📍TalTech Science building, Akadeemia tee 15, SCI-109
The conference is held in English.
Chemistry doctoral researchers make 20-25 min presentations on their research in the “defense” format. The presentations are followed by 10-15 min Q’n’A session. Doctoral researchers practice their presentation skills and prepare for the defense by doing so. It is planned to invite one speaker (young group leader) from abroad.
The facilitator is Assistant Professor Maksim Ošeka, TalTech, Head of Division of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology.
Register HERE. Those who wish to give a presentation and are not from TalTech are requested to contact Maksim Ošeka by March 13, 2026.
Preliminary schedule of the conference
Thursday, 14.05.2026 at SCI-109
9:00 – 9:10
opening by Jarek Kurnitski, Vice-Rector for Research
chairman Nadiia Shevchenko
9:10 – 9:45
Elina Suut-Tuule (sup. Riina Aav and Dzmitry Kananovich)
Mechanochemical Approach to Biotin-Containing Hemicucurbiturils
9:45 – 10:20
Mari-Liis Leinus (sup. Jekaterina Mazina-Šinkar and Ruth Shimmo)
TBA
10:20 – 10:55
Kati Muldma (sup. Kristiina Kaldas and Birgit Mets)
Wood Treatment Wastewater: A Potential Source of Bio-Acetic Acid for Deicers from Oil Shale Ash
10:55 – 11:20
coffee break
chairman Kärolin Kork
11:20 – 11:55
Annette Miller (sup. Tõnis Kanger)
Squaramide Catalysts in Glycosylation Reactions
11:55 – 12:30
Mari-Liis Brük (sup. Riina Aav and Jasper Adamson)
Keratin Film Formation from Sheep Wool Material
12:30 – 13:05
Ece Ferizoglu (Sup. Riina Aav and Elena Prigorchenko)
Extraction of Rare Earth Elements Using Hemicucurbituril Derivatives
13:05 – 13:55
lunch
chairman Biswadeep Manna
13:55 – 14:30
Maarja Lipp (sup. Priit Eek and Priit Väljamäe)
Characterization of a Novel Extremotolerant Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase (LPMO)
14:30 – 15:05
Rauno Reitalu (sup. Riina Aav and Mario Öeren)
High Throughput Binding Energy Calculations for Host-guest Complexes
15:05 – 16:05
Dr. Bertrand Schweitzer-Chaput (invited speaker, Johnson & Johnson, Belgium)
TBA
16:05 – 18:00
reception
Friday, 15.05.2026 at SCI-109
chairman Kirti
9:00 – 9:35
Annabel Taniel (sup. Merike Vaher and Piia Jõul)
Isolation, Characterization and Applications of Pectic Polysaccharides from Medicinal Plants and Agricultural Waste
9:35 – 10:10
Kristi Rõuk (sup. Kristiina Kaldas and Mariliis Kimm)
Methylation of Estonian Kukersite Kerogen – a Step toward Kerogen Valorization
10:10 – 10:45
Vijay Kumar (sup. Estelle Silm and Dzmitry Kananovich)
Mechanochemical Derivatization of Kerogen
10:40 – 11:10
coffee break
chairman Mirjam-Kim Rääbis
11:10 – 11:45
Olivia-Stella Salm (sup. Maria Kulp)
Chemical and Ppectral Analysis Combined with Chemometrics for the Characterization of Lignin
11:45 – 12:20
Arian Lopušanski (sup. Toomas Tamm and Heiko Jens Herrmann)
Ignition Delay
12:20 – 12:55
Obinna Olaoluwa Njoku (sup. Svetlana Polivtseva and Irina Hussainova)
Porous Polymers for Complex Aqueous Media Depollution
12:55 – 13:45
Lunch
chairman Marharyta Laktsevich-Iskryk
13:45 – 14:20
Raegan Chambers (sup. Heiki Erikson and Kaido Tammeveski)
Carbon Support Effect on PtNP Electrocatalytic Activity
14:20 – 14:55
Suman Sahoo (sup. Riina Aav and Dzmitry Kananovich)
