Recipients of 2025 Young Talents Fellowship

We’re excited to announce the five recipients of our 2025 Young Talents Fellowship, who will begin their Master’s theses within our member groups in 2026. Congratulations and welcome to our network, Hanna, Mark, Anna-Maria, Neel, and Laurine!

• Hanna Barta, from Hungary, studies Chemistry at the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, and will join Prof. Jieping Zhu’s group at EPFL.
• Mark Soesanto, from Indonesia, studies Chemistry at ETH Zurich, where he will join the group of Prof. Erick M. Carreira.
• Anna-Maria Ceccucci, from Italy, studies Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at EPFL, and will join the groups of Prof. Kathrin Fenner at the University of Zurich/Eawag and Prof. Jeremy Luterbacher at EPFL.
• Sharma Neel Omprakash, from India, studies Chemistry at the S.V. National Institute of Technology, India, and will join Prof. Rebecca Buller’s group at the University of Bern.
• Laurine Palluaud, from France, studies Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the National Graduate School of Chemistry of Montpellier, France, and will join Prof. Jérôme Waser’s group at EPFL.

The Young Talents Fellowship supports students with an exceptional academic record and potential, and diverse backgrounds. It provides them with the opportunity to conduct a Master’s thesis project in one or several research groups associated with NCCR Catalysis, and to establish their connections and ideas in a multidisciplinary, cross-fertilizing environment of research excellence. The first edition of this initiative to promote fair representation in sustainable chemistry research was launched in 2022.