UvA chemistry students excel at national student symposium

The ‘Young KNCV’ poster competition at the national chemistry student ‘PAC symposium’, held 8 March at Utrecht University, was dominated by UvA students. Wowa Stroek took home the first prize, Stephan Falcao Ferreira was runner-up, and Brendan Horst secured the third prize.

The PAC-symposium is the Dutch national chemistry student symposium organized annually by 4 student associations: ACD (University of Amsterdam), CDL (Leiden University), USS Proton (Utrecht University) and VCSVU (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). Returning element at the symposium is the competition for the Young KNCV poster prize, issued by the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society (KNCV). This year the line-up for the prizes awarded by the jury was all-UvA: Wowa Stroek received the first prize and € 500,-, Stephan Falcao Ferreira came in second which earned him € 250,-, and at third place Brendan Horst received a check of € 150,-.

Published by HIMS.