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1-May-24 |
6th
Euro-Asia Zeolite Conference |
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The Spanish Zeolite Group, on
behalf of the Spanish Catalysis Society, cordially invites
you to attend the 6th Euro-Asia Zeolite Conference
(EAZC-2025), to be held in the city of Alicante, in
south-eastern Spain, from 19 to 22 January 2025.
EAZC-2025 marks the continuation of a series of congresses
dedicated to the study of zeolites and related
nanostructured porous materials. This biennial event, held
alternately in Asia and Europe, follows successful meetings
in Macau (2013), Nice (2015), Bali (2017), Taormina (2019)
and Busan (2023).
Join us in Alicante, where leading experts, researchers, and
practitioners from around the world will gather to share
insights and foster collaborations in zeolite science and
technology. EAZC-2025 promises exciting presentations and
many networking opportunities amidst the vibrant cultural
backdrop of Spain's enchanting Mediterranean coast.
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info here
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1-May-24 |
9th
zeolite conference of the Iranian Chemical Society |
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The 9th zeolite conference of
the Iranian Chemical Society will take place on 7 to 8
September 2024 at Maragheh university, Maragheh, Iran.
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info here |
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1-May-24 |
New
IZA webmaster |
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After many years of taking
care of the IZA website, Prof. Valentin Valtchev (ENSICAEN -
Université de Caen - CNRS, France) hands over the torch to
Prof. Rob Ameloot (KU Leuven, Belgium).
Contact data Rob Ameloot
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13-Sep-23 |
Henri Kessler (1935 - 2023) |
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It is with deep sadness that we learned of the passing of
Henri Kessler, our colleague, on August 23, 2023. Henri was
born in Saint-Amarin, at the bottom of the Thann Valley, a
small Alsatian town at the foot of the Vosges Mountains, on
May 5, 1935. Graduated as a chemical engineer from the
National Higher School of Chemistry in Mulhouse in 1959,
Henri Kessler joined CNRS (the French National Center for
Scientific Research) as a research assistant. And became a
Research Director in 1982. In 1983, he joined Professor
Raymond Wey's Laboratory of General Mineral Chemistry where
he took on the responsibility of the microporous
non-siliceous framework solids group, which achieved
remarkable results with the synthesis of numerous new
structures. Asound example of his work is the synthesis of a
gallophosphate known as "Cloverite," which was the
crystalline microporous solid with the largest pore openings
(13.2 × 6 Ĺ). Dr. Kessler was a Council member of the
executive board of International Zeolite Association (IZA),
Vice-President of the IZA Synthesis Commission, and a Member
of the Editorial Board of the journal "Microporous
Materials." In 1992, he, along with Jean-Louis Guth,
received the Solid-State Chemistry Division Prize from the
French Chemical Society.He assumed the leadership of the
Laboratory in 1996, with the goal of ensuring its continued
development until his retirement in 1999. He left an
indelible mark on the community of researchers in the field
of crystalline porous solids.
Many people knew Henri as an exceptional mountaineer. One
had to "hang on" to follow him into the Vosges or the Alps.
He was accustomed to participating in endurance races (24
hours) on the Vosges ridges. He was a well-rounded athlete
who also enjoyed swimming and skiing. He was also a man of
nature with a deep ecological consciousness for its
preservation. He had his house built at the base of the
mountain, on the edge of the forest, where he collected
deadwood for heating. With the help of his wife, Rose-Marie,
he created a terraced garden where vegetable plants
coexisted with mountain flowers.
On behalf of all the people who had the privilege and honor
of working with Henri,
Jean-Louis Guth and Jean-Louis
Paillaud |
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1-Sep-23 |
Gregor Mali (1971 - 2023) |
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After a battle
with a serious illness, our dear colleague, friend and
researcher Prof. Dr. Gregor Mali has passed away. He was
part of the zeolite research community for more than 25
years and was also active in the Slovenian Zeolite
Association. We will cherish the memory of our esteemed
colleague.
Prof. Dr. Gregor Mali has been employed at the National
Institute of Chemistry in Ljubljana in the Department of
Inorganic Chemistry and Technology since 1997. Since 2007,
he has been habilitated in the field of Physics at the
University of Nova Gorica and since 2019 also at the Faculty
of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Ljubljana.
Prof. Mali's research work was devoted to the development
and application of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods
and computational methods for the study of the structure of
solids. Research areas to which Prof. Mali paid the most
attention were the development of new porous catalysts and
adsorbents for environmental and energy applications, and
the development of batteries.
