Catalysis Science & Technology Blog

I am delighted to announce that Cynthia Friend from Harvard University, has been appointed co-Editor-in-Chief of Catalysis Science & Technology. 

Cynthia has been the Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University since 1998, and Professor of Materials Science since 2002.  The recipient of numerous academic awards, including the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg Fellowship (2008) and the ACS George C. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon Chemistry (2009), Cynthia’s research interests include the development of mechanistic frameworks for selective catalytic syntheses using coinage metals and their alloys and the investigation of hybrid metal/metal oxide materials for chemical and photocatalysis.

Professor Cynthia Friend

Together with co-Editor-in-Chief Professor Piet van Leeuwen and the members of the Editorial Board, Cynthia will guide the development of Catalysis Science & Technology to ensure that the journal meets the needs of the different international catalysis research communities, and we are delighted to have her on board.

Article submissions to the journal opened October 2010, and expect to see the very first articles published Spring 2011. As with all RSC journals launched since 2008, the first two volumes of Catalysis Science & Technology will be freely available online.

You can register for free access to Catalysis Science & Technology articles now by filling in our simple online access form.

For information on how to submit an article to the journal or if you would like more information please contact us at catalysis-rsc@rsc.org.

I am delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Paul Kamer, University of St. Andrews, UK, as Associate Editor for Catalysis Science & Technology. Paul’s appointment brings to three the number of Associate Editors for the journal, who welcome manuscripts for consideration for publication in the journal: Professor Paul Chirik, Professor Paul Kamer and Professor Noritaka Mizuno.

Professor Paul Chirik, Cornell University

Paul Chirik is currently the Peter J. W. Debye Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University, NY, USA. His work is focussed on homogeneous catalysis and small molecule activation using transition metal complexes. The goal of this research is the discovery of energy-efficient chemical transformations that minimize byproducts, separation of waste and eliminate precious metals. Paul is moving to Princeton (NJ, USA) in January 2011 to take up the position of Edward S. Sanford Professor of Chemistry.

Professor Paul Kamer, University of St. Andrews

Paul Kamer did his PhD in organic chemistry at the University of Utrecht. As a postdoctoral fellow of the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF) he carried out postdoctoral research at the California Institute of Technology and the University of Leiden. He was appointed Lecturer at the University of Amsterdam and full Professor of homogeneous catalysis in 2005. In 2005 he received a Marie Curie Excellence Grant and moved to the University of St Andrews. His current research interests are (asymmetric) homogeneous catalysis, biocatalysis, combinatorial synthesis, and artificial metalloenzymes.

Professor Noritaka Mizuno, University of Tokyo

Noritaka Mizuno received his Bachelor’s degree in synthetic chemistry at the University of Tokyo in 1980. He received his PhD from the same university in 1985 for his research on the heterogeneous oxidation catalysis of heteropoly compounds. In 1989 he moved to the Professor Richard G. Finke lab at the University of Oregon as a postdoc and then in 1990, returned to Japan as an Associate Professor at Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University. In 1994, he moved to the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, and then to the Department of Applied Chemistry of the same university, where he has been a full Professor since 2001. His research interests are mainly directed toward catalysis of metal oxide clusters such as heteropoly compounds and zeolitic materials and their syntheses.

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