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Терминология в гетерогенном катализепод ред. Р.П.Бурвелла
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Международное рабочее совещание "Происхождение и эволюции биосферы"

2-я Международная Школа-конференция молодых ученых по катализу

7-й Европейский конгресс по катализу

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Gabor A. Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis
Sponsored by the Gabor A. & Judith K. Somorjai Endowment Fund

Ask D. Wayne Goodman about his interests and you have as much chance hearing about aviation as surface chemistry "Ever since I can remember, I was interested in flying," says Goodman, who holds the Robert A. Welch Chair in chemistry at Texas A&M University.

In his grade-school days, Goodman befriended a crop duster, who gave the young boy flying lessons in exchange for helping with chores at the airport in Greenville, Miss. The friend also worked as a stunt pilot on weekends, and as Goodman recalls, "on Saturday mornings, he'd pick me up and we would fly aerobatics together."

Asked how he managed to convince his parents to let him tag along for the ride while the pilot flew stunt maneuvers, Goodman answers, "I don't believe they knew." But they probably would have been supportive because enthusiasm for flying runs through the family. For example, Goodman's father Ö now 83 years old Ö continues to work as a flying instructor and aerial photographer.

At age 59, the younger Goodman also continues to fly. But most of his time during the past four decades has been devoted to science. In 1968, Goodman graduated from Mississippi College in Clinton with a bachelorÒs degree in chemistry. Six years later, he earned a Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from the University of Texas, Austin.

GoodmanÒs keen interest in surface science was cultivated at the National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards & Technology, NIST), where he served first as a postdoctoral associate and later as a staff scientist. Goodman notes that, while at NIST, he had the good fortune to work under the direction of two leading figures in surface science, both of whom are now professors of chemistry and physics. Some 25 years have passed since Goodman worked at NIST with John T. Yites Jr., now at the University of Pittsburgh, and Theodore E. Madey of Rutgers University, Piscataway, N.J., but Goodman continues to express great admiration and fondness for his mentors.

In 1980, Goodman accepted a position as a research scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, and from 1985 to 1988 he served as head of SandiaÒs Surface Science Division. In 1988, he moved to Texas when he was appointed professor of chemistry at Texas A&M.

With more than 400 scientific publications to his credit, GoodmanÒs contributions to surface science cover a broad range of topics. Early in his career, he developed techniques that made it possible to combine measurements of high-pressure reaction kinetics and high-vacuum surface analysis. The studies, which are often cited as textbook examples, led to a fundamental understanding of the roles of carbidic and graphitic forms of carbon in surface catalysis.

Goodman has also elucidated basic mechanisms through which small quantities of impurities can serve as catalyst poisons or promoters. He has also been a leader in the study of bimetallic catalysts and in developing procedures for applying high-resolution electron energy-loss spectroscopy and infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy.

Experts worldwide regard Goodman as a scientific trendsetter. As a recent example, Charles T. Campbell, a chemistry professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, points to GoodmanÒs work on the size-dependent catalytic behavior of 2- to 3-nm gold particles. Campbell asserts that GoodmanÒs studies "caught the attention of the surface-science community and led to an explosion" of research in that subject. The award address will be presented before the Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry.

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ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry

Sponsored by Dow Chemical Co.

Jack R. Norton, 59, professor of chemistry at Columbia University is best known for his work on the properties and reactions of transition-metal hydrides. It is work that has had a far-reaching impact on many of the most important processes in organometallic chemistry.

NortonÒs work on the kinetic and thermodynamic acidity of metal hydrides helped exploit the reactivity of metal hydrides as proton donors. He also carried out definitive studies of the kinetics of hydrogen atom transfer reactions of many of these same metal hydrides.

He has found examples of H+, H., and H- transfer processes and has studied how the rates of all three depend upon acidity (pKa), bond strength, and other thermodynamic parameters. He developed the first general procedure for measuring the pKa values of transition-metal hydrides and compared these thermodynamic acidities with the rates of proton transfer reaction of these hydrides.

He learned that metal acids behave much like carbon acids, with their proton transfer reactions proceeding slowly, owing to the requirement of substantial steric and electronic rearrangement.

