Mission statement
Division History
The Polish Chemical Society organized the inaugural meeting which was held in April 1974 in Nieborów in Poland. This first group represented 11 Societies from 10 countries (names of delegates in parentheses): Austria (K. Schlögl), Belgium (M. Gielen), Czechoslovakia (V. Chvalovský), Federal Republic of Germany (H. Lehmkuhl), France (J. Tirouflet and J. Deschamps), Ireland (D. A. Brown), Italy (G. Costa), Poland (S. Pasynkiewicz), Sweden (M. Nilsson), Switzerland (L. Venanzi). Two additional Societies were represented by observers: The Netherlands (J. G. Noltes) and United Kingdom (E. Abel, K. Wade).
Professor Stanislav Pasynkiewicz was elected as the Chaiman.
The 1st European Conference on Organometallic Chemistry was held in September 1976 in Jabłonna near Warsaw, Poland.
Former Chairs
Stanislav Pasynkiewicz |
April 1974 – September 2001 (since 2001 Honorary Chairman) |
Peter Kündig |
September 2001 – September 2007 |
Helena Grennberg |
September 2007 – September 2014 |
Jan Čermák |
September 2014 – November 2020 |
Martin Albrecht |
November 2020 – |
Division Board (2021-2023)
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Martin Albrecht
Departement für Chemie, Biochemie und Pharmazie, Universität Bern, Switzerland |
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Beatriz Royo
ITBQ, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal |
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Montserrat Diéguez
inNCAT, Facultat de Química, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain |
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Rinaldo Poli
Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, Toulouse, France |
Delegates
Centro de Innovación en Química y Materiales Avanzados Universidad de Valladolid |
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Real Sociedad Española de Química |
Departement für Chemie & Biochemie Universität Bern |
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Société Suisse de Chemie – Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft |
Jan Čermák
Department of Bioorganic Compounds and Nanocomposites Czech Academy of Sciences |
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Česká společnost chemická |
Montserrat Diéguez
Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica Universitat Rovira i Virgili. |
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Societat Catalana de Química |
Vladimir Dimitrov (Observer)
Institute of Organic Chemistry, Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
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Съюз на химиците в България |
Kees Elsevier
Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences University of Amsterdam |
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Koninklijke Nederlandse Chemische Vereniging |
Helena Grennberg
Department of Chemistry Uppsala University |
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Svenska Kemisamfundet |
Marko Hapke
Institute of Catalysis Johannes Kepler University Linz |
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Gesellschaft Österreichischer Chemiker |
Vidar Jensen
Department of Chemistry University of Bergen |
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Norsk Kjemisk Selskap |
Janusz Lewinski
Faculty of Chemistry Warsaw University of Technology |
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Polskie Towarzystwo Chemiczne |
Alceo Macchioni
Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie Università di Perugia |
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Società Chimica Italiana |
Uno Mäeorg
Institute of Chemistry University of Tartu |
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Eesti Keemiaselts |
David Milstein
Department of Organic Chemistry Weizmann Institute of Science |
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האגודה הכימית בישראל |
Steven Nolan
Department of Chemistry Ghent University |
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Koninklijke Vlaamse Chemische Vereniging |
Jun Okuda
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry RWTH Aachen University |
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Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker |
Stanislav Pasynkiewicz (Honorary Chair)
Faculty of Chemistry Warsaw University of Technology |
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Rinaldo Poli
Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS Toulouse |
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Societé Chimique de France |
Martin Putala
Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University, Bratislava |
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Slovenská chemická spoločnosť |
Gerasimos Rassias
Department of Chemistry University of Patras |
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Ένωση Ελλήνων Χημικών |
Timo Repo
Department of Chemistry University of Helsinki |
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Suomalaisten Kemistien Seura |
Beatriz Royo
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
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Sociedade Portuguesa de Química |
Elena Shubina
A.N.Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compound Russian Academy of Sciences |
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Российское химическое общество им. Д.И. Менделеева |
Cristian Silvestru
Department of Chemistry Babes-Bolyai University |
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Societatea de Chimie din Romania |
Rita Skoda Földes
Institute of Chemistry University of Pannonia |
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Magyar Kémikusok Egyesülete |
Troels Skrydstrup
Department of Chemistry University of Aarhus |
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Kemisk Forening |
Allan J. B. Watson
School of Chemistry University of St. Andrews |
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Royal Society of Chemistry |
Vacant | Türkiye Kimya Dernegi | |