Group hike up Mount Pilatus
For our annual trip we chose higher peeks and climbed Mt. Pilatus. At over 2000 metres, we enjoyed a fantastic view over Lake Lucerne.
Simon's keynote lecture
At the XX. Sagamore Conference, Simon held a keynote lecture on quantum crystallography in Delhi, India.
Simon to talk at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
At the department of chemistry, Simon has been invited to the research seminar to speak about "Super-electrophilic anions that bind noble gases".
Reunion at the University of Bremen
Five years after leaving the University of Bremen, Simon returned for a reunion with Lorraine Malaspina, Maksym Ponomarenko, Pim Puylaert, Malte Fugel, Dylan Jayatilika, Florian Kleemiß and Emanuel Hupf.
Simon new President of the Swiss Society for Crystallography
At the SSCr Annual Meeting in Basel Simon was voted its new president by the general assembly. He follows Pascal Schouwink and is excited to lead Swiss crystallography.
Annual BBQ with AG Grabowsky & friends
Every summer, Simon invites his group, their families as well as Georgia and her group to a BBQ. Everyone enjoyed the diverse contributions to the buffet - from homemade Italian foccacia to Korean watermelon Hwachae.
Maibummel at Reichenbach Falls
For our annual team excursion we followed in the footsteps of Sherlock Holmes and hiked to the Reichenbach Falls in Berner Oberland.
Kang's strong first year
Just in time for his first anniversary at the University of Bern, Kang had a major breakthrough in postdoc project.
Welcome Back, Eduardo!
For his masters thesis, Eduardo Metry has returned to our group and is happy to have received the chemicals for his project.
Public lecture at BioChemie am Samstag
Simon held a public lecture for more than a hundred people on electrons and how to make them visible. Many school students took the opportunity to get a taste of university science and ask questions.
New Trends in Microscopy
As a new member of the Microscopy Imaging Center, Simon attended the symposium in Bern and listened to Nobel Prize laureate Stefan Hell's talk.
Zukunftstag: Children at work
For this year's national Zukunftstag, Simon had a visitor at work who built a glucose model, smashed leaves and searched for honey crystals under the microscope.
The first diffractometer
At Deutsches Museum in Munich, Simon inspected the original Ewald/Friedrich/Knipping diffractometer from 1912.
Talking quantum crystallography at IUCr keynote lecture
Simon held a compelling keynote lecture on quantum crystallography in front of more than 300 scientists at the International Union of Crystallography in Melbourne.
