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Applied Catalysis Award

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Date
  
2008 (2008)

Reward(s)
  
£2000

Awarded for
  
Creativity and excellence in novel approaches or use of catalysis in industry.

Sponsored by
  
Royal Society of Chemistry

Presented by
  
Royal Society of Chemistry

Official website
  
www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/AppliedCatalysisAward/

The Applied Catalysis Award is awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry to individuals for "creativity and excellence in novel approaches or use of catalysis in industry." The award was established in 2008. The winner of the award is chosen by the Industry & Technology Division Awards Committee, and receives £2000, a medal and a certificate.

Previous winners

  • 2016 (2016): David Johnson, Lucite International
  • 2014 (2014): Professor Douglas Stephan, University of Toronto, "For the development of new commercially viable, transition-metal based and metal-free catalyst technologies for polymerization, hydrogenation and metathesis."
  • 2012 (2012): Thomas Colacot, Johnson Matthey, "For exceptional contributions to the development and availability of ligands and catalysts crucial for the advancement of metal-catalysed synthetic organic chemistry."
  • 2010 (2010): Martyn Twigg, Johnson Matthey, "For his pivotal and innovative role in creating new catalysts and catalytic processes for use in the automotive industry."

    • References

    Applied Catalysis Award Wikipedia
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