Norton was among the first to demonstrate that the elimination of alkanes from some alkyl hydride complexes proceeds through a transient intermediate in which the alkane is coordinated to the transition metal. Such C-H complexes are pertinent to activation and functionalization of alkane C-H bonds by transition metals.

He provided early examples of cooperativity between metal centers in a cluster. Norton has used bimetallic systems to bridge the gap between homogenous and heterogeneous catalysts. He prepared a 1,2-dimetallacyclobutane and confirmed the prediction that ethylene elimination could not occur symmetrically

One of his colleagues notes, "A hallmark of NortonÒs research is that he does not shy away from challenging problems. ... He is assiduous in seeking comprehensive explanations for how reactions work."

A Dallas native, Norton received a B.A. in chemistry from Harvard University in 1967 and a Ph.D. in chemistry from Stanford University in 1972. His first academic position was at Princeton University where he was an assistant professor of chemistry from 1973 to 1979. He was an associate professor of chemistry and then a professor of chemistry at Colorado State University between 1979 and 1997. In 1997, he joined Columbia's faculty.

Norton has received a number of honors. In 1976, he was named a Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar. Between 1977 and 1981, he was an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow; in 1989, he became a Guggenheim Fellow; and in 1999, he became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He also received an Innovation Recognition Award from Union Carbide in 1985 and a Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists in 1993. In 1997, he received a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship.

Norton was a member of the editorial advisory board for Organometallics between 1990 and 1994. He was treasurer of ACSÒs Division of Inorganic Chemistry between 1988 and 1991. From 1992 to April 2003, he served as an associate editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

The award address will be presented before the Division of Inorganic Chemistry.

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IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists

The IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists has been established to encourage outstanding young research scientists at the beginning of their careers. The prize will be given for the most outstanding Ph.D. thesis in the general area of the chemical sciences, as described in a 1000-word essay.

AwardsIUPAC will award up to four prizes annually. Each prize will consist of USD 1000 cash and travel expenses to the next IUPAC Congress. In keeping with IUPACÒs status as a global organization, efforts will be made to assure fair geographic distribution of prizes.

Prizes will be presented biennially at the IUPAC Congress. Each awardee will be invited to present a poster on his/her research and to participate in a plenary award session.

Applications may be submitted, as described below, to the IUPAC Secretariat. In addition, some IUPAC National Adhering Organizations are soliciting applications in their own countries, frequently in conjunction with a national award. In such cases, application may be submitted to the NAO or to the Secretariat (not both). A list of NAOs is given below. Applications will be judged by a committee of eminent scientists appointed by the President of IUPAC.

Procedures for the 2006 Prize:

a. Entrants must have received their Ph.D. (or equivalent) degree, or completed all Ph.D. requirements including successful defense of the doctoral thesis, during calendar 2005 in any of the 65 countries that are Members or Associate Members of IUPAC. Entrants need not be citizens or residents of one of these countries at the time the application is submitted.

The research described in the entrantÒs thesis must be in the field of the chemical sciences, defined as "chemistry and those disciplines and technologies that make significant use of chemistry."

c. The IUPAC Prize recognizes only work that was performed while the entrant was a graduate student.

d. Application requires submission of a completed entry form, together with the material listed in items e and f. The entry form and supporting material should be submitted by e-mail whenever feasible. Additional material may be sent as needed by fax or mail.

e. An essay must be submitted by the entrant that describes his or her thesis work and places it in perspective relative to current research in the chemical sciences. The essay must be written in English by the entrant and may not exceed 1000 words. [For applications submitted through NAOs, a national language may be permissible, and the NAO will assist in translation to English. The announcement by the appropriate NAO should be consulted.]

f. Two supporting letters (sent by e-mail if feasible) are required from the thesis adviser and/or chairman of the thesis committee and one additional faculty member. These letters should comment on the qualifications and accomplishments of the applicant and the significance of the thesis work.

g. Complete applications must be received at the IUPAC Secretariat by February 1, 2006. If submitted through an IUPAC National Adhering Organization or Associate NAO, the deadline established by the NAO must be met. Early submission is strongly encouraged so any questions may be resolved before the deadline date.

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Russia
Russian Academy of Sciences
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National Committee of Russian Chemists,
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