In recent years, Prof. Mali has become one of the world's
most prominent scientists in the field of NMR research on
porous materials. He has authored or co-authored more than
130 scientific articles in prestigious journals, including
Science and Nature group. The importance and excellence of
his research is evidenced by the two prestigious awards he
received in 2017, namely the Pregl Award for outstanding
achievements in the field of chemistry and related sciences
and the Zois Prize for significant scientific achievements
in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance of materials.
Prof. Mali's research work was excellent, dedicated and
responsible to his colleagues and students. We admired and
appreciated him for his exceptional approachability,
kindness, respectful attitude and brilliant thinking. We
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7-Apr-23 |
Sigmund M. Csicsery (1929 - 2022) |
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We received the very sad news that Dr. Sigmund M. Csicsery, one of the
big pioneers of shape selective catalysis, passed away in
his home at Moraga (California) on December 18, 2022.
Sigmund is mourned by his family, as well as many friends,
colleagues, and acquaintances with whom he made connections
throughout the world. His remains will be laid to rest at
the Tahy family crypt in Balatonszemes, Hungary. Sigmund was
a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and was
awarded the prestigious Gábor Dénes Award in 2020–2021. He
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6-Jan-23 |
Petr Nachtigall (1963 - 2022)
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It is with great sadness that we have to communicate the
passing of Prof. RNDr. Petr Nachtigall, Ph.D. on 28 December
2022. He was an internationally recognized expert in
computational material science with particular emphasis on
porous materials. He received his Ph.D. at the University of
Pittsburgh. After returning to Prague, he worked at the J.
Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, later at the
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech
Academy of Sciences, and since 2009 at the Faculty of
Science of Charles University. Here he made a major
contribution to the establishment and development of the top
scientific center "CHARLES UNIVERSITY CENTRE OF ADVANCED
MATERIALS" and introduced a new PhD and MSc program
"Modelling of chemical properties of nano and
biostructures". Recently, he has conceived and organized the
establishment of a new Bachelor of Science program
"Science". Prof. Nachtigall has regularly published in the
most prestigious scientific journals; he is the author of
181 publications with 8,289 citations and an h-index of 54
(as of 1 January 2023).
He is well known for his studies of adsorption complexes and
reaction mechanisms in zeolites and analogous materials,
which significantly contributed to the understanding of the
behavior of zeolites for practical applications. Moreover,
the has contributed significantly to the discovery and
theoretical explanation of a new method of synthesis of
zeolites ADOR, thanks to which more than 10 new types of
zeolites have already been synthesized.
Prof. Nachtigall was awarded the Bedřich Hrozný Prize for
Basic Research (2015), the Prize of the Minister of
Education, Youth and Sports for significant results of basic
research in natural sciences (2019) and the Donatio
Universitatis Carolinae (2021).
In Peter Nachtigall we lose not only an outstanding
scientist, teacher and mentor, but also a great person and
friend. Our thoughts are with is wife Gabriela and his
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18-Jul-22 |
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Seven new
council members were elected:
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Rob Ameloot (Belgium)
Roger Glaeser (Germany)
Tina Nenoff (USA)
Sibele Pergher (Brazil)
Domenico Caputo (Italy)
Manuel Molinar (Spain)
Natasa Z. Logar (Slovenia) |
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The new
executive committee of the IZA council: |
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Svetlana Mintova, President
Michael Stockenhuber, Vice-President
Natasa Z. Logar, Secretary
Jeffrey Rimer, Treasurer |
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The Next
International Zeolite Conferences (IZC) |
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At a Business Meeting, the IZA
Board selected the venue for the 22nd IZC in 2028: |
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Philadelphia, USA |
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The next 21st IZC will be held
in 2025 in Dalian, China. |
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Awards
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The 2022 Don
Breck Award |
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Suk Bong Hong (POSTECH, Korea)
for developing innovative synthetic
methodologies including the synergistic use of organic and
inorganic structure-directing agents that resulted in new
zeolite framework types.
Suk Bong Bong
(middle) with the representative of UOP-Honeywell Suheil
Abdo (left) and the president of the IZA Martin Hartmann
(right).
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The 2022 IZA
award |
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Valentin Valtchev (CNRS, France)
for his important contributions to the fundamental
understanding of zeolite synthesis and post-synthesis
modification of industrially-important zeolites.
Prof. Valtchev will act as the IZA Ambassador from now
until the next IZC in 2025.
Valentin
Valtchev (left) with the president of the IZA Martin
Hartmann (right).
