Torbjörn Norin#

• since 1999 Emeritus Professor at KTH
• 1993 - 1997 Chairman of the Department of Chemistry
• 1969 was appointed Professor of Organic Chemistry and Chairman of the Department of Organic Chemistry and Wood Chemistry
• 1966 - 1969 Head of the Wood Chemistry Laboratory at KTH
• 1966 - 1972 Director of Research and Head of the Chemistry Department at the Swedish Forest Products Research Laboratory (STFI)
• 1964 - 1966 Acting Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Umeä
• 1962 - 1964 Assistant Professor at KTH

• Biocatalysis
• Chemistry
• Asymmetric synthesis
• Synthetic organic
• Molecular recognition chemistry
• Chemistry and properties of surfactants
• Chemistry of natural products and biologically active compounds of natural origin
• Chemical interactions
• Enzymes in organic synthesis

• Member of the Board of Research Directors of the Swedish Forest Products Research Laboratory (Chairman, 1969 - 1973)
• Member of the Boards of Directors of the Swedish Institute of Surface Chemistry (Chairman, 1989 - 2000)
• 1990 - 1997 Member of the Swedish Pulp and Paper Research Institute
• Member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
• Member of the Division of Biomolecular and Organic Chemistry (1989 - 2003), as a co-opted member (1989 - 1995), then as a titular member (1995 to 2003), and in leadership roles as Vice President (1998 - 1999), President (2000 - 2001), and Past President (2002 - 2003)
• Norblad-Ekstrands medal of the Swedish Chemical Society for outstanding contributions to research in chemistry
• 1999 Oscar Carlson medal for his contributions to the chemical sciences
• Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• 1988 Member of Academia Europaea
• 1999 Foreign member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Science and Letters

Curriculum Vitae

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Highlights of my work and anecdotes

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