Roger Sheldon#
| Membership Number: | 1811 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1998 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.sheldon.nl |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2015-2020 University of the Witwatersrand, School of Chemistry, Distinguished Professor of Biocatalysis Engineering.
- 2008-2012 Leuven University (Belgium) Professor (Part Time)
- 2002-2015 CEO and founder of CLEA Technologies
- 1991-2015 Delft University of Technology, Professor of Biocatalysis & Organic Chemistry (since 2007 as emeritus professor)
- 1980-1990 DSM-Andeno, Fine Chemicals, Vice President R&D
- 1969-1979Koninklijke Shell Laboratories, Amsterdam, Research Chemist
- 1958-1964 Boots Pure Drug Co., Laboratory Technician
Fields of Scholarship
- Biocatalysis
- Catalytic oxidation
- Green chemistry
Honours and Awards
- 2015 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2010 Biocat 2010 award for outstanding achievements in Biocatalysis
- 2010 Royal Society of Chemistry Green Chemistry Award
- 2006 Green Chemistry Presidential Challenge Award (USA)
- 2005 1st EuCheMS Lectureship, “Combining organometallic catalysis and biocatalysis in catalytic cascade processes” FECHEM conference, Budapest.
- 2001 Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Prof. K.Venkataraman Award for outstanding contributions to Chemical Technology.
- 1999 Doctor Honoris Causa Russian Academy of Sciences
- 1998 Elected Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1997 Paul Rylander Award, Organic Reaction Catalysis Society
- 1997 Fellow Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science
- 1982 Berzelius Medal in Catalysis (University of Lund, Sweden)
- 1979 Royal Society of Chemistry Award in Hydrocarbon Oxidation Chemistry
- 1974 Royal Society of Chemistry Essay Prize for the essay “Chemistry and the Quality of Life”
