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effects 2024 is a wrap!  


Friday, 27 September 2024

A week of networking, insights into industry, team work and pitching new ideas – We are happy and proud that the first iteration of effects - the European Forum for Engineering & Catalysis Towards Sustainability KIT in Karlsruhe was a great success! The event attracted 42 early career researchers from 14 different countries, who dedicated a week to connecting to industry and working in groups on case studies related to the forum topic Catalysis at the core of more efficient processes in the chemical industry. The quality and originality of the final group pitches was very impressive and received praise from the jury. You can find the full summary here.

YEuCat participated to ICC 2024 in Lyon 


Monday, 22 July 2024

Our Core Team members Emanuele, Liliana and Lorenz were present at ICC 2024. We had the occasion to interact with many colleagues and get to know new faces. Especially, we could participate in the Young Scientist Committee and organize several activities, including the selection of the young talents awards! Especially important: we started the organisation of the young program for EUROPACAT 2025, stay tuned for updates!

Registration for effects 2024 is now open!


Friday, 28 June 2024


The organization of the first iteration of effects 2024 - the european forum for engineering & catalysis towards sustainability - is advancing and we are happy to announce that the registration is now open! If you have not yet submitted your abstract, you still have a chance to do so until Sunday 30 June 2024.

You can find the registration for effects here.

Abstract submission of effects 2024 open!


Monday, 1 April 2024


From 23-27 September 2024, the first iteration of effects 2024 - the european forum for engineering & catalysis towards sustainability - will take place in Karlsruhe, Germany. This interactive and interdisciplinary forum for early career professionals in catalysis and engineering will provide ample opportunity to discuss the topic 'Catalysis at the core of more efficient processes in the chemical industry'. It is jointly organized by the three organizations YEuCat, YounGeCatS and NaWuReT, as well as the SPP2080 and the CRC1441 initiative from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Read here for more details on the event & to submit your abstract!

Start of Energy Pills talk series


Friday, 7 March 2024


YEuCat, together with the group of Energy and Sustainability from the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (GEEN-RSEQ; @Geen_Rseq), coorganizes a series of online seminars called Energy Pills. The first talk of the series will be given by Dr. Amparo Ruiz Carretero (@ampowerflower) on Friday 8 March 2024 at 11 am. if you are interested, you can attend using the following link.

YEuCat @ EuropaCat 2023


Friday, 1 September 2023


YEuCat's core team had a very busy week at the 15th edition of EuropaCat in Prague! Not only did we have to evaluate more than 500 posters but we also had a chance to present YEuCat's mission in two dedicated sessions!

Read more about our EuropaCat 2023 activities here.

Make networking work you - a YEuCat workshop at EuropaCat 2023


Monday, 3 July 2023


We are less than two months away from EuropaCat 2023 in Prague and YEuCat is very much looking forward to it's workshop "Make networking work for you" on Sunday before the Welcome Reception. 

We want to hear from you about how YEuCat can help you to achieve your career goals! Take a minute to register now for free on Eventbrite.

Can't wait to meet you all in Prague!

YEuCat Activities at EuropaCat 2023


Thursday, 25 May 2023


We are happy to be part of EuropaCat 2023 in Prague! Take a moment to check out the program of our dedicated YEuCat sessions at the conference here.

We are looking forward to meeting you there - come & network with us!

YEuCat Delegate Assembly 2023


Wednesday, 1 March 2023


YEuCat's core team met today to brainstorm about upcoming events and to shape the future of the network. More information will follow shortly - stay tuned!

Presentating YEuCat at the Solar2Chem Winter School


Friday, 24 February 2023


YEuCat was present at the networking event of the Solar2Chem winter school in Valencia on 22-24 February 2023. The event was a perfect location to share our experiences in building a network and to highlight how important a research network is for young researchers.

YEuCat participated at YouRHetCat!


Wednesday, 13 July 2022


YEuCat recently took part in the first Forum of Young Researchers in Heterogeneous Catalysis (YOURHETCAT) in Szeged, Hungary. This event, entirely focused on young catalysis researchers in their PhD or early PostDoc phase, provided an ideal platform for us to present the network and attract new members. 

