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received the very sad news that Em. Prof. Dr. ir. Herman van Bekkum,
who was one of the founders of the Dutch Zeolite Association (DZA) and
the first President of the Federation of European Zeolite Associations
(FEZA), passed away on November 30, 2020. Herman
van Bekkum was born in 1932 in Rotterdam. He graduated in chemical
technology (1956) with Prof. Verkade and then obtained his Ph.D. (1959)
with Prof. Wepster at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft,
back then TH Delft). After working for two years as a researcher at
Shell, he returned to the TU Delft in 1961 with a position as Lecturer.
In 1971, he was appointed as Professor in Organic Chemistry and
Catalysis. From 1975 to 1976 he served as Rector Magnificus of the TU
Delft. Through the years he covered other important positions,
including Chairman of the KNCV (Royal Netherlands Chemical Society) and
Chairman of the Innovative Carbohydrates Research Program. In 1995 he
was elected Member of the KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and
Sciences). In 1991 he was appointed Knight in the Order of the
Netherlands Lion and in 2007 Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. His
research focused on two main topics: zeolites and carbohydrate
chemistry, with an overarching interest for catalytic conversion of
organic compounds. We all remember him for his scientific qualities and
his liveliness and enthusiasm in participating in scientific
discussions, also for many years after his official retirement in 1998.
People who met him at the TU Delft would certainly remember his
availability in providing useful scientific advice to young researchers
that knocked at the door of his office, which had a table covered with
books, papers and models of zeolite structures that proved his
never-ending enthusiasm for his research. He was also a familiar and
welcome presence at the Netherlands’ Catalysis and Chemistry
Conference, which he regularly attended until recent years. People that
met him and talked with him would remember not only the brilliant
scientist but also a person with many other passions and with whom the
conversation was always enriching, regardless whether the topic was a
zeolite framework, his Alfa Romeo or playing chess. In
this sad moment our thoughts go out to the family of Prof. Herman van
Bekkum. His memory will remain with us and hopefully we will be able to
pass what we learnt from him to the next generations. On behalf of the Dutch Zeolite Association and of the Dutch Catalysis Society, Prof. Dr. Paolo P. Pescarmona
| | | | | | . | | | | | | | | | 16-Oct-20 | | Klaus Unger (1936 – 2020) | | | | | | Our
friend and colleague Klaus Unger passed away after a short illness on
October 7th 2020. We have lost an excellent scientist, a wonderful
mentor, a dear friend, in short: a true “Mensch”. Klaus
was highly successful in two rather separate fields of science, in
zeolite science and in chromatography, both connected by his deep
interest in porous materials. His early work on innovative silica-based
stationary phases for chromatography led him to broaden his interest to
zeolites and later on to ordered mesoporous materials. His science was
always characterized by the combination of a deep understanding of the
fundamentals of the materials he worked on and a keen eye for practical
applications. He was therefore always a sought-after partner for
industrial companies, and his many decade long relationships to Merck
at Darmstadt, only a few kilometres away from his home in
Seeheim-Jugenheim, testifies of the importance of his research also for
industry. Klaus loved the area, with the vineyards of the Rheingau, the
Odenwald, and the Spessart close by for extended hikes. So after his
habilitation inrmstadt, he only moved across the Rhine to Mainz to
become a professor for Analytical Chemistry, and stayed with Mainz
University until his retirement in 2001. Klaus
had colleagues and friends basically anywhere in the world, and all of
them enjoyed him as a partner for scientific collaborations and beyond.
He has served on IUPAC committees for the characterization of porous
solids, he co-initiated a number of high profile conference series, and
he was always active in various scientific organization, such as the
IZA, the German Fachgruppe Zeolithe (DECHEMA), or the Arbeitskreis
Chromatographie of the Fachgruppe Analytische Chemie of the German
Society for Chemistry (GDCh). He was one of the founding members of
Federation of European Zeolite Associations (FEZA) as the chairman of
the German Zeolite Association at that time, and served as the first
treasurer. Born in Zwickau, which was for about 40 years part of East
Germany, he always kept links to the colleagues in the former GDR also
during the separation of the two countries, and after Germany’s
reunification, he played a very active role in helping to re-integrate
the science between East and West Germany in the field of porous
materials and separation science. Prof.
