University of Coimbra confers Honoris Causa degree to James Clark
The ceremony takes place on the 3rd of May at 10.30 am in the Great Hall of Acts (Sala dos Capelos).
English version: Diana Taborda
James Clark, Professor at the University of York (United Kingdom) and at the University of Fudan (China) will receive the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Coimbra (UC), on the 3rd of May, starting at 10.30 am in the Great Hall of Acts (Sala dos Capelos).
The Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Coimbra (FFUC) proposed the awarding of an Honorary Doctorate to the university professor, highlighting his role as "a leader in the area of green and sustainable chemistry, with his work being used in the development of more sustainable chemical and pharmaceutical products by various companies and research centres".
About the awardee:
James Clark is Professor at the University of York and Fudan University. He is internationally recognised as a leader in green and sustainable chemistry, with his work being applied in the development of greener chemicals and pharmaceuticals in partnership with companies such as GSK, Pfizer, Sanofi or Bayer, and several European research centres.
The development of the "Chem21" toolkit, a unified metrics toolkit to comprehensively evaluate the sustainability of chemical and bio-chemical reactions, was one of the main results of his research, as well as the discovery and development of innovative and sustainable materials.
Throughout his academic and entrepreneurial career he has received numerous awards, including the American Chemical Society - CEI award for incorporating sustainability into Chemistry Education, the Royal Society of Chemistry - Green Chemistry Award, and more recently the European Sustainable Chemistry Award.
He has been awarded Honorary Doctorates by several European universities, including Ghent University (Belgium), Leuphana University (Germany) and Umea University (Sweden).
He was the founder of the Royal Society of Chemistry's prestigious "Green Chemistry" world-leading journal on sustainable chemistry.