EACH 2023 Winter School Ended!

Thursday 02.02.2023 was the last day of the Excellence in Analytical Chemistry (EACH) Winter School 2023.

The past two days of the of the Winter School saw students building analytical instruments (pH meters and photometers) with Arduino kits (photo on the left), orienteering in the city for collecting water samples. The pH of the collected samples was measured using the pH meter prototypes built by the students themselves (photo on the right).

It was essentially a pH measurement intercomparison between student teams. Eventually the results of sample collection and measurement were presented by the teams (photo on the left).

During those independent work sessions also the professors had the chance to visit Lyon (photo on the right)!

The third day ended with a video session with EACH alumni about their life and career after graduating from EACH. Altogether more than ten (!) alumni participated, from all three study tracks, most of them via Zoom, one in person (photo below). They gave numerous useful pieces of advice to the current EACH students about how to make most of their EACH studies and how to make oneself more competitive in the job market or for PhD studies. Needless to say – lots of questions were asked by the current students.

We were able to experience the best of Lyon – the food, city and hospitality – which was augmented by participants’ enthusiasm! Many thanks to all participants!

The 2024 Winter school will take place in Finland.