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Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong
Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong
www.hit-team.net
Born: August 6, 1953, Budapest, Hungary,
Marital status: married to Dr. Rita Takáts with one child, Julia Horváth, born in 1996
Education
• Diploma in Chemical Engineering, 1977, Veszprém University, Veszprém, Hungary
• Ph. D. in Chemistry, 1979, Veszprém University, Veszprém, Hungary
Professional Affiliations
• Department of Chemistry, Veterinary University, Budapest, Hungary
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, September 1, 1979 - March 31, 1981
• Chinoin Pharmaceutical and Chemical Works Ltd., Budapest, Hungary
Research Engineer, April 1, 1981 - December 31, 1981
• Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Postdoctoral Research Associate, January 1, 1982 - August 31, 1984
• Department of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland
Scientific Co-worker, September 1, 1984 - September 15, 1987
• Corporate Research, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ, USA
Senior Staff Chemist, September 17, 1987 – November 30, 1998
• Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, July 1, 1994 – June 30, 1999
• Department of Organic Chemistry, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary
Scientific Advisor, January 1, 1999 – June 30, 2001
• Department of Chemical Technology and Environmental Chemistry, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary
Chairman, December 1, 2004 – April 15, 2006
• Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary
Professor, July 1, 2001 – April 30, 2009
Vice Director for Science, February 15, 2006 – July 30, 2008
• Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Chair Professor of Chemistry and Head, May 4, 2009 –
Teaching
• Green Chemistry course in each fall semester for undergraduate/graduate students, 1999 –
• Chemical Technology course in each spring semester for undergraduate students, 2001 –
• Program Leader of the Graduate School of Chemistry, Eötvös University, 2001 –
• R&D Management course in each fall semester for undergraduate/graduate students, 2004 –
• Supervising undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows 1999 –
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Publications and Presentations as of June 1, 2009
• Papers: 90; Reviews: 9; Book chapters and conference proceedings: 22; Books: 6; Patents: 19
• Invited lectures: 105; Invited seminars: 180
• Above 3700 citations; H-index:31
Current Research Interests
• The application of the principles of green chemistry in environmentally friendly product and process development including the use of alternative media such as water, fluorous and ionic liquids for facile
reagent and catalyst separation
• Development of a sustainable chemical technology by the use of green catalyst design
• Gamma-valerolactone economy for the production of energy and carbon based chemicals
• Mechanistic studies of homogeneous catalytic, organic, and organometallic reactions using in situ IR and NMR spectroscopy
Editorial Services
• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Chemical Reviews, 1993 –
• Member of the Editorial Board for Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 1995 - 2004
• Member of the International Advisory Board for Organometallic Synthesis, 1995 -
• Guest Editor of a thematic (Green) issue on Environmental Chemistry,
Chemical Reviews, January/February, 1995
• Guest Editor of a thematic issue on Catalysis in Water of the Journal of Molecular
Catalysis A: Chemical, 1997, 116, 1-316..
• Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Catalysis, Wiley & Sons Inc., 1997 – 2002.
• Member of the Advisory Board for Industrial Catalysis News, 1997 – 1999.
• Member of the Advisory Board for Green Chemistry, 1998 – 2001.
• Guest Editor of a special issue on Green Chemistry, Accounts of Chemical Research, 2002, 35, 685-816.
• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Accounts of Chemical Research, 2001 – 2003.
• Member of the International Advisory Editorial Board for Dalton Transactions, 2001 – 2006
• Co-Guest Editor (with P. Anastas) of a special issue on Green Chemistry, Chemical Reviews, 2007, 107, 2167.
• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Accounts of Chemical Research, 2007 –
• Member of the International Advisory Board for ChemSusChem, 2007 –
• Editor-in-Chief of the 2nd Edition of Encyclopedia of Catalysis, Wiley & Sons Inc., 2008 –
Organization of Scientific Meetings
• Co-chairman of the 15th National Science Foundation National Organometallic Chemistry Workshops, May 17-20, 1991, Annandale, New Jersey, USA
• Co-chairman of the First Exxon Frontiers of Science Workshop on Catalysis and Catalytic Processes, November 15-18, 1991, Annandale, New Jersey, USA
• Co-chairman of the 16th National Science Foundation National Organometallic Chemistry Workshops, May 7-10, 1992, Snowbird, Utah, USA
• Co-Vice chair of the 1992 Gordon Research Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, July 27-31, 1992, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
• Co-Chairman of the 1993 Gordon Research Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, July 12-16, 1993, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
• Co-chairman of the 17th National Science Foundation National Organometallic Chemistry Workshops, May 13-16, 1993, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Co-Director of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Aqueous Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, August 29 - September 1, 1994, Debrecen, Hungary
• Co-Organizer of the Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis in Water, American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, April 2-7, 1995, Anaheim, California, USA
• Chairman of the 10th International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis, August 11 - 16, 1996, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
• Co-Director of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Management of Chemical Research,
Development and Innovation, August 31 - September 11, 1998, Budapest, Hungary
• Co-Organizer of the Symposium on Environmental Aspects of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry, American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, August 22-26, 1999, New Orleans, LA, USA
• Co-Vice chair of the 1999 Gordon Research Conference on Green Chemistry, July 11-16, 1999, Oxford, United Kingdom
• Co-Chairman of the 2000 Gordon Research Conference on Green Chemistry, July 15-20, 2000, Connecticut College, New London, CT, USA
• Co-Organizer of the Symposium on Process Analytical Chemistry in Support of Green Chemistry, American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, April 1-5, 2001, San Diego, CA, USA
• Program Committee Member of the CHEMRAWN XIV World Conference on Benign Products and Processes, July, 2001, Boulder, CO, USA
• Scientific Committee Member of the Conference on Green Solvents for Catalysis, October 13-16, 2002, Bruchsal, Germany
• Co-Organizer of the Symposium on Organometallic Catalysis in Alternative Solvent Systems, American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, September 7-11, 2003, New York, NY, USA
• Organizing Committee Member of the International Conference on Green Chemistry, June 21-25, 2005, Washington, D.C., USA
• International Advisory Committee Member of the 1st International Symposium on Fluorous
Technologies, July 4-7, 2005, Bordeaux, France
• Chairman of the XVI FECHEM Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, September 3-8, 2005, Budapest, Hungary (www.fechem.elte.hu)
• International Advisory Committee Member of the 2nd International Symposium on Fluorous
Technologies, July 29-31, 2007, Yokohama, Japan
• International Advisory Committee Member of the 3rd International Symposium on Fluorous
Technologies, August 23-28, 2009, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA
Committee Services
• Member of review panels for the Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, US Civilian Research and Development Foundation, CatchBio, 1992 -
• Chairman of a review panel for the US Civilian Research and Development Foundation on Electrical, Materials & Manufacturing Sciences & Engineering, February - July, 1996
• Member of the Exxon Chemical Research Committee, 1997-1998
• Member of the International Advisory Board of the International Homogeneous Catalysis Symposia, 1997 –
• Member of the International Advisory Board of the International Symposia on Relationship Between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis, 1998 – 2001
• Chairman of the Scientific Committee, Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary, 1999 – 2002.
• Member of the International Scientific Committee of the International Symposia on Catalysis Applied for Fine Chemicals, 2001 –
• Program Leader of the Graduate School of Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary, 2001 –
• Chairman of the COST Action D29 on Sustainable/Green Chemistry and Chemical Technology, European Commission/European Science Foundation, 2002 – 2007.
• Chairman of the Scientific Committee, Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary, 2006 – 2008.
• Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, CatchBio (www.catchbio.nl), 2007 –
Memberships
• Member of the American Chemical Society, 1982 –
• Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 1987 –
• Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1993 –
• Member of the Rotary Club Budapest-Sasad, 1999 –
• Member of the Hungarian Chemical Society, 2003 –
Honors
• First Award, Hungarian Scientific Student Conference, Kazincbarcika, Hungary, 1977
• First Award for Diploma Thesis, Hungarian Chemical Society, Budapest, Hungary, 1978
• 1980 Research Team Award, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, 1981
• Ministerial Commendation, Hungarian Ministry of Education, Budapest, Hungary, 1981
• Exxon Golden Tiger Award, Exxon Research & Engineering Company, Annandale, New Jersey, USA, 1991
• Best Paper Award, Exxon Chemical Research Annual Meeting, Galveston, Texas, 1995
• D. Sc. in Chemistry, 1998, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
• Dr. Hab., Veszprém University, Veszprém, Hungary, 1999
• Széchenyi Professor Scholarship, 2000-2003, Ministry of Culture and Education, Budapest, Hungary, 1999
• Invited Professor, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France, 2001
• 1st Fluorous Technology Award, International Symposium of Fluorous Technology, Bordeaux, France, July 3-5, 2005
• Humboldt Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany, 2006
• Special Award for Organizing the XVI FECHEM Conference on Organometallic Chemistry,
Hungarian Chemical Society, Budapest, Hungary, 2006
• Invited Professor, Université Bordeaux I, Bordeaux, France, 2007
• Invited Professor, Université Rennes 1, Rennes, France, 2008
• Invited Professor, Khatolieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, 2008
• Green Chemistry Lecture Award at the Conference on Green Solvents sponsored by Green Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry, Lake Constance, Friedrichshafen, Germany, 2008
• Invited Professor, Khatolieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, 2009
• Foundation for Inorganic Chemistry Visitor and Lecturer, The University of Sydney, Australia, 2009
Prof. Istvan T. Horvath, City University of Hong Kong
Prof. Istvan T. Horvath, City University of Hong Kong