More than 500 scientists meet on campus of TU Kaiserslautern

In recent years, tremendous progress in the field of physical chemistry has created methods and techniques that are used to design new drugs and to spur their development. These include, among others, manifold spectroscopic techniques which help researchers, for example, to yield information on the composition and structure of molecules and thus their functionality by means of interaction with light radiation.
This year’s meeting at TU Kaiserslautern focused on these physical chemistry concepts and methods and their importance for life sciences. The scientists were able to discuss current results and innovations.
In addition, numerous talks and 250 poster presentations included further topics in the field of physical chemistry as well as their industrial applications.

In a separate symposium, young scientists also had the opportunity to learn about different career paths. In addition, a large exhibition presented companies, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Association), two publishing houses and a career advisory service.

The meeting was organized by the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry and by the local organizing committee around OPTIMAS member Professor Dr. Markus Gerhards. It is the so far largest conference at TU Kaiserslautern, which took place exclusively on the Kaiserslautern campus.

The conference was supported by the State Research Center OPTIMAS and the collaborative research center 3MET (SFB/TRR 88 "Cooperative effects in homo- and heterometallic complexes").

See also:www.bunsen.de/veranstaltungen/veranstaltungskalender/bunsentagung-2017/

For more information:

Prof. Dr. Markus Gerhards

phone: 0631 205-2537

e-mail: gerhards[at]chemie.uni-kl.de