Bert Weckhuysen
Bert Marc Weckhuysen FRSC (born 27 July 1968) is a Belgian professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis at Utrecht University. He was a winner of the 2013 Spinoza Prize.[1]
Career
Weckhuysen was born on 27 July 1968 in Aarschot.[2] He studied chemistry and biology at Leuven. He obtained his PhD in Leuven in 1995 under R. Schoonheydt with a thesis titled:Oppervlaktechemie van Cr aan anorganische oppervlakken. In 2000 Weckhuysen was appointed as professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis at Utrecht University.[2]
In 2006 Weckhuysen received the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society (KNCV) Golden Medal at the age of 37.[3]
Since 2011 Weckhuysen is member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[4]
In 2013 he was one of three winners of the Dutch Spinoza Prize and received a 2,5 million euro grant.[5]
On 24 April 2015 he was made Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion.[6][7]
Weckhuysen is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[7]
References
- ↑ "Prof. B.M. (Bert) Weckhuysen". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- 1 2 "Prof.dr.ir. B.M. Weckhuysen (1968 - )". Catalogus Professorum Academiæ Rheno-Traiectinæ, Utrecht University. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "Prof.dr.ir. Bert Weckhuysen Considerans Gouden Medaille 2006" (in Dutch). Royal Netherlands Chemical Society. 28 September 2006. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ↑ "Bert Weckhuysen" (in Dutch). Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ↑ "NWO Spinoza Prize 2013". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ↑ "Chemici Bert Weckhuysen en Emmo Meijer Koninklijk onderscheiden" (in Dutch). Royal Netherlands Chemical Society. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- 1 2 "Chemicus prof. Bert Weckhuysen benoemd tot Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw" (in Dutch). Utrecht University. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.