Young Faculty Meeting Chemistry

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YFM 2025

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The «Young Faculty Meeting» was set up to promote scientific exchange and networking among young academics in chemistry in Switzerland.

We thank Helvetica for supporting the YFM 2024!

Previous Young Faculty Meetings:

17th Young Faculty Meeting 2024

1./2. February 2024, Griesalp.
Topic: "AI in chemistry: The future of discovery and education?".
Organisers: Máté Bezdek, Rachel Hevey, Malte Oppermann, Patrick Steinegger, Leo Merz
Speakers: Beatriz Borges, Maria Börner, Andres Marulanda Bran, Murielle Delley, Kjell Jorner, Ali Deliz Liang, Jean-Rémy Marchand, Ross Milton, Nako Nakatsuka, Michael Reutlinger, Philippe Schwaller, Patrick Steinegger.
Sponsor: Wiley-VHCA.

chemistry YFM 2024 program

16^th Young Faculty Meeting 2023

31. May – 1. June 2023, Griesalp.
Topic: "Effective communication within academia and beyond".
Organisers: Jovana Milic, Denise Mitrano, Patrick Steinegger, Leo Merz.
Speakers: José Augusto Berrocal, Fernando Gomollón Bel ('Some secrets of science communication'), Rachel Hevey, Caspar Hirschi ('Communication of scientific expertise in democracies during acute and chronic crises'), Nineta Hrastelj ('Does science contribute to policy making?'), Adria LeBoeuf, Jovana Milic, Malte Oppermann, Sarah Pati, Helga Rietz.
Sponsor: Wiley-VHCA.

Program YFM 2023

15^th Young Faculty Meeting 2022

7. June, Gurten, Bern.
Topic "modern leadership styles" including motivation and mental health of coworkers, employee management and more.
Organisers: Murielle Delley, Ross Dean Milton, Fabienne Schwab, and Leo Merz
Speakers Takuji Adachi, Jonathan De Roo, Nina Hartrampf, Franziska Lechleitner, Denise Mitrano, Bernd Nowack, Simon Reber, Joyce Volken, Susanne Wampfler.

YFM 2022 program

14^th Young Faculty Meeting 2021

8. June, open air meeting on the Gurten (Bern).
Topic "Group Management" including hiring, group culture, evaluation, feedback, mental health, data management and more.
Organisers: Nina Hartrampf, Jonathan de Roo, Leo Merz.
Speakers: Kumar Varoon Agrawal, Bruno Correia, Karl Gademann, Alain de Mesmaeker, Michel Rickhaus, Fabienne Schwab, Michal Shoshan, Matthias Töwe, Maarten Van Winckel, Madeleine Wirz, Maksym Yarema.

13th Young Faculty Meeting 2020

12. February, Haus der Universität, Bern.
Organisers: Victor Mougel, Michel Rickhaus, and Leo Merz
Speakers: Maartje Bastings, Ilija Čorić, Javier García-Martínez, Fernando Gomollón-Bel (presentation), Jeremy Luterbacher, Cristian Pezzato, Tomáš Šolomek, Cathleen Zeymer.

12th Young Faculty Meeting 2019

28. May, Haus der Universität, Bern.
Organisers: Pablo Rivera Fuentes, Tomáš Šolomek, Leo Merz.
Speakers: Athina Anastasaki, Michele Ceriotti, Martina Ribar Hestericova, Sascha Hoogendoorn, Bill Morandi, Victor Mougel, Oliver Renn, Michael Saliba, Antonio Togni.

11th Young Faculty Meeting 2018

5. June, Haus der Universität, Bern.
Organisers: Sereina Riniker, Justin Zoppe, Leo Merz.
Speakers: Ulrich Aschauer, Aleix Comas-Vives, Thomas Eichenberger, Emiliana Fabbri, Wilfred van Gunsteren, Laura Nyström, Wendy Queen, Stephan von Reuss, Alice Soldà.

10th Young Faculty Meeting 2017

6. June, Haus der Universität, Bern.
Organisers: Fabien Cougnon, Albert Ruggi, Leo Merz
Speakers: Christian Bochet, Raffaella Buonsanti, Volker Herdtweck, Matthias Nettekoven, Pablo Rivera-Fuentes, Christian Hinderling, Marc-David Ruepp, Kevin Sivula, Kaori Sugihara, Konrad Tiefenbacher.
Sponsors: Member companies of Kontaktgruppe für Forschungsfragen (BASF, Syngenta, Novartis, Roche).

Young Faculty Meeting 2016

8. June, Haus der Universität, Bern.
Organisers: Michal Juríček, Lucas Montero, Leo Merz
Speakers: Edmondo Benetti, Fabien Cougnon, Ahmet Demirörs, Edith Joseph, Laura Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Christof Sparr; Karl-Heinz Ernst, Eliav Haskal, Jay Siegel.
Sponsors: Member companies of Kontaktgruppe für Forschungsfragen (BASF, Syngenta, Novartis, Roche).

Young Faculty Meeting 2015

3 June, Uni Bern.
Organisers: H. Jessen, Y. Simon, L. Merz
Speakers: Michal Juríček, Madhavi Krishnan, Jeremy Luterbacher, Plinio Maroni, Lucas Montero, Sereina Riniker, Patrick Jermann, Wolfgang Henggeler, Pia Viviani.
Sponsors: Member companies of Kontaktgruppe für Forschungsfragen (BASF, Syngenta, Novartis, Roche).

Young Faculty Meeting 2014

Data: 5 giugno 2014, Università di Berna
Organizzatori: Gilles Gasser, Marcel Hollenstein, Mira Portmann, Adrien Lawrence
Sponsor: società associate a Kontaktgruppe für Forschungsfragen (KGF): BASF, Syngenta, Novartis, Roche.

Young Faculty Meeting 2013

Data: 6 giunio 2013, Università di Berna
Organizzatori: Marc Creus, Jan Cvengros, Mira Portmann, Adrien Lawrence
Sponsor: società associate a Kontaktgruppe für Forschungsfragen (KGF): BASF, Roche, Novartis, Merck Serono, Syngenta.

Young Faculty Meeting 2012

Data: 7 giunio 2012, Università di Berna
Organizzatori: Barbara Winter-Werner, Mira Portmann, Franziska Schoenebeck, Felix Zelder, Ryan Gilmour
Sponsor: società associate a Kontaktgruppe für Forschungsfragen (KGF): Merck Serono, Novartis, Roche, BASF, Syngenta.

Young Faculty Meeting 2011

Data: 16 giugno 2011, Università di Berna
Organizzatori: GBarbara Winter-Werner, Christian Heinis, Nicolai Cramer
Sponsor: società associate a Kontaktgruppe für Forschungsfragen (KGF): BASF, Roche, Novartis, Merck Serono, Syngenta.

Young Faculty Meeting 2010

Data: 25 giugno 2010, Università di Berna
Organizzatori: Barbara Winter-Werner, Clément Maze

Young Faculty Meeting 2009

Data: 17 giunio 2009, Università di Berna
Organizzatori: Barbara Winter-Werner, Hermann Wegner, Andreas Zumbuehl

Young Faculty Meeting 2008

Data: 18 dicembre 2008, Università di Berna
Organizzatori: Barbara Winter-Werner, Karl Gademann, Michele Cascella