ICIQ group leader Prof. Pau Ballester has been selected by Chemistry Europe as one of the 27 individuals conforming the 2020/21 Fellows class. The Chemistry Europe Fellows programme honours exceptional members of the Chemistry Europe societies who have made a significant contribution to Chemistry Europe through their support, research, creativity, and innovation.

The 2020/21 Honorary Chemistry Europe Fellows are Eva E. Wille (Germany) and Peter Gölitz (Germany), while the Chemistry Europe Fellows are: Pablo Ballester (Spain), Lutz Ackermann (Germany), Carlos A. M. Afonso (Portugal), Angela Agostiano (Italy), Nicola Armaroli (Italy), Tatiana Besset (France), Vlasta Brezová (Slovakia), Radek Cibulka (Czech Republic), Ivana Císařová (Czech Republic), Fernando P. Cossío (Spain), Jeanne Crassous (France), Damien Debecker (Belgium), Célia Fonseca Guerra (The Netherlands), Sonja Herres-Pawlis (Germany), Patrik Johansson (Sweden), Péter Kele (Hungary), Christoforos Kokotos (Greece), Janusz Lewiński (Poland), Stefan Matile (Switzerland), Belén Martín-Matute (Sweden), Nuno Maulide (Austria), Tatjana Parac-Vogt (Belgium), Floris Rutjes (The Netherlands), David Spichiger (Switzerland), Anabela A. Valente (Portugal).

Previous notable Chemistry Europe Fellows include the Nobel Laureates Ben Feringa (The Netherlands) and Sir Fraser Stoddart (USA).

Chemistry Europe is an association of 16 chemical societies from 15 European countries, representing over 75,000 chemists. Chemistry Europe also publishes a family of high-quality scholarly chemistry journals and the magazine Chemistry Views.