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Upcoming events

 

General Meetings

General meetings take place on the last week of the months, and the day rotates from Monday to Friday. 

31 January 2025, Friday, 6 pm CET

27 February 2025, Thursday, 6 pm CET

26 March 2025, Wednesday, 6 pm CET

29 April 2025, Tuesday, 6 pm CEST

26 May 2025, Monday, 6 pm CEST

27 June 2025, Friday, 6 pm CEST

24 July 2025, Thursday, 6 pm CEST

27 August 2025, Wednesday, 6 pm CEST

8 September 2025, Monday, 6 pm CEST (Hybrid due to ECCE15 & ECAB8)

27 October 2025, Monday, 6 pm CET

28 Novemer 2025, Friday, 6 pm CET

Board Members Meetings

13 January 2025, Friday, 6 pm CET

14 February 2025, Friday, 6 pm CET

14 March 2025, Friday, 6 pm CET

11 April 2025, Friday, 6 pm CEST

9 May 2025, Friday, 6 pm CEST

13 June 2025, Friday, 6 pm CEST

11 July 2025, Friday, 6 pm CEST

8 August 2025, Friday, 6 pm CEST

12 September 2025, Friday, 6 pm CEST

and further recurring meetings in different subgroups.

 

History

08 April 2022: EFCE Executive Board approved the Preparatory Committee of the new Section

21 August 2022: EFCE Executive Board approved the Memorandum of the new Section

27 September 2022: First official meeting of the new Section 'Early Career Chemical Engineers', launching plans for Spotlight Talks in April and for ECCE&ECAB conference in September 2023.

19 October 2022: Finalized Memorandum (incl. Erratum) of the new Section is published

02 November 2022: First meeting of Section General Members recurring last Wednesday every second month and shifting the meeting of Section Board members to first Thursday every month

08 November 2022: Publication of Section Logo (file available here)

31 May 2023: Spotlight Talk on Open Science organized by Early Career ChemEng Section! (Flyer, Recording on YouTube)

05 September 2023: Election of first official Chair of the Section

17 - 21 September 2023: ECCE14&ECAB7 in Berlin, EFCE Event No. 782

  • 18 September 2023: Pubquiz in Berlin
  • 19 September 2023: Inauguration meeting
  • 20 September 2023: Plenary Lecture of Early Career Awardee Maria

10 November 2023: Section Board Members meeting

29 November 2023: Section General Members meeting. Successful general meeting with 21 participants. We welcomed 10 new general members! 

27 March 2024: Celebration meeting: 6 month anniversary since Inauguration (slide deck available here)

Section Board Members meeting: 7 May 2024, 13 Jun 2024, 17 Jul 2024, 25 Oct 2024, 22 Nov 2024

General Members meeting: 4 Jun 2024, 24 Jun 2024, 30 Oct 2024, 2 Dec 2024

 

Mission

We are the Early Careers Chemical Engineers Section of the European Federation of Chemical Engineers (EFCE). This section aims to inspire, inform, upskill and influence our community members to choose a lifelong career in chemical engineering.

We do this by:

  • Advocating and showcasing the importance of this profession in the advancement of society.
  • Promoting top-level chemical engineering science developments,
  • Sharing innovations in the field,
  • Informing about new strategic technologies,
  • Discussing interdisciplinary items
  • And much more!

We intend for our activities to help forge an active early career community for our members to develop their present and future capabilities. We do this by bridging the gap for graduates stepping into industry and bringing together the wide range of diverse experiences and interests of Early Career Chemical Engineers through interdisciplinary meetings, conferences and workshops.

 

Section Board Members

 

Sofia Garcia Fracaro

Dr. Sofia Garcia Fracaro

Section Role: Section Chair

Location: Germany

Affiliation: Merck KGaA, DECHEMA.  

Area of work: Industry, Smart Manufacturing, AR/VR Training. 

Contact: www.linkedin.com/in/sofia-garcia-fracaro/

About me: All about our board - Sofia


Silvie Mueller

Dr. Silvie Müller

Section Role: Section Vice Chair

Location: Germany 

Affiliation: Merck Group

Area of work: Project Management, Process Engineering, CAPEX Projects, GMP and Containment, Thermodynamics, and Sustainability

Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/silviemueller/

About me: All about our board - Silvie


Florencia Arrosio

Dr. Florencia Arrosio

Section Role: Task Force Handbook 101 Chemical Societies

Location: Germany

Affiliation: Diversey

Area of work:

Contacthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/florencia-arrosio/

About meAll about our board - Florencia


Sara Marchini

Dr. Sara Marchini

Section Role: Social Media Task Force Lead

Location: Germany

Affiliation: TU Dresden

Area of work: Thermal Separations, Reaction Engineering, Reactor Modelling, Didactic of Chemical Engineering

Contacthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-marchini-dresden/

About meAll about our board - Sara

 


