Alex Kroiß, organizer of the DeSal Challenge, Munich, Germany, discusses the event and what inspired him to get involved

Interview with the editors of the new ChemPubSoc Europe journal ChemistryOpen – youngest member, but a first in many aspects

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

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

Michael Wink, University of Heidelberg, Germany, talks about his book, the future of biotechnology, and the best grapes to grow in Heidelberg

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

Christian Reichardt, Marburg, Germany, discusses the fourth edition of his highly successful book

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

Professor Frieda Texter, Albright College, Pennsylvania, USA, is the February winner of the Win an iPad campaign

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