TETRAHEDRON PRIZE 2011 AWARDED TO PROFESSOR MANFRED T. REETZ
The Executive Board of Editors and Elsevier, the Publisher of Tetrahedron Publications, are delighted to announce that the Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry for 2011 has been awarded to Professor Dr. Manfred T. Reetz, Max-Planck-Institut fur Kohlenforschung, Honorary Professor at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum
The Tetrahedron Prize will presented to Professor Reetz at the Fall 2012 ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia, USA. The date for the Prize Symposium and presentation of the Award is yet to be decided.
Professor Reetz is distinguished for his many outstanding contributions to synthetic organic chemistry, especially for his work on enantioselective catalysis to control stereoselectivity, often using transition-metal catalysts. Most recently he has been prominent in the discovery and development of catalysts for asymmetric reactions using laboratory-directed evolution of stereoselective enzymes.
TETRAHEDRON PRIZE 2012 - CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Submission of Nominations: Deadline: 31st March, 2012.
Nominations should consist of a covering letter summarising the achievements of the individual (max. 1,500 words), a brief biographical sketch of the nominee, a list of no more than 25 publications and up to two seconding letters of support. A template to facilitate submission can be downloaded by clicking here.
Apart from the reservations made above, nominations are welcomed for candidates of all ages and nationalities for the award of the Tetrahedron Prize. The Prize jury is made up of the Executive Board of Editors of Tetrahedron Publications. Members of the Executive Board may not be candidates, nor make nominations. Consulting Editors, who do not have an executive function and do not vote for the Prize, are eligible candidates.
For further information on the Tetrahedron Prize, please contact:
Diddel Francissen, Executive Publisher, Elsevier, Chemistry.
Email: d.francissen@elsevier.com
ABOUT THE TETRAHEDRON PRIZE
The Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry was established in 1980 by the Executive Board of Editors and the Publisher of Tetrahedron Publications. It is intended to honour the memory of the founding co-Chairmen of these publications, Professor Sir Robert Robinson and Professor Robert Burns Woodward.
The Tetrahedron Prize is awarded on an annual basis for creativity in Organic Chemistry or Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry. The prize consists of a gold medal, a citation, and a monetary award of US $10,000. It is awarded to an Organic or Medicinal Chemist who has made significant original contributions to the field, in its broadest sense. On some occasions, the Prize may be awarded jointly to two winners in which case two medals are presented. The winner is expected to write an appropriate article for Tetrahedron or Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry as part of a Symposium-in-Print compiled in their honour.
