Chemistry Europe Announces Fellows Class 2024-2025

Chemistry Europe, the association of 16 chemical societies from 15 European countries, renowned for its publication of a family of high-quality scholarly chemistry journals and the magazine ChemistryViews, is pleased to announce the appointment of 22 new Chemistry Europe Fellows. This distinguished group has been selected for their exceptional contributions to Chemistry Europe, embodying excellence in research, support, creativity and innovation, thus reflecting the breadth and depth of talent within Chemistry Europe.

The Chemistry Europe Fellows will be formally recognized by their respective national societies and celebrated at a special reception during the 10th EuChemS Chemistry Congress in Antwerp in July 2026.

Chemistry Europe Fellows Class 2024/25:

• Lidia Armelao, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)/Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
• Wim De Borggraeve, KU Leuven, Belgium
• Catherine S. J. Cazin, Ghent University, Belgium
• Antonio M. Echavarren, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Tarragona, Spain
• Gilles Gasser, Chimie ParisTech, PSL University, France
• Joanna Gościańska, Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU), Poznań, Poland
• Sebastian Hasenstab-Riedel, FU Berlin, Germany
• Shigeyoshi Inoue, TU München, Germany
• Denis Jacquemin, Nantes Université, Nantes, France
• Petra de Jongh, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
• György Keglevich, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), Hungary
• Wolfgang Kroutil, University of Graz, Austria
• Israel Fernández López, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
• Inna Melnyk, Institute of Geotechnics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
• Pierangelo Metrangolo, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
• Adriaan J. Minnaard, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
• Jean-Christophe Monbaliu, University of Liege, Belgium, and Walloon Excellence (WEL) Research Institute, Belgium
• Constantinos Neochoritis, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
• Andreas Orthaber, Uppsala University, Sweden
• Teresa M. V. D. Pinho e Melo, University of Coimbra, Portugal
• Petr Štěpnička, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
• Tom Ward, University of Basel, Switzerland

The Chemistry Europe Fellows program, awarded biannually since 2015, acknowledges outstanding members of the Chemistry Europe societies, whose sustained service and scholarly work have strengthened the mission of Chemistry Europe and its member societies. Fellows retain the designation for life and often serve as ambassadors for pan‑European collaboration. Past Chemistry Europe Fellows include Nobel Laureates Ben Feringa (The Netherlands), Jean-Marie Lehn (France), and Sir Fraser Stoddart (USA). 

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