Curriculum Vitae - Prof. Johannes G. de Vries

Academic Education

1968-1975

Chemistry study at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Minor in International Relations

1975-1979

Ph.D. at the  University of  Groningen, The Netherlands. In the group of Prof. Richard M. Kellogg
1979-1981 Post-doc with Prof. James B. Hendrickson, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA

Profession

1981-1985

Lab head in the antibiotics group, Sandoz Forschungsinstitut, Vienna, Austria

1985-1988 Senior Scientist Medicinal Chemistry, Sandoz Institute for Medical Research, London, UK
1988-2013 Principal Scientist Homogeneous Catalysis, DSM Innovative Synthesis BV, Geleen, The Netherlands
Since 1999 Part-time Professor Homogeneous Catalysis University of Groningen (1 day per week)
2014 - 2021 Head of the department Catalysis with renewable resources, Leibniz Institut für Katalyse e. V., Rostock, Germany

Awards and other activities

2014 2013 Paul Rylander Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Science of Catalysis in Organic Reactions from the Organic Reactions Catalysis Society, awarded in in Tucson, Arizona
2007 CPhI silver Innovation Award, Milano
Since 2001 Visiting Industrial Professor, University of Bristol, UK
2005 Visiting Professor Université Louis Pasteur (now: Université de Strasbourg), Starsbourg, France
Since 2000 Member of the Editorial Board Catalysis Communications
Since 2011 Member of the Editorial Board Catalysis Science & Technology
Since 2008 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
Since 2000 Member of the International Scientific Advisory Board of the International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis (ISHC)
Since 2000 Member of the International Scientific Advisory Board of the conference  “Catalysis for Fine Chemicals”
Since 1999 Member of the Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek  in de Katalyse  (NIOK) (Dutch Institute for Catalysis Research)
1992-2000 Member of the management team of the Innovative Catalysis Research Porgram, The Netherlands
2002-2007 Founder and Member of the management team of the Dutch Combinatorial Chemistry Program
2008-2014 Member of the management team of Catchbio (Dutch Research program on Catalytic Conversion of Renewable Resources)
Since 2006 Member of the Scientific advisory board of the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry
2008-2012 Member of the board of the Oganic Catalysis Reactions Society (ORCS), USA als Non-American Director
2003 Chair academy conference “Combinatorial Chemistry and High Throughput Experimentation” Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Since 2008 Member of the board of the study group Homogeneous Catalysis and coordination chemistry of the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO), The Netherlands