Swiss Photochemistry Symposium 2026
12. June 2026, HEIA Fribourg
Swiss Photochemistry Symposium 2026
12. June 2026, HEIA Fribourg
Program
09.00
Registration and welcome coffee
09.40
Symposium opening and introduction
Prof. Malte Oppermann, University of Basel, and Prof. Olivier Nicolet, HEIA-FR
Session 1 - Chair: Prof. Malte Oppermann
09.45
Prof. Katja Heinze, University of Mainz
«Manganese, Carbenes and Light - A Successful Triple»
10.15
3 Contributed Talks (15min each)
Lorenzo Persi, ETH Zurich
«Visible light-induced reactive oxygen generation by water-soluble C60 derivatives»
Ekaterina Bestsennaia, University of Geneva
«Applications of water-quenched fluorophore for sensing hydration in biomolecular environments»
Pieter Brongers, University of Basel
«Mind the spectral gap: Extending ultrafast spectroscopy to the deep ultraviolet with stretched hollow-core fiber technology»
11.00
Coffee Break
Session 2 - Chair: Prof. Peter Stacko
11.30
Prof. Johannes Broichhagen, Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Berlin
«Revisiting charge-carrier dynamics in gold nanoclusters: ultrafast intersystem crossing drives excited-state dynamics»
12.00
8x elevator talks of selected posters (3min each)
12.30
Lunch Break
Poster Session
14.00
Assembly and information session of the SCS Photochemistry Section
Session 3, Young Faculty in Switzerland - Chair: Dr. Ricardo J. Fernández-Terán
14.30
Prof. Jessica Clough, University of Fribourg
«The Molecular Choreography of Polymers under Mechanical Stress»
14.50
Prof. Suong Nguyen, EPFL Lausanne
«Chemical Strategies to Enhance Polymer Properties and Recyclability»
15.10
Prof. Michelle Frei, ETH Zurich
«Chemigenetic Tools for Live-Cell Fluorescence Microscopy»
15.30
Prof. Sascha Feldmann, EPFL Lausanne
«Tracking charge, spin and light polarization in space & time in emerging semiconductors»
15.50
Break
Session 4 - Chair: Prof. Olivier Nicolet
16.10
Dr. Thomas Woltering, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
«[2+2]-Photocycloaddition directed to building blocks for Medicinal Chemistry»
15.40
3x Contributed talks (15min each)
Tjeerd De Jong, University of Zurich
«Nonadiabatic dynamics in the condensed phase»
Dorothee Wagner, University of Basel
«Long-Lived Terphenyl Radical Anion Super-Reductant for Photocatalysis Formed via Blue-to-UV Upconversion with Fully Resolved Mechanism»
Eric Sidler, University of Groningen
«Chiral Induction and Memory via Light-Induced Supramolecular Deracemization»
16.25
Prof. Eric Vauthey, University of Geneva
«Excited-state dynamics of organic radical ions: a long story»
16.55
Ceremony: best contributed talk and best poster presentation award
Closing and conclusion
Aperitif