Representing the community of Portuguese chemists under the age of 35 and promoting chemistry in Portugal and beyond
Introducing the Young Chemists Group of the Portuguese Chemical Society
200th Anniversary: Death of Claude Louis Berthollet
French chemist well-known for work on modern nomenclature in chemistry, equilibria, dyes, and bleaches
Percy Lavon Julian: Against All Odds
An African American organic chemist who overcame every barrier to become a pioneer in his field, remarkable in a scientific context and on a human level
150th Birthday: Mary Engle Pennington
American bacteriological chemist was a pioneer in food safety and refrigeration
Asima Chatterjee – Pioneer of Her Time
One of India's most famous female chemists
100th Anniversary: Death of Philippe Barbier
French organic chemist known as a pioneer of organometallic chemistry
Capturing Water from the Atmosphere
Can we harvest drinking water directly from the air around us? – Examples from nature and research
125th Birthday: Tadeusz Reichstein
Polish-Swiss chemist and Nobel Laureate developed a method for vitamin C synthesis and isolated cortisone
125th Birthday: Georg Wittig
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry well-known for the Wittig reaction
August Beer (1825 – 1863)
German researcher well-known for his contributions to the Beer–Lambert–Bouguer law