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

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

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

Dr. Florencia Arrosio

Section Role: Task Force Handbook 101 Chemical Societies

Location: Germany

Affiliation: Diversey

Area of work:

Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/florencia-arrosio/

About me: All about our board - Florencia

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

Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-marchini-dresden/

About me: All about our board - Sara

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 me: All about our board - Agnese

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

Section Role: 

Location: France

Affiliation: IMT Mines Albi

Area of work: 

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

About me: All about our board - Morgane

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

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 

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

About me: All about our board - Alper

Chioma Udeozor

Section Role: 

Location: United Kingdom

Affiliation: Nepic

Area of work:

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

About me: All about our board - Chioma

Section General Members

Section Former Members

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.

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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.

Grant winners 2024
 

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.

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.