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Hyun Suk Wang ignites the next stage in plastic recycling
Prix Schläfli 2025 for Chemistry: He favours collaboration over competition and hopes his research will help to create a better world. Hyun Suk Wang has now been awarded the Swiss Academy of Sciences’ Prix Schläfli in Chemistry for his work on controlled “degradation” of plastics.
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Day of Life Sciences - 150 Jahre Chemie an der ZHAW
Am Mittwoch, 04. Juni 2025 feiert das Departement für Life Sciences and Facility Management der Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (ZHAW) 150 Jahre Chemie an der ZHAW.

Murielle Delley is awarded the Ruzicka Prize 2024
After winning the Prix Schlaefli in Chemistry in 2029, Murielle Delley is now awarded the Ruzicka Prize, one of the most important awards for the promotion of young scientists in the field of chemistry in Switzerland for her work on the controlled surface modification of cobalt phosphide with sulfur.
Image: Bernard DelleyChemistry Community Roadmap 2024
This document is an update to the Chemistry Community Roadmap published in 2021. It presents the needs of the Swiss chemistry community in terms of future national and international research infrastructures.
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They made Geneva the capital of perfume chemistry
History was made in Geneva in the field of perfume chemistry. The city is now being honoured as a historic site of chemistry. This development was driven by two major fragrances and flavours companies, dsm-firmenich and Givaudan, who now receive the Chemical Landmark award.
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Swiss Green & Sustainable Chemistry Award 2024 für Prof. Dr. Rebecca Buller
The winner of this year's Swiss Green & Sustainable Chemistry Award 2024 is Prof. Dr. Rebecca Buller (ZHAW Wädenswil).