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The 2022 Young
Researcher Award (YRA) |
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Michiel Dusselier (KU Leuven, Belgium)
for his achievements in the knowledge-based development of
catalyst for innovative catalytic conversion processes. |
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IZA Honorary
Membeships |
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Jean-Pierre Gilson (LCS, ENSICAEN, France)
for his outstanding contribution to zeolite science and
technology and for the great service in the organization
IZA-related events.
Avelino Corma (ITQ-Valencia, Spain)
for his outstanding contributions to zeolite science and
technology and his great service as chairman of IZC2022.
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10-Mar-22 |
News from FEZA |
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The Federation of European
Zeolite Associations (FEZA) created in January 1996,
consisting of 17 National Zeolite Associations (Bulgaria,
Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, The
Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia,
Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, UK) has taken the
following decision in strong support of Ukraine and all
people suffering from the horrible war.
Zeolite Associations within the
FEZA wholehertedly approved the measure to suspend Russia
from FEZA, and to promote other activities of the
scientific community in support of Ukraine.
Our resolution is taken to support the peace, and in
opposition to war and the suffering of the people in
Ukraine.
We hope for an immediate stop to this war and a peaceful
future for Europe. Let us stand together for a peaceful
worldwide community and for the sake of our future
generations.
We do believe that Russian people are also victims of their
government and our action is not against them.
The Russian scientists are not responsible for this war, but
we, as a European research community, express our opinion
now. The aggression against
Ukraine decided by the government of Russia reflects on
all of us!
The objectives of FEZA are to improve
communication and collaboration between researchers in
Europe for the benefit of the public and therefore we
decided to:
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Suspend the membership of Russia from FEZA.
2. Become a promoter for other European
initiatives reflecting the opinion of other European
scientific communities by:
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official statement on the FEZA website
- state our strong
support in papers currently in press
- express our support
during meetings, conferences.
3. A FEZA
solidarity scholarship will
be provided to a Ukrainian early career researcher to
attend a conference in the field of porous materials.
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9-Feb-22 |
Karl Seff (1938 - 1921) |
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We were saddened to hear that Prof. Karl Seff, known for his
colorful Hawaiian shirts and ready smile at zeolite
conferences, passed away at the age of 84 on September 11
last year.
Karl started his career in zeolite crystallography with
David P. Shoemaker at MIT, where he received his PhD in
1964. After a post-doc with Kenneth N. Trueblood at UCLA, he
joined the Chemistry Department at the University of Hawaii
in 1967, and remained there until his retirement 40 years
later. He is probably best known for his pioneering research
using tiny zeolite A crystals, modified in various ways, to
collect single-crystal X-ray diffraction data for structure
analysis. This allowed him to elucidate intriguing zeolite
chemistry at the atomic level. As instrumentation and
computing power improved, he expanded this research, along
with colleagues in South Korea, to include zeolites X and Y.
Although he retired officially in 2007, he continued his
research activity until just six weeks before his death. He
will be remembered fondly by all those students who were
fortunate enough to have him as an advisor. He took great
interest in following his students' careers and personal
lives long after graduation. A student of Karl's was a
student and friend for life. His infectious enthusiasm for
science and life in general made every encounter an
experience worth remembering.
He will be missed not only by his zeolite colleagues and his
students, but also by his fellow cactus enthusiasts and his
vegan friends.
Aloha Karl |
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18-Jan-22 |
The Young Researcher Award
(YRA) committee invites applications for the 2022 YRA |
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The Young Researcher Award
will be given to an individual for outstanding contribution
to the Science and Technology of zeolites and related
nanoporous materials, since January 1st of the year of the
last IZC to the December 31st of the year before the IZC
where the award will be given. For more information visit
the YRA page.
The applications should be sent by March 3, 2022 to the IZA
secretary:
Prof. Heloise Pastore
E-mail: lolly@unicamp.br |
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12-Jan-22 |
Nominations for the 2022
Donald W. Breck Award invited |
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The Breck Award nomination
committee invites nominations for the 2022 Donald W. Breck
Award. This award is for the most significant contribution
to Molecular Sieve Science and Technology made between
January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2021 and the winner will be
announced on July 7, 2022 at the 20th IZC in Valencia,
Spain.
The award may be given to an individual or to a group.
The nomination should be accompanied by a list of maximum 5
references and a 2 page summary outlining in detail the
novel findings and their scientific merit. It should
includes supporting letters from three established zeolite
scientists. For more Information visit the Breck Award page.
Nominations should be sent by April 3, 2022 to the Chair of
the Breck Award Committee:
Dr. Valentin Valtchev
CNRS, France
E-mail: valentin.valtchev@ensicaen.fr |
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