Read the full summary here.

Our speakers for the "Career Paths after a PhD" Webinar


Thursday, 21 April 2022

We proudly present our four invited speakers for our new webinar series about different career paths. Are you as excited as we are about what they will tell us about their job life and experiences?! If yes, you can still register for all four editions here

New Webinar series "Career Paths after a PhD"


Thursday, 14 April 2022

With four guest speakeres, who decided for different career paths after their PhD focused on catalysis, YEuCat aims to shed some light on different possible career paths for young professionals in this area.

Join us at the YEuCat Career Round Tables! Register for free here! 

Read the YEuCat Better Together conference report in ChemCatChem


Thursday, 24 March 2022

The conference report of last year's YEuCat Better Together event in Segovia, Spain was just published in ChemCatChem! Read more about our thoughts on "Collaborative Catalysis in a Changing World" here.

Participate to YEuCat better together!


Wednesday, 26 May 2021

YEuCat organizes this summer its first collaborative event to find catalytic solutions to address the UN Sustainable development goals

Where? Segovia, Spain

When? 6th to 10th September, 2021

Follow the updates on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/yeucat-better-together 

Great participation to the first YEuCat delegate assembly


Friday, 26 February 2021

The first YEuCat delegate assembly took place on February 26th. The four YEuCat working group could introduce their activities and share the experiences of the first year of YEuCat. Then the discussion took place in separated parallel sessions hosted by the four group, followed by a panel discussion to shape the future plans.

We look forward to a new year of exciting activities! Keep in touch with us and sign up for updates!

Participate to the first YEuCat delegate assembly


Despite the difficult times, YEuCat is growing and turned 1! Would you like to know more about YEuCat, the active members and our future plans? Join our first delegate assembly on 26 February 2021 from 2pm CET. 

Register here: https://lnkd.in/gPNKjUP  

(More information on the Zoom link and program will follow) 


Series on Collaborative Materials Research in cooperation with VSPARTICLE now on YouTube

Saturday, 28 November 2020

In spring this year, we joined forces with the MaterialPioneers from VSPARTICLE to discuss material development. All virtual discussions are now available on YouTube. 

For more information also check out materialpioneers.com.

YEuCat Virtual Pubquiz


Thursday, 26 November 2020

The first YEuCat virtual Pubquiz took place on 26 November, 2020. YEuCat members, colleagues and friends came together online to experience a fun quiz evening. In teams of three or four, the participants had to prove their knowledge of pop culture, science and random facts, as well as coming up with some appropriate guestimates. We congratulate the winning teams and say “thank you” to our quizmaster Thomas, who did an excellent job in composing the quizzes. Looking forward to a repetition in the near future! 

Our Society Profile has been published in ChemCatChem

Friday, 24 July 2020

Would you like to know more about the beginning of YEuCat, our motivation, and our future plans? Then read our ChemCatChem Society Profile!

Thanks to ChemCatChem for having us and for the nice opportunity to share our experiences and our mission.

YEuCat Poster Conference on Twitter on Wednesday, 1 July at 15:00 CEST

Monday, 29 June 2020

After the successful #CouchCatalysis poster conference on Twitter in April, we are organizing our second virtual Twitter poster conference on Wednesday, 1 July, starting from 15:00 CEST. This time, we will use #BeachCatalysis to kickoff the summer break with some beautiful catalysis research.

To participate, tweet your poster with the hashtag #BeachCatalysis, and discuss catalysis with many other young researchers in the comments.

We are looking forward to see many of you in the session!

Next Catalysis Talks on biocatalysis with 2018 Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold

Friday, 05 June 2020

We feel very honored that 2018 Chemistry Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold will be part of the next edition of Catalysis Talks on biocatalysis to inspire young minds. The webinar will start on Wednesday, 10 June, 4 PM CEST. If you would like to join, fill in the registration form.

