Finalists of the 2019 Reaxys® PhD Prize Announced

The Reaxys PhD Prize recognizes innovative and original research in chemistry and associated sciences

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Jul 30, 2019, 08:54 ET

LONDON, July 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Elsevier, the global information analytics company specializing in science and health, today announced the 45 finalists for the 2019 Reaxys PhD Prize.

Launched in 2010, the Reaxys PhD Prize celebrates innovative and rigorous research by ambitious young chemists. This year's competition maintained the high standards of previous years. The Review Committee have rigorously examined over 360 entries from around the globe to arrive at the 45 finalists.

"We are extremely happy to see the Reaxys PhD Prize established again," said Dr. Friedrich Kroll, co-organizer of the competition. "It is so important that young innovative researchers of different disciplines are gathering to celebrate their achievements, are supported in establishing networks to address current scientific challenges—often solvable by working across disciplines."

The 45 finalists are invited to the Reaxys PhD Prize Symposium that will be held on October 3 and 4, 2019, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This celebratory gathering includes special events, poster sessions for finalists to showcase their research, keynote presentations and a gala dinner. It is also a great opportunity to network with fellow finalists and international leaders in chemistry.

During the Reaxys Prize Symposium the ten short-listed finalists will give oral presentations of their research. From these presentations, the Reaxys Advisory Board will select the three winners of the 2019 Reaxys PhD Prize. The winners will be announced at the gala dinner on the final evening of the Symposium.

"This year more than 360 submissions were evaluated by over 200 international chemists from across academia and industry," said Professor Li-Zhu Wu, Director of the Supramolecular Photochemistry Lab at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and one of the Prize coordinators. "The PhD Prize is a perfect starting point to build relationships and to solve interdisciplinary problems in science and the environment."

The finalists receive lifelong membership in the Reaxys Prize Club, an exclusive international network of chemists from all research areas and career paths. Members also receive unlimited access to Elsevier's Reaxys platform and Reaxys Medicinal chemistry.

This year's finalists and their PhD institutions are:

Mr. Máté Bezdek, Princeton University
Mr. Jonas Börgel, Max-Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung
Dr. Jeffrey Bruffaerts, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Ms. Karen De La Vega Hernandez, Sorbonne Université, Faculté des Sciences et Ingénierie
Mr. André Eckhardt, University Giessen
Dr. Aya Eizawa, The University of Tokyo
Dr. Alexander Fawcett, University of Bristol, UK
Dr. Julie Fenton, The Pennsylvania State University
Ms. Ana García Herraiz, Institut Catala d´Investigació Química (ICIQ)
Mr. Michael Geeson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mrs. Mallory Green, Emory University
Mr. Yuwei Gu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Dominik Halter, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuernberg
Mr. Tatsuya Higaki, Carnegie Mellon University
Mrs. Alena Hölzl-Hobmeier, Technische Universität München
Ms. Suzanne Jansze, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Dr. Daniel Kaiser, University of Vienna
Mr. Gavin Kiel, University of California, Berkeley
Mr. Yong Ho Lee, ETH Zürich
Dr. Samuel Levi, Harvard University
Dr. Lichen Liu, Universitat Politècnica de València
Mr. Zhen Liu, The Scripps Research Institute
Mr. Victor Pui-Yan Ma, Emory University
Mr. Runze Mao, EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
Mr. Rory McAtee, University of Michigan
Dr. Yoonsu Park, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Mr. Andrew Pun, Columbia University
Dr. Yujia Qing, University of Oxford
Dr. Douglas Reed, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Felix, Rizzuto University of Cambridge, UK
Mr. Jose Roque, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Thomas Scattolin, RWTH Aachen University
Dr. Elisabeth Speckmeier, University of Leipzig, Institute of Organic Chemistry
Dr. Ryo Takahata, The University of Tokyo
Dr. Robert Tromans, University of Bristol
Dr. Aaron Trowbridge, University of Cambridge, UK
Ms. Yuwen Wang, Technische Universität Berlin
Ms. Yi Wei, Central China Normal University
Dr. Andrew Wilson, University of Bath
Mr. Yumeng Xi, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Yan Xu, The University of Chicago
Dr. Wen Zhang, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
Mr. Xin Zhang, Nanyang Technological University
Dr. Liang Zhang, The University of Manchester
Dr. Linan Zhou, Rice University

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