On June 18th, 2026 Simon Soldner successfully defended his PhD thesis on "Self-Assembly and Complexation of Shielded Aromatic Bisimides in Solution and Solid State". We congratulate Simon and wish him all the best for his future career.

Frank Würthner, a professor of chemistry at the University of Würzburg, receives the Izatt-Christensen Award, the highest international honour in the field of supramolecular chemistry.

Highly renowned guest at the University of Würzburg: Chemistry professor Makoto Fujita from Tokyo joins Professor Frank Würthner's team as a Humboldt Research Award winner.