Catalysis Talks is an online webinar series which we jointly organize with the European Young Chemists' Network to give young reserachers a chance to present and discuss their reserach with a broad audience in times of conference cancellations. Every 14 days, we will have three presentations.

YEuCat co-organizes online series Catalysis Talks

Monday, 25 May 2020

Together with the European Young Chemists' Network, we initiated Catalysis Talks, an online webinar to give young reserachers the chance to present and discuss their reserach with a broad audience in times of conference cancellations. Every 14 days, we will have three presentations. The second edition will take place Wednesday, 27 May at 4 PM CEST.

Fill in the registration form if you would like to join.

YEuCat Poster Conference on Twitter on Monday, 20 April at 12:00 CEST

Friday, 09 April 2020

Did you prepare a poster for a conference and it got cancelled due to COVID-19? Or do you want to discuss your poster with a broader audience? Then join the first YEuCat Poster Session on Twitter on Monday, 20 April at 12:00 CEST.

To participate, tweet your poster with the hashtag #CouchCatalysis, and discuss catalysis with many other young researchers in the comments.

For this event, we were inspired by the Royal Society of Chemistry, which organinzed Twitter conferences in the past. We feel that now is the time to use this great concept to give a stage to all that forgotten posters.

We are looking forward to see many of you in the session!

Webinar series on Collaborative Materials Research in cooperation with VSPARTICLE

Friday, 09 April 2020

As a response to the current COVID-19 measures, we accelerated our plans for a webinar seriers. In collaboration with the Material Pioneers from VSPARTICLE we will start a webinar series on uniting knowledge and efforts to accelerate material development.

The first webinar on "Collaborative Research in Material Science" will start on Tuesday, 14 April 2020, at 15:00 CEST

To register for the webinar series, go to www.materialpioneers.com. We are looking forward to see you!

Interview with YEuCat by the Material Pioneers from VSPARTICLE

Monday, 06 April 2020

After our kickoff at EuropaCat 2019, we were invited by the Material Pioneers from VSPARTICLE to discuss opportunities to team up and boost catalyst development to engage our current societal challenges. Read the interview  with our Maria Ronda Lloret and Pedro Mendes here (link).

EFCATS Summer School 2020 on Engineering Materials for Catalysis in Slovenia

Thursday, 05 March 2020

The 2020 EFCATS Summer School will be held from 15–19 September 2020 in the Grand Hotel Bernardin Convention Center in Portorož-Portorose, Slovenia. The event entitled "Engineering Materials for Catalysis" is organized jointly by the Section for Catalysis of the Slovenian Chemical Society and the Austrian Catalysis Society.

YEuCat will also contribute to the program. So mark the data in your calenders. All information on the summer school can be found on the official website (link). We are looking forward to meet you in Portorož-Portorose.

YEuCat continues to build bonds with EYCN

Friday, 28 February 2020

At the beginning of the new year, we were invited to the delegate assembly of the European Young Chemists' Network (EYCN) in Sitges, Spain, to share our experience with our kickoff during EuropaCat 2019  and our plans for the coming two years.

We are looking forward to foster and extend our good relationship with EYCN in the future.

Successfull kickoff of YEuCat

Friday, 30 August 2019

We had a great kickoff at EuropaCat 2019! Around 150 young individuals joined our session on Tuesday afternoon and more than 20 volunteers joined the YEuCat team.

Read more about our kickoff at EuropaCat here.

YEuCat kicks off at EuropaCat 2019 in Aachen

Friday, 09 August 2019

YEuCat officially kicks off its activities on Tuesday, 20. August 2019, with a special session at this year’s EuropaCat in Aachen, Germany.

If you would like to get into contact with peers and young professionals from across Europe that share the common drive to connect and create, then visit us at our booth  or join our seesion at EuropaCat. For the sesssion program and more information visit the official EuropaCat website. We are looking forward to see you in Aachen!

YEuCat Website online

Friday, 09 August 2019

Welcome to our website! The website will be a central platform to share information and to get involved with the Young European Catalysis Network. In the future, we will continuously extend content and features of the website. So stay tuned!