Unger was loved by his students and coworkers. They enjoyed scientific
freedom, support wherever it was needed, and the overall very warm,
welcoming and extremely friendly atmosphere in the group. Within hours
after the news of his passing away spread, there were dozens of emails
expressing the sadness of his former co-workers, and one quote from the
mails stands for all of them: “one of a kind with the biggest generous
heart”. This is how we all feel – it was a privilege to have known
Klaus, and the zeolite community will miss him dearly from now on.
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14-Sep-19 |
| Jens Weitkamp (1942
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31-Jul-19 |
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Tina
Düren (UK)
Zhongmin
Liu (China)
Svetlana
Mintova (France)
Masaru Ogura (Japan)
Yong Ki Park (Korea)
Jeffrey Rimer (USA)
Michael Stockenhuber (Australia)
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Martin
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Zhongmin
Liu, Vice-President
Heloise
Pastore, Secretary
Jeffery
Rimer, Treasurer
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At
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Business Meeting, the IZA Board selected the venue for the 22nd IZC in
2025:
Dalian,
China
The next
IZC will be held in 2022 in Valencia, Spain.
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IZA Honorary Memberships were given to:
Christian
Baerlocher
of the
ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
for the
renowned contribution to the structural chemistry of zeolites and for the devoted service to the design and
maintenance of the Database of Zeolite Structure.
Giuseppe
Bellussi
Eni SpA, Italy
for the
outstanding contribution to zeolite science and technology and for the
great
service as President of the IZA.
Takashi
Tatsumi
of the
Tokyo University of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
for the
outstanding contribution to zeolite synthesis and catalysis and for the
dissemination of zeolite science.
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The new IZA Ambassador, the recepient
of the 2019 IZA award is:
Wilhelm
Schwieger
of the University of
Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
for
important contributions to zeolite science and technology resulting in
commercial applications of zeolites.
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The first Young Researcher Award (YRA)
of the Iinteranational Zeolite Association has been attributed to:
Manuel
Moliner
of the
Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ), Valencia, Spain
for
novel synthesis methods to obtain nanosized zeolites and to control
active
sites distribution in zeolite catalysts.
The
award is sponsored by ExxonMobil
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The 2019 Don Breck Award has been
attributed to the team:
Stephen K.
Brand, Joel E. Schmidt, Michael W. Deem,
Frits Daeyaer, Yanhang Ma, Osamu Terasaki, Marat Orazov, Mark E. Davis
for the
discovery of enantiomerically enriched STW zeolite.

The IZA
president Valentin Valtchev (middle) with Manuel Moliner (left)
recipient of the Young
Researcher Award
and Mark Davis (right) recipient of the 2019
Don Breck Award.
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20-Jun-19 |
| Alberto Alberti (1938 - 2019) |
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6-Mar-19 |
| News from the Italian Zeolite Association |
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1-Mar-19 |
| New reports from the Natural Zeolite Commission |
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7-Feb-19 |
| Harry
Edwin Robson (1927 - 2019) |
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4-Feb-19 |
| Stefan Ernst (1960 - 2019) |
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17-Dec-18 |
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News from the IZA board: a Young
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22-Nov-18 |
| Nominations
for the 2019 Donald W. Breck Award invited |
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1-Nov-18 |
| News from the MOF commission |
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6-Oct-18 |
| Proposals for the organization of the 21st
International Zeolite Conference |
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13-Apr-18 |
| Garcia
Martinez receives the Kathyrin Hach Award |
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9-Apr-18 |
| Jiři Čejka receives the Werner von
Siemens Award |
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