Agnese Musacchio

Agnese Musacchio

Section Role: Task Force Social Media & ECCE 2025 Youth Programme

Location: Italy

Affiliation: University of Pisa and Polytechnic University of Turin

Area of work: Chemical Engineering and Engineering & Management (Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship)

Leadership roles: President of Young Italian Chemical Engineering Association (AIDIC Giovani) and Active Team Member of External Relations for European Young Engineers (EYE)

Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/agnese-musacchio-398085213/

About meAll about our board - Agnese

 


Cecilia Pedro 2

Celia Pedro

Section Role: Task Force ECCE 2025 Youth Programme 

Location: Portugal

Affiliation: Ordem dos Engenheiros Portugal

Area of work: Industrial Manager at Eco-Oil

Leadership roles: President of the Group of Young Engineers (GJE) – Ordem dos Engenheiros
Industrial manager of Eco-Oil

Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/celialagopedro/

About me


Morgane poser

Morgane Poser

Section Role

Location: France

Affiliation: IMT Mines Albi

Area of work

Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/morgane-poser-960b3b140/

About meAll about our board - Morgane


Anna Vanluchene

Anna Vanluchene

Section Role

Location: Belgium

Affiliation: Ghent University

Area of work:

Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-vanluchene-03819947/

About me:  All about our board - Anna


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Alper Koyuncu

Section Role: Task Force Spotlight Talk

Location: Turkey

Affiliation: Middle East Technical University

Area of work: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Rheology, Bioprocessing, Bioreactor, Biopharmaceuticals 

Contacthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/alperkoyuncu/

About meAll about our board - Alper


Chioma Udeozor

Chioma Udeozor

Section Role

Location: United Kingdom

Affiliation: Nepic

Area of work:

Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chioma-rita-udeozor/

About meAll about our board - Chioma


Section General Members

 

Name Surname

Affiliation, Location

Area of work Other Contact Links 

Aldwin Lois Galvan Cara

(LinkedIn Contact)

KU Leuven, BE

Process Simulation and Optimisation, Power-to-X, Chemical Energy Storage, Heat/Process integration

 

Alexandr Zubov

University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, CZ    

Alexandros Spanos

(LinkedIn Contact)

INTERGEO Hellas, Thessaloniki, GR Environmental technology, Hazardous Waste Management, Geological and Geotechnical Projects  
Andrea Dobri Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, GER    
Andres David Pina Martinez ENSIC-University of Lorraine, FRA    

Antonio D'ambrosio

(LinkedIn Contact)

Campus Bio Medico University of Rome, IT Bioprocess Modeling and Optimisation, Kinetic Modeling of Catalysts, CO2 Utilisation and Storage, Artificial Organs Engineering, Pharmacokinetic Modeling  
Bianca Thoms kjVI group of VDI-GVC, GER    

Cláudio Rocha

(LinkedIn Contact)

University of Porto, PT Reaction Engineering, Separation Processes, Steam Reforming Processes, Multifunctional Processes; CO2 Methanation  
Daniel Albrecht University Duisburg Essen, GER Ad-/Desorption of H2S on Zeolites  
Emanuele Moioli Villigen PSI, CH    

Filippo Bisotti

(LinkedIn Contact)
SINTEF, NOR

CCUS, DAC, Green H2, Biofuels, Power-to-X

Filippo Bisotti - SINTEF Industry - SINTEF

Bisotti, Filippo - Author details - Scopus

Grzegorz Bernacki Politechnika Warszawska, PL    

Ilaria Ceteroni

(LinkedIn Contact)

Institute of Chemical Technology (UPV-CSIC), ES Heterogeneous Catalysis, Reaction Engineering, Process Simulation, Alternative Feedstocks Valorisation  
Jens Friedland University of Ulm, GER    
Kristina Zentel TU Darmstadt, GER    
Kseniya Papchenko University of Edinburgh, UK    
Laura Grindey Eternis, UK    
Luigi Piero Di Bonito Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", IT    

Margarida Abrunhosa de Brito

(LinkedIn Contact)

Universidade do Porto, PT Mixing, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Rheology, Reactor Engineering  
Maria Papathanasiou Imperial College London, UK    
Mario Luca Nardella Università di Pisa, IT    
Monika Klimek Politechnika Warszawska, PL    

Nika Atelšek Hozjan

(LinkedIn Contact)

University of Maribor, SL Supercritical Technology, Aerogels, Tissue Engineering  
Nikodem Dabrowski Politechnika Warszawska, PL    

Patrik Furda

(LinkedIn Contact)

Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, AT Sustainable Thermal Energy Systems  
Paul Paunas Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, GER    

Raghu Krishna Moorthy

(LinkedIn Contact)

University College Dublin, IE Bioseparation Technologies, Microsystems Engineering, Biological Transport Fundamentals in Biofilm Formation and Mathematical Modeling 

Raghu Moorthy (Researchgate)

Ragnu Moorthy (University Website)  

Sena Altun

(LinkedIn Contact)

Istanbul Technical University, TR Polar Research (Cold-active Enzyme Production),
Hydrogen Production

 

