Women in Chemistry — ChemViews Interviews

2011 is the International Year of Chemistry (IYC 2011) and the centenary of Marie Curie’s Nobel prize in Chemistry. Therefore, ChemViews introduces interesting women throughout the year.

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Interview with Zuriati Zakaria

Professor at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Selangor, Malaysia, and the first Malay woman from Malaysia to receive a PhD in chemistry.

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Interview with Uta Wille

Associate Professor Uta Wille, University of Melbourne, Australia, followed a unique career path from atmospheric to organic chemistry, from Germany to Australia

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Interview with Yamuna Krishnan

Yamuna Krishnan, NCBS, India, already perfomed a remarkable career, is enthusiastic not only about sciences, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi

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Interview with Maria Gavrilescu

Maria Gavrilescu is professor at the Gheorghe Asachi Technical Universiry, Iasi, Romania, and author of highly cited review articles

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Interview with Zeinab Shaaban Abd El-Ati Abou El-Naga

Zeinab Shaaban Abd El-Ati Abou El-Naga, Mansoura University, Egypt, combines zoology and chemistry to develop safer insecticides

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Interview with Polly Arnold

Polly Arnold, University of Edinburgh, UK, already was identified as a rising star when presented a prize by his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh

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Interview with Vivian Yam

Vivian Yam, University of Hong Kong, was the youngest member to join the Chinese Academy of Sciences
        

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Interview with Veronique Gouverneur

Veronique Gouverneur, University of Oxford, UK, has worked in research groups on both sides of the Atlantic with renown scientists

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Interview with Roberta Sessoli

Roberta Sessoli, University of Florence, Italy, is a pioneer in the field of magnetic bistability and quantum effects in mesoscopic materials

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Interview with Supawan Tantayanon

Supawan Tantayanon, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, will be the first female president of the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies

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Interview with Ulrike Flad

Ulrike Flad is the granddaughter of the founder of the Dr. Flad Institute in Stuttgart, Germany, and will take over its management from her father

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Interview with Danielle Ballivet-Tkatchenko

Danielle Ballivet-Tkatchenko, University of Bourgogne, France, is a leading researcher in the field of CO₂ conversion and utilization

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Interview with Lene Hviid

L. Hviid, Knowledge Group Leader and Project Manager, Tata Steel, the Netherlands, took an interesting way from research to management

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Interview with Helena Dodziuk

H. Dodziuk, Polish Academy of Sciences, works on molecules with interesting topography and strained hydrocarbons with unusual spatial structures

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