The EuChemS Industry Innovation Award honours outstanding achievements by researchers or teams of researchers working for industrial companies in the field of chemistry, or jointly by research teams from academia and/or from other research institutions.
Recipients of the EuChemS Industry Innovation Award
The first EuChemS Industry Innovation Award Awardees will be announced in 2025.
International Award Committee for the EuChemS Industry Innovation Award (IACIIA)
Yves Auberson
Annette Doherty
Gaetano Guerra
András Kotschy
András Kotschy is the Director of the Servier Research Institute of Medicinal Chemistry in Budapest, Hungary and he also oversees the Medicinal Chemistry activities globally within Servier Research. After completing his PhD degree in organic chemistry in 1995 and some postdoctoral stays (Humboldt postdoctoral fellow with P. Knochel in München, RSC postdoctoral fellow with D.M. Smith in St Andrews) he joined the staff of Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, where he rose through the ranks to associate professor also completing his habilitation and obtaining a DSc degree.
In 2007 he moved to the newly established Servier Research Institute of Medicinal Chemistry as director of the Discovery Chemistry division and in 2015 became director of the institute. Since 2020 he is also director of Medicinal Chemistry activities within Servier Research. He is the co-author of more than 90 refereed publications and co-inventor of more than 25 patents. He is also the recipient of multiple scientific awards and fellowships.