Sijin Saji Xampla, UK    

Taner Öztaş

(LinkedIn Contact)

Merck Healthcare, Darmstadt, GER Pharma Contract Manufacturing, Biopharmaceuticals, Downstream Processing  

Theodoros Papalas

(LinkedIn Contact)

University of Cambridge, UK Reaction Engineering, Process Intensification, Heterogeneous Catalysis, Chemical Looping, CO2 Capture and Utilisation, Natural Gas Valorisation, Hydrogen Production, Energy Storage

‪Theodoros Papalas‬ (Google‬ Scholar)

Theodoros Papalas (ResearchGate)

Ulderico DiCaprio

(LinkedIn Contact)

KU Leuven, BE

Artificial Intelligence, Hybrid Modelling, CO2 Capture, Thermodynamics, Process Intensification

 

Section Former Members

 

Name  Affiliation, Location
Carla Esch RWTH Aachen University, GER
Gabriele Verrecchia

Haleon, IT

Guillaume Hopsort

Paul Sabatier University, FR

Joseph Agnew Nouryon, SWE
Laura Pirro Yara International, NL
Laura Grindey Eternis Fine Chemicals, UK
Maria Gonzales Martinez IMT Mines Albi, FR
Oyin Solala Thames Water, UK

Paul Jenkinson

Metropolitan, UK

Awards and Grants

 

Excellence Awards

Calls are open for the following Excellence Awards 2025:
- Process Safety  (Deadline for nominations: 31 December 2024
- Thermodynamics and Transport Properties (Deadline for nominations: 15 January 2025)

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Student Mobility Award

The call for applications for the 2025 EFCE Student Mobility Award is open.
Deadline for submission of applications: 1 March 2025

The award is generously sponsored by BONDALTI and will be presented at ECCE15 & ECAB8 held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 8-10 September 2025.

more


EFCE Travel Grant


The EFCE Travel Grant provides support to early career members of EFCE or member societies to enable them to present their work at various EFCE events and to develop important networks to further their careers.
The grant applications will be evaluated by the EFCE Early Career Chemical Engineers Section, which is a network of early career colleagues that you can engage more with! Also, we would be happy if you could spread awareness of the possibility in your network. 

Note: Early Career Chemical Engineers are defined as those who are working towards or have obtained at least a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and have less than approx. 8 years of relevant professional experience in case of a master’s degree or less than approx. 4 years of relevant professional experience in the case of a Ph.D. title.

The Grant shall be used to cover part or all of travel and accommodation costs for ECCE conferences and other significant EFCE events and will be paid only on production of relevant receipts. 
Only the nominated applicant is the Grant holder. Nominated Grants cannot be transferred to a third person.
The Grant is to be spent for the attendance to the EFCE event it was awarded for. The Grant cannot be delayed or put on hold.


CallS for applications 2024 

for EFCE events held until the end of July 2025

The call for applications for the Travel Grant of up to 600 EUR each is open.

Applications should include:

  • application form 
  • a 2 min (max!) video from the applicants, telling in a few words why he/she should be selected

> Application Form

All documents must be sent to ines.honndorf(at)dechema.de AND efce.earlycareerchemengs(at)gmail.com.

Deadline for submission of applications: 10 December 2024
for:

Eligibility, selection and presentation see below.


Call for applications 2025 

for ECCE & ECAB 2025 to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 8-10 September 2025 

The call for applications for the Travel Grant of up to 600 EUR is open soon.

Applications should include:

  • application form 
  • a 2 min (max!) video from the applicants, telling in a few words why he/she should be selected

> Application Form

All documents must be sent to ines.honndorf(at)dechema.de AND efce.earlycareerchemengs(at)gmail.com.

Deadline for submission of applications: approx. end of Q2/2025 (3 months before event)

Eligibility

The conditions of eligibility to the Grant competition are as follow: 

  1. the applicant is a member of the Early Career Chemical Engineers Section of EFCE, of any early career chemical engineers group of EFCE member societies (or is actively working on becoming a member of such a group). If such a group does not exist, they are a member of the relevant EFCE member society.
  2. the applicant has submitted an abstract for the relevant EFCE event (with EFCE logo) or is invited to present at such an event.
    (Exception: European Forum on New Technologies – EFNT and other EFCE events not requiring an abstract submission)
  3. the applicant agrees to publicise the relevant EFCE event through social media, such as blogs, LinkedIn, Twitter and other relevant media.
  4. normally the applicant has not received another EFCE Travel Grant in the same same year.
     

Selection and Presentation

The Grant proposals will be judged by the Selection Committee solely based on the quality of applications provided through the application form and video and the need for the financial support.

The awardee will be notified by e-mail and announced on the EFCE website, its social media and in the EFCE newsletter.
The awardee will be presented with a certificate confirming the award of the Grant at the relevant EFCE event they are attending.

Details of the contents of the application will be treated as confidential and handling of the information will be in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union. De-personalized general information may be disclosed for publicity reasons.