3rd National Meeting of the Swedish Chemical Society
Photos from SCS2025
Photos from SCS2025 in Västerås
The Swedish National Chemistry Meeting SCS2025 took place at Steam Hotel in Västerås between the 16th-18th of June 2025. Below, you can see photos of some highlights from the event.
Networking and Exhibition
People from all fields of chemistry came gathered at SCS2025 to explore the latest scientific advancements and connect with colleagues from Sweden and beyond. Generous opportunities for networking were offered during breaks and dedicated mingle sessions.
Two colleagues were reunited at SCS2025: Pauline Rudd (University College Dublin) and Janos Hajdu (Uppsala University). The first time they met was in Oxford in the 1990s and the second time was in Västerås, where they both received medals for their contributions to chemistry. Foto: Per Groth (www.pergroth.com)
Himani Bisht and Eda Erdemir Tavukçu
Photo: Agnes Rinaldo-Matthis
Berit Olofsson (Stockholm University) and Carl Johan Wallentin (University of Gothenburg). Foto: Per Groth (www.pergroth.com)
Fiona Nermark, Lund University, presented a poster.
Photo: Agnes Rinaldo-Matthis
Karolina Broman, Umeå University, and Anneli Kruve, Stockholm University.
Photo: Agnes Rinaldo-Matthis
Photo: Per Groth
Photo: Erika Lindbom Sierakowiak
Photo: Erika Lindbom Sierakowiak
Christian Müller and Joakim Andréasson, Chalmers University of Technology.
Photo: Erika Lindbom Sierakowiak
Mingle in the exhibitor’s area.
Photo: Erika Lindbom Sierakowiak
Photo: Erika Lindbom Sierakowiak
Two poster sessions took place during SCS2025.
Photo: Per Groth
Photo: Erika Lindbom Sierakowiak
Jannis Schuh, Uppsala University, and Magnus Roman, Teknolab.
Photo: Agnes Rinaldo-Matthis
Photo: Per Groth
Pedro Jesus Tortajada Palmero.
Photo: Per Groth
Mattias Tan, Lund University, presented his poster.
Photo: Per GrothPhoto: Erika Lindbom Sierakowiak
Photo: Erika Lindbom Sierakowiak
Photo: Erika Lindbom Sierakowiak
Carlos Benitez-Martin, University of Gothenburg, gave the presentation “4for2: a paradigm shift in multiphoton microscopy.”
Photo: Per GrothPhoto: Per Groth
Wiley hosted an appreciated publishing session during SCS2025.
Photo: Erika Lindbom Sierakowiak
The chemistry band Fat Cotton performed after the conference dinner. The band members are Anders Hagfeldt (Prof. Physical Chemistry and Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University), Tomas Edvinsson (Prof. Solid State Physics, prev. physical chemist), and Per Hansson (Prof. Pharmaceutical Physical Chemistry).
Photo: Agnes Rinaldo-Matthis
Awards and honors
Poster prizes were awarded to six different participants.
Photo: Sayad Doobary
Sina Wrede, Uppsala University, is the first person to be awarded with the Tiselius Prize in Physical Chemistry. Her supervisor was professor Haining Tian. Photo: Erika Lindbom Sierakowiak
Several Award Ceremonies were held during SCS2025. From left to right: Pauline Rudd, University College Dublin, Ireland – Receiver of the Torbern Bergman Medal. Janos Hajdu, Uppsala University – Receiver of the Bror Holmberg Medal 2024. Belén Martín-Matute, Stockholm University – Receiver of the Arrhenius plaque 2024. Christian Müller, Chalmers University of Technology – Receiver of the 2024 Norblad-Ekstrand Medal Helena Grennberg, Uppsala University, Chairman of the board of the Swedish Chemical Society (Kemisamfundet) Photo: Per Groth (www.pergroth.com)
Robin Peterson and Erik Sundén from Uppsala University won the Nordic Retrosynthesis Challenge with the synthesis plan ”Tralling for Terpenes”.
Photo: Sayad Doobary
Second place in the Nordic Retrosynthesis Challenge went to the team behind the synthesis plan “Masters of Cleavage”: Aoibheann O’Connor, Jian Liu, Eric Anguera Aixalà, Wilma Olsson, Simon Edin, Mattias Tan, Leonard Schilling and Robin Ekberg from Lund University.
Photo: Sayad Doobary
Poster prizes were sponsored by six different scientific journals: RSC Applied Interfaces, Analyst, Dalton Transactions, Industry Chemistry & Materials, CrystEngComm, and Angewandte Chemie Photo: Sayad DoobaryThank you from the organizing committee of the 3rd National Meeting of the Swedish Chemical Society, SCS2025: Mark Rutland (KTH), Berit Olofsson (Stockholm University), Helena Lundberg Ankner (KTH), and Agnes Rinaldo-Matthis, President of the Swedish Chemical Society (Svenska Kemisamfundet). Foto: Per Groth (www.pergroth.com)
SCS2027
The 4th National Chemistry Meeting SCS2027 will be organized by a committee from Uppsala University. It will take place in week 24, 2027.
