Moonshots in Chemistry? That’s exactly what we have in mind. Why? Read more about the vision of CTC founding dirctor Peter Seeberger to think big, and to work collaboratively on tackling some of today’s global economic and ecological challenges.

Chemistry is very good at finding specific solutions in the lab, creating new molecules and materials that can transform our world. However, in light of rising energy prices, fragile supply chains, global competition, and climate change, chemistry must evolve to become more sustainable, says Peter H. Seeberger from the Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany. He is the founding director of the Center for the Transformation of Chemistry (CTC) in Delitzsch and Merseburg, Germany. To achieve this, greater collaboration within the field and with other disciplines, as well as between academia and industry, is essential.

Published by ChemistryViews – the science magazine of Chemistry Europe. Follow this link to the article.

(The original, full-length article (in German) “Lasst uns groß denken” was published in the December issue of Nachrichten aus der Chemie, by the German Chemical Society (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)). If you’re interested, you can read the full article here.)