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“In the Morning, Three Alarm Clocks Often Rang”: Interview with Katharina Kohse-Hoeinghaus
Katharina Kohse-Hoeinghaus, Senior Professor of Physical Chemistry and Executive Board Member of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Physicians (GDNÄ), discusses her journey as a scientist in a male-dominated field, building a career while raising children, and why combustion research remains indispensable.
Read the full interview
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“Lives in Chemistry” Flyer Spring 2025 Now Online
The latest program of the LiC book series, featuring this year’s new releases: Katharina Kohse-Hoeinghaus, Sigrid Peyerimhoff, Albert Eschenmoser, Ryoji Noyori, and Klaus Muellen.
Download the flyer (PDF, 1 MB)
07
Tracking Air Pollution and Pollutants: Katharina Kohse-Hoeinghaus
Katharina Kohse-Hoeinghaus, a pioneer in her field, investigates fundamental chemical processes in combustion and energy conversion.
Today, the State Center for Political Education of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) published an article featuring her as an “NRWegbereiterin” (NRW Trailblazer).
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07
Online lecture “Reflections on Chemistry Careers”
Katharina Kohse-Hoeinghaus and Franz Schuetz on their career paths, registration required.
Info and registration: JCF career
08
Gender Equality in Science: A Milestone on International Women’s Day 2025
We’re proud to announce the publication of Sigrid Peyerimhoff’s autobiography. Curious about how a book like this comes to life? Watch our short video for a behind-the-scenes look at the journey from manuscript to print.
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Sigrid Peyerimhoff book release
International Women’s Day: The Sigrid Peyerimhoff book is available in stores starting today.
2025
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Eschenmoser Symposium 2025, ETH Zurich
Organic Chemistry Frontiers: A Celebration of Albert Eschenmoser's 100th Birthday, who shaped organic chemistry as did few others.
The Laboratory of Organic Chemistry hosts a one-day symposium on June 6, 2025.
Announcement and program … |
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PRESS RELEASE: GDCh awards Karl Reuter Carl Duisberg Plaque
Award for services to the promotion of scientific creativity in chemistry—in particular for the LiC book series
Around 350 chemists will come together from March 17 to 19 at the Technical University of Braunschweig for the Chemiedozententagung (CDT) 2025.
At the event, the German Chemical Society (GDCh) will award Dr. Karl Arnold Reuter, Freiburg, the prestigious Carl Duisberg Plaque.
Both in Braunschweig and at the parallel Bunsen Conference in Leipzig, books, authors, and Advisory Board members will be on-site for meet and greet.
GDCh press release, Feb. 20., 2025 … |
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Chemiedozententagung 2025, Braunschweig
Annual Meeting of the Association of German University Professors (ADUC) at TU Braunschweig, with LiC book table.
Event information from GDCh … |
… and TU Braunschweig
17
Bunsen-Tagung 2025, Leipzig
124th Annual Conference “Physical Chemistry of the Climate and the Atmosphere” of the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry, Leipzig University, with LiC book table.
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13
Burning for Science—Guest Lecture Excellence Cluster SE²A-PTB Cooperation, Braunschweig
Katharina Kohse-Hoeinghaus, a female pioneer in the field of combustion, will present selected examples from recent combustion chemistry research and offer some reflections on important elements and prerequisites for an academic career.
Lecture info TU Braunschweig … |
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08
Gender Equality in Science: A Milestone on International Women’s Day 2025
We’re proud to announce the publication of Sigrid Peyerimhoff’s autobiography. Curious about how a book like this comes to life? Watch our short video for a behind-the-scenes look at the journey from manuscript to print.
Video on Bsky |
Instagram |
LinkedIn |
Mastodon |
Threads |
X
08
Sigrid Peyerimhoff book release
International Women’s Day: The Sigrid Peyerimhoff book is available in stores starting today.
07
Online lecture “Reflections on Chemistry Careers”
Katharina Kohse-Hoeinghaus and Franz Schuetz on their career paths, registration required.
Info and registration: JCF career
07
Tracking Air Pollution and Pollutants: Katharina Kohse-Hoeinghaus
Katharina Kohse-Hoeinghaus, a pioneer in her field, investigates fundamental chemical processes in combustion and energy conversion.
Today, the State Center for Political Education of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) published an article featuring her as an “NRWegbereiterin” (NRW Trailblazer).
Read the full article
06
“In the Morning, Three Alarm Clocks Often Rang”: Interview with Katharina Kohse-Hoeinghaus
Katharina Kohse-Hoeinghaus, Senior Professor of Physical Chemistry and Executive Board Member of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Physicians (GDNÄ), discusses her journey as a scientist in a male-dominated field, building a career while raising children, and why combustion research remains indispensable.
Read the full interview
06
“Lives in Chemistry” Flyer Spring 2025 Now Online
The latest program of the LiC book series, featuring this year’s new releases: Katharina Kohse-Hoeinghaus, Sigrid Peyerimhoff, Albert Eschenmoser, Ryoji Noyori, and Klaus Muellen.
Download the flyer (PDF, 1 MB)
Katharina Kohse-Hoeinghaus book release
The Katharina Kohse-Hoeinghaus book is available in stores starting today.
2024
GDCh Conference on Inorganic Chemistry, Munich
Hubert Schmidbaur meet and greet book presentation with book signing opportunity Sep 16–18.
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23rd Lecture Conference ORCHEM, Regensburg
LiC book table with Advisory Board Member Peter Goelitz.
Conference info …FGMR Annual Discussion Meeting, Rostock
Award ceremony for LiC author Horst Kessler and LiC presentation.
Conference info …PRESS RELEASE: Drivers of Chemical Research—10th Volume published
Today, exactly three years after the launch of the autobiography series “Lives in Chemistry,” the tenth volume has been released, appropriately featuring gold prominently: Hubert Schmidbaur, Emeritus of TU Munich, has titled his autobiography “From Chemical Craftsmanship to the Art of Gilding Atoms.”
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Hubert Schmidbaur book release
The Hubert Schmidbaur book and e-book are available in stores starting today.
60th Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry, Braunschweig
Announcement of the German language Sigrid Peyerimhoff LiC autobiography Ab initio – Ein Leben für die Quantenchemie (“Ab initio—A Life Dedicated to Quantum Chemistry”).
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International Peptide Symposium, Florence
Aug 25–31: Stephen B. H. Kent meet and greet book presentation with book signing opportunity.
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2021
Book series launch
The new book series started live online via a GDCh Zoom-Meeting.
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