David Cole-Hamilton, University of St. Andrews, UK, and Xinhe Bao, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China, have been awarded the Alwin Mittasch Prize 2017, sponsored by BASF SE and awarded by DECHEMA e.V. (Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology) and the German Society for Catalysis (GeCatS).
The prize is awarded for distinguished work that has not only extended the fundamentals of catalysis, but also has applications in industry. The award includes 10,000 EUR of prize money and was presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of German Catalysis Scientists in Weimar, Germany, on March 16, 2017.
David Cole-Hamilton is honored for his pioneering work aimed at a better understanding of molecular catalysis and its industrial application. Xinhe Bao receives the award for his contributions to the development of novel catalysis concepts for methane and syngas conversion.
David Cole-Hamilton studied chemistry at Edinburgh University, UK, where he received his Ph.D. in 1975. After post-doctoral research at Imperial College, London, UK, he was Lecturer at the University of Liverpool, UK, from 1978 to 1983 and Senior Lecturer from 1983 to 1985. He then was appointed Irvine Professor for Chemistry at the University of St. Andrews in 1985, where he remained until his retirement in 2015.
Professor Cole-Hamilton’s research is focused on organometallic chemistry and homogeneous catalysis. He has developed selective carbonylation reactions and multiphase reactions with a special emphasis on industrial applications. Among other honors, Cole-Hamilton has received the Corday Morgan Medal and Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in 1983, the RSC Industrial Award for Organometallic Chemistry sponsored by Monsanto in 1998, and the Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Prize Lectureship of the RSC in 2005/2006.
Xinhe Bao studied chemistry at Fudan University, Shanghai, China, where he received his Ph.D. in 1987. From
1989 to 1991, he was an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany, where he then worked as a Guest Scientist until 1995. He was appointed Professor in the State Key Laboratory of Catalysis at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics in 1995.
Professor Bao’s research interests include surface chemistry and catalysis, e.g., the activation and conversion of methane, the selective oxidation of hydrocarbons, the conversion of coal-based syngas, and fuel cell-related catalysis. Among other honors, Bao has received the Award in Basic Science from the Zhou Guang Zhao Foundation in 2015, the Outstanding Science and Technology Achievement Prize of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2015, and the International Award for Excellence in Natural Gas Conversion in 2016.
Selected Publications by David Cole-Hamilton
- α-Methylenation of Methyl Propanoate by the Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Methanol,
Patrizia Lorusso, Jacorien Coetzee, Graham R. Eastham, David J. Cole-Hamilton,
ChemCatChem 2016, 8, 222–227.
DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201500763 - Synthesis of Bifunctional Monomers by the Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylation of Cardanol and its Derivatives,
James E. Mgaya, Stuart A. Bartlett, Egid B. Mubofu, Quintino A. Mgani, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Peter J. Pogorzelec, David J. Cole-Hamilton,
ChemCatChem 2016, 8, 751–757.
DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201501110 - Comparison between phosphine and NHC-modified Pd catalysts in the telomerization of butadiene with methanol – A kinetic study combined with model-based experimental analysis,
Lisa Völkl, Sebastian Recker, Matthias Niedermaier, Stephan Kiermaier, Vinzent Strobel, Dietrich Maschmeyer, David Cole-Hamilton, Wolfgang Marquardt, Peter Wasserscheid, Marco Haumann,
J. Catal. 2015, 329, 547–559.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2015.06.004 - Continuous Flow Hydroformylation of Alkenes in Supercritical Fluid−Ionic Liquid Biphasic Systems,
Paul B. Webb, Murielle F. Sellin, Thulani E. Kunene, Sylvia Williamson, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, David J. Cole-Hamilton,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 15577–15588.
DOI: 10.1021/ja035967s - Homogeneous Catalysis–New Approaches to Catalyst Separation, Recovery, and Recycling,
D. J. Cole-Hamilton,
Science 2003, 299, 1702–1706.
DOI: 10.1126/science.1081881 - Continuous flow homogeneous catalysis: hydroformylation of alkenes in supercritical fluid–ionic liquid biphasic mixtures,
Murielle F. Sellin, Paul B. Webb, David J. Cole-Hamilton,
Chem. Commun. 2001.
DOI: 10.1039/b101046h
Selected Publications by Xinhe Bao
- Metal/oxide interfacial effects on the selective oxidation of primary alcohols,
Guofeng Zhao, Fan Yang, Zongjia Chen, Qingfei Liu, Yongjun Ji, Yi Zhang, Zhiqiang Niu, Junjie Mao, Xinhe Bao, Peijun Hu, Yadong Li,
Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 14039.
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14039 - Stacked-Layer Heterostructure Films of 2D Thiophene Nanosheets and Graphene for High-Rate All-Solid-State Pseudocapacitors with Enhanced Volumetric Capacitance,
Zhong-Shuai Wu, Yijun Zheng, Shuanghao Zheng, Sen Wang, Chenglin Sun, Khaled Parvez, Taichi Ikeda, Xinhe Bao, Klaus Müllen, Xinliang Feng,
Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1602960.
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201602960 - Displacement and Diffusion of Methane and Carbon Dioxide in SBA-15 Studied by NMR,
Yuanli Hu, Xiulian Pan, Xiuwen Han, Xinhe Bao,
J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121, 2481–2486.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12250 - Repeated growth and bubbling transfer of graphene with millimetre-size single-crystal grains using platinum,
Libo Gao, Wencai Ren, Huilong Xu, Li Jin, Zhenxing Wang, Teng Ma, Lai-Peng Ma, Zhiyong Zhang, Qiang Fu, Lian-Mao Peng, Xinhe Bao, Hui-Ming Cheng,
Nat. Commun. 2012, 3, 699.
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1702 - Toward N-Doped Graphene via Solvothermal Synthesis,
Dehui Deng, Xiulian Pan, Liang Yu, Yi Cui, Yeping Jiang, Jing Qi, Wei-Xue Li, Qiang Fu, Xucun Ma, Qikun Xue, Gongquan Sun, Xinhe Bao,
Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 1188–1193.
DOI: 10.1021/cm102666r - Enhanced ethanol production inside carbon-nanotube reactors containing catalytic particles,
Xiulian Pan, Zhongli Fan, Wei Chen, Yunjie Ding, Hongyuan Luo, Xinhe Bao,
Nat. Mater. 2007, 6, 507–511.
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1916
Also of Interest
- Event: 50. Jahrestreffen Deutscher Katalytiker,
Annual catalysis meeting in Germany - Schlögl Awarded,
ChemViews Mag. 2015.
Professor Robert Schlögl, Berlin, Germany, was awarded the BASF-DECHEMA Alwin Mittasch Prize 2015
