Professor Berit Olofsson is the recipient of Organic Chemistry Award

Professor Berit Olofsson is the recipient of the EuChemS Division of Organic Chemistry Award for Service 2024.

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Professor Olofsson is an internationally recognised researcher in synthetic organic chemistry. She was awarded the Arrhenius Plaque by the Swedish Chemical Society in 2021 for her contributions to research. In addition to her research, Professor Olofsson has contributed significantly to a series of positions of trust in European committees, most notably as Secretary and vice-chair of the EuChemS Division of Organic Chemistry (2018-2022) and she is currently the President of the International Scientific Committee of the European Symposium on Organic Chemistry since 2023. Furthermore, she was elected as a member of Angewandte Chemie’s international advisory board in 2020 and the Chem advisory board in 2023. A true ‘European’ chemist, Professor Olofsson is a deserving recipient of the EuChemS Division of Organic Chemistry Award for Service 2024.

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