Wolfram Koch elected EuChemS President-Elect

The European Chemical Society (EuChemS) expresses its congratulations to Professor Wolfram Koch on his election as the President-Elect at the 2025 EuChemS General Assembly in Poznań, Poland. He will officially begin his term as the President Elect on 1 January 2026, and start as the President on 01 January 2027, for a three year term.

Professor Wolfram Koch has an extensive background in computational and theoretical chemistry. After earning his PhD in 1986, he conducted research at IBM in California and Germany before becoming a Professor of Theoretical Organic Chemistry at the Technical University of Berlin, where he stayed until 1998. In his research, Professor Koch has worked on quantum chemical investigations of the properties and reactivities of open-shell transition metal compounds, as well as on the spectroscopic properties of small molecules. He has authored or co-authored around 190 papers in peer-reviewed journals and is the senior author of a textbook on density functional theory.

A long-standing member of the EuChemS Executive Board since 1999 (after moving as a senior staff member to the German Chemical Society, GDCh) Professor Wolfram Koch has contributed to the organisation’s development and its transition from FECS to EuChemS. From 2002 to 2024, he served as the Executive Director of the GDCh, where he built strong networks within the chemical community across Europe and beyond.

In addition to his contributions to EuChemS and GDCh, Professor Wolfram Koch currently serves as the Treasurer of IUPAC, further demonstrating his leadership and commitment to advancing international scientific collaboration.

During the 2025 General Assembly, Professor Wolfram Koch shared his vision for the future of EuChemS, expressing his dedication to strengthening the organisation’s impact, fostering collaboration, and empowering the European chemistry community.