The German Catalysis Society (GeCatS) is the platform for the entire German catalysis community in the area of research and application. Currently it has about 1100 members from industry and academia.GeCatS promotes the scientific and technical dialogue between industry, universities, non-university research institutes and research policy institutions and represents the interests of the catalysis community on a national and international level. The German Catalysis Society is supported by DECHEMA, VDI-GVC, GDCh, DGMK und DBG.

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Acid-Base Catalysis Group announces for two prizes

Nominations for the Kozo Tanabe Prize (Announcement and Nomination sheet) and the ABC Young Scientist Award (Announcement) can be submitted till August 31, 2012 at the latest. Both prizes will be awarded to scientists in the field of Acid-Base Catalysis during the ABC Symposium from May 12 - 16, 2013 in Tokyo.

Alwin Mittasch Prize and Otto Roelen Medal were awarded

At the International Congress on Catalysis on 5th July 2012 in Munich three excellent researchers were awarded. The Alwin Mittasch Prize 2012 is devided between Professor Graham Hutchings from the Cardiff Catalysis Institute (United Kingdom) und Professor Takashi Tatsumi from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama (Japan). This prize comprises a € 10.000 cash award and is presented to scientists, who both have enlarged the basics of catalysis as well as exemplary use in everyday industry.

The Otto Roelen Medal 2012 is awarded to Professor Dr. Javier Pérez-Ramírez from the ETH Zurich. DECHEMA awards this prize to the scientist for his outstanding contributions to the recent development of the sustainable recycling of chlorine in polyurethane and polycarbonate production.

Catalysis beyond the roadmap

In June 2012 GeCatS published a supplement to the Roadmap for Catalysis Research in Germany named "Catalysis beyond the roadmap" with visionary catalytic questions.

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