Graham J. Hutchings#
| Membership Number: | 2761 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2010 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/chemy/contactsandpeople/academicstaff/hutchings-graham-overview_new.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1997 - present Head of Dept (1997-2006), Distinguished Professor of Physical Chemistry (2006), Director of Cardiff Catalysis Institute (2008), Chemistry Dept, Cardiff University, Pro-Vice Chancellor Research (2010-2012)
- 1987 - 1997 Assistant Director (1987), Deputy Director (1994), Acting Director (1994-5), Professor (1994), Leverhulme Centre for Innovative Catalysis, Liverpool
- 1984 - 1987 Lecturer (1984), Senior Lecturer (1985), Professor (1987), Chemistry Dept, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 1981 - 1984 Senior Research Officer (1981), Chief Research Officer (1983) AECI Ltd, Modderfontein, South Africa
- 1975 - 1981 Research Scientist (1975), Production Support Manager (1978), Plant Manager (1981), ICI Petrochemicals & Plastics, Middlesbrough, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Heterogeneous catalysis
Honours and Awards
- 1972 Tuffnell Award for Chemistry, University College London
- 1995 Work on Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalysts presented at Royal Society Soiree for an exhibit entitled 'Conquering Chirality with Catalysis'
- 1996 Langmuir Distinguished Lecturer Award, Division of Colloid and Surface Science, American Chemical Society
- 2004 RSC Award for Heterogeneous Catalysis
- 2006 Francois Gault Lecturer of the European Federation of Catalysis Societies
- 2007 RSC Green Chemistry Lecturer
- 2007 I Chem E Environwise Award for Green Chemistry
- 2008 Winner Dow Methane Challenge
- 2009 RSC Interfaces and Surfaces Award
- 2009 I Chem E Sustainability Award
- 2009 Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2009 I Chem E Sustainability Award
- 2010 Elected member of Academia Europaea
- 2010 Elected Founding Fellow of Learned Society of Wales
- 2011 Appointed REF Panel member and Deputy Chair For Chemistry (2011-2014)
- 2011 Appointed President Elect of the Faraday Division of RSC President 2012-2015
- 2011 IPMI Henry J. Albert Award
- 2011 France Great Britain Chemistry Prize
- 2012 Dechema Alvin Mittasch Award
- 2012 International Association of Catalysis Societies Heinz Heinemann Award
- 2012 Thompson Reuters Citation Laureate
- 2013 Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, Catalysis Society of South Africa
- 2013 Royal Society Davy Medal
- 2013 Dewar Lectureship, Queen Mary College, London
- 2014 Thompson Reuters Most Cited Scientist Award
- 2018 Faraday Lectureship Prize Winner
