David Cole-Hamilton
University of St Andrews
Biography
Following degrees (BSc and PhD) at Edinburgh University, David Cole-Hamilton worked with Nobel Laureate, Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson at Imperial College, where he developed a strong interest in organometallic chemistry and especially homogeneous catalysis. His independent career started at Liverpool University (Lecturer and Senior Lecturer) before moving to be a Professor of Chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 University of St. Andrews in 1985. He became Emeritus in 2014.
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He has published more than 400 articles and patents with an h-index of 50. Particularly relevant to 乐天堂app下载 scope of RSC Sustainability is , in which he shows how chemistry can be used to tackle all of 乐天堂app下载 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
He has won a number of prizes from 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry as well as 5 prizes for teaching. In 2017 he was awarded 乐天堂app下载 Alwin Mittasch Prize by 乐天堂app下载 German Catalysis Society.
David is a past President of 乐天堂app下载 European Chemical Society (EuChemS) having been President from 2013-7. This gave him extensive contact with chemical societies and policymakers throughout Europe. On behalf of EuChemS, he led a team celebrating 乐天堂app下载 International Year of 乐天堂app下载 Periodic Table, which developed a new version of 乐天堂app下载 Periodic Table highlighting element availability and vulnerability as well as which elements can come from conflict resources and which appear in smartphones.
RSC affiliations
Editorial board, RSC Sustainability
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