On Saturday, November 9th 2024, The 1st International Doctoral Conference on Advances in Chemistry took place at the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (UCT Prague) under the patronship of vice-rector Michaela Rumlová and PhD support Mili Losmanová. The conference for PhD candidates in chemistry was organised by their fellow PhD candidates, namely Sára Hermochová, Eva Pospíšilová and Jan Vališ from the Department of Analytical Chemistry, FCE, UCT Prague, and welcomed over 40 participants from different universities across the Czech Republic, Great Britain, Kazakhstan, Poland, Sweden and Ukraine.
Best presentations in each section was awarded with a price:
- Organic Chemistry: Killiann Heinz (University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague)
- Biochemistry: Ondřej Morávek (University of Pardubice)
- Environmental Chemistry: Jan Čundrle (J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem)
- Analytical, Physical and Computational Chemistry: Jorge Servert Lerdo de Tejada (University of Manchester)
- Chemical Engineering and Technology: Dániel Gardenö (University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague)
The conference was supported by UCT Prague, ORLEN Unipetrol Foundation and Zentiva.