Bert Weckhuysen#
| Membership Number: | 2797 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2010 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.inorganic-chemistry-and-catalysis.eu/BertWeckhuysen.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- September 2012 Distinguished Professor at the Faculty of Science at Utrecht University
- 2000 Full Professor Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis
Fields of Scholarship
- Catalysis
Honours and Awards
- Awards
- The 2013 Spinoza Award. Organization: Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
- The 2013 Bourke Award. Organization: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- The 2013 V.N. Ipatieff Lectureship Award. Organization: Northwestern University
- The 2012 International Catalysis Award. Organization: International Association of Catalysis Societies (IACS)
- The 2011 P.H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis. Organization: North American Catalysis Society (NACS)
- The 2009 Netherlands Catalysis and Chemistry Award. Organization: The Organization of Dutch Catalysis Industries (VIRAN) and the Catalysis Section of the Royal Dutch Chemical Society (KNCV)
- The 2009 CATSA Eminent Visitor Award. Organization: The Catalysis Society of South Africa (CATSA)
- The 2007 DECHEMA Award. Organization: The Max Buchner Research Foundation of the German Organization of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
- The 2006 KNCV Gold Medal. Organization: Royal Dutch Chemical Society (KNCV)
- The 2004 EFCATS School Lecturer Award. Organisation: The European Federation of Catalysis Societies (EFCATS)
- The 1998 KULeuven Research Council Award. Organization: Research Council of Leuven University
- The 1994 Exxon-VJC Lecture Award. Organisation: Royal Flemisch Chemical Society (KVCV)
- The 1991 Water Research Award. Organization: vzw Water, Energie en Leefmilieu (WEL)
- Scientific Honors
- Elected foreign member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (KVAB)
- Alumnus elected member of the Young Academy (DJA) of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (2005-2010)
- Elected member of the Netherlands Academy of Technology and Innovation (AcTI, 2009-onwards)
- Elected member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences (KHMW, 2010-onwards)
- Elected member of the European Academy of Science (Academia Europea, 2010-onwards)
- Elected member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (KNAW, 2011-onwards)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC, 2007-onwards)
- Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS, 2015-onwards)
- Fellow of ChemPubSoc Europe (2015-onwards)
- Knighted in the Order of the Dutch Lion (2015)
