David J. Cole-Hamilton

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David J. Cole-Hamilton (born May 22, 1948 ) is an English chemist.

Life

Cole-Hamilton studied chemistry at the University of Edinburgh , where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1971 and his PhD in 1975 . He then went as a post-doctoral researcher at the Imperial College with Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson . He began his academic career at the University of Liverpool , where he worked as a lecturer from 1978 to 1983 . In 1985 he accepted an appointment at the University of St. Andrews , where he works as the Irvine Professor of Chemistry . In 2015 he retired.

His research focus is on homogeneous catalysis and organometallic catalysis. He developed selective carbonylation reactions and multiphase reactions (including two-phase reactions with a liquid phase) and reactions using novel solvents ( supercritical liquids, ionic liquids). He holds several patents and values ​​industrial applications and sustainability (recovery of the catalysts).

Awards

Cole-Hamilton is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry . He has won various prizes, including the 1983 Corday Morgan Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Industrial Award for Organometallic Chemistry of the Royal Society of Chemistry. For 2017 he was awarded the Alwin Mittasch Prize .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David J. Cole-Hamilton FRSE, FRSC. Retrieved December 7, 2014 .
  2. ↑ biographical data, publications and Academic pedigree of David J. Cole-Hamilton at academictree.org, accessed on 28 January 2018th
  3. ↑ DJ Cole-Hamilton: Homogeneous Catalysis - New Approaches to Catalyst Separation, Recovery, and Recycling. In: Science . 299, pp. 1702-1706, doi: 10.1126 / science.1081881 .
  4. ↑ Laudation Alwin Mittasch Prize 2017
personal data
SURNAME Cole-Hamilton, David J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English chemist
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1948