SoCSS is a seminar dedicated to presenting and discussing research in chromatography and related techniques. Participants will have the chance to showcase their work and expand their professional networks. The event is expected to draw young researchers from the relevant field globally. Engaging with peers and the established network will benefit their future growth as emerging experts.

The presentations will address a diverse array of subjects related to innovative research, new technologies, and developing areas within the following fields:

• Fundamentals of chromatography / Process engineering
  • Process development, intensification and scale-up
  • High-throughput (HTP) approaches and solutions
  • Continuous processing
• Computational methods
  • Chromatography modeling, simulation and optimization
  • Model-based process design and control
  • Machine learning
• Alternative separation methods and modifications
  • Liquid-liquid chromatography (LLC)
  • 3D printed stationary phases
  • Novel separation/interaction techniques
• Analytical techniques
  • Method development
  • Process analytical technology (PAT)
• Magnetic separation
  • Analytical tool
  • Process development
  • Digitalization and modeling

Call for abstracts and Registration

Each PhD candidate is welcome to deliver a presentation on their work, which will include approximately 15 minutes for the talk followed by 5 minutes for questions and discussion. The organizing committee encourages all participants to submit an abstract for a conference presentation.

SoCSS in the past

The seminar, established in 2001 by Prof. Henner Schmidt-Traub, Prof. Klaus Unger, and Dr. Reinhard Ditz, was originally titled the "PhD Seminar Preparative Chromatography." Over time, with the dedicated efforts of Prof. Massimo Morbidelli and Prof. Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern, it evolved and was renamed the International PhD Seminar on Chromatographic Separation Science (SoCSS). Today, the seminar is held annually at various locations across Europe

1. University of Dortmund
2. Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
3. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt
4. ETH Zurich
5. MPI Magdeburg
6. LTH Lund

Year	Location	Organizer
2001	Rothenbuch, Germany	University of Dortmund
2003	Freiburg, Germany	MPI Magdeburg
2005	Prüm, Germany	Forschungszentrum Jülich
2007	Hamburg-Bergedorf, Germany	Hochschule Ansbach
2009	Wetter, Germany	University Dortmund
2010	Muggendorf, Germany	FAU Erlangen
2011	Wernigerode, Germany	MPI Magdeburg
2012	Freudenstadt-Lauterbach, Germany	KIT
2013	Weggis, Swiss	ETH Zürich
2014	Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands	TU Delft
2015	Sorpesee, Germany	University Dortmund
2016	Schleiden, Germany	Forschungszentrum Jülich
2017	Annweiler am Trifels, Germany	KIT
2018	Burghausen, Germany	TUM
2019	Quedlinburg, Germany	MPI Magdeburg
2020	Vienna, Austria	Cancelled due to pandemic
2021	Vienna, Austria	BOKU
2022	Karlsruhe, Germany	KIT
2023	Düren, Germany	RWTH Aachen University und Forschungszentrum Jülich
2024	Lund, Sweden	LTH Faculty of Engineering