis is Professor Dr. Javier Pérez-Ramírez.

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Dr. Sylwia Gudyka, Dr. Dimitrios K. Pappas and Dr. Carlos Hernandez Mejia

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2021 EFCATS Young Researcher Award goes to Prof. Dr. Maarten ROEFFAERS

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EFCATS proudly announces that the recipient of the 2021 EFCATS Young Researcher Award is Prof. Dr. Maarten ROEFFAERS.
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2021 EFCATS Award in Applied Catalysis for Dr. Hélène OLIVIER-BOURBIGOU

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EFCATS proudly announces that the recipient of the 2021 EFCATS Award in Applied Catalysis is  Dr. Hélène OLIVIER-BOURBIGOU
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2021 Michel Boudart Award in Fundamental Catalysis for Graham Hutchings

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EFCATS proudly announces that the recipient of the 2021 Michel Boudart Award in Fundamental Catalysis is Professor Graham Hutchings for groundbreaking work on Gold and Selective Oxidation Catalysis
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EFCATS proudly announces the 2023 Francois Gault Lectureship Award which is shared between two outstanding scientists, namely Dr. Francois Jerome and Professor Andrzej Kotarba in recognition of their seminal contributions to the field of heterogeneous catalysis.

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Calendar of Events

ISGC 2025 12 May 2025 - 16 May 2025
ISGC 2025
LA ROCHELLE, France

ISGC aims to gather the most eminent scientists involved in the field of green chemistry to debate on the future challenges of chemistry, keeping in mind the problems of access to a sustainable energy, the management of resources human development, global warming, impact on the environment and competitiveness of industry.

As for the previous editions, the 2025 edition was thought as an interdisciplinary platform platform and should offer to academic and industrial researchers a privileged environment to exchange on the latest scientific advances in the field of sustainable chemistry, to show recent innovations, to share on tomorrow’s scientific and technological hurdles, and to facilitate public-private and private-private partnerships.

Call for abstract opening: September 30th, 2024
FCCat 4: fourth edition of the « French Conference on Catalysis » 19 May 2025 - 23 May 2025
FCCat 4: fourth edition of the « French Conference on Catalysis »
Azureva Centre in Ronce-les-Bains, France

FCCat 4 will take place on May 19th-23rd, 2025, at the Azureva Centre in Ronce-les-Bains, on the Atlantic coast, between La Rochelle and Royan, just the next week after ISGC 2025 in La Rochelle. FCCat is an international congress and the official language is English. Scientific contributions will cover heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis, from fundamental research to catalytic processes, without predefined themes, and will include researchers from both academia and industry.