Freddy Adams#
| Membership Number: | 579 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BELGIUM |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2004 Emeritus professor of the University of Antwerp
- 1996-2000 President of the Royal Flemish Chemical Society
- 1994-2001 Vice-President of the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB)
- 1985-1987 President of the Flemish Interuniversity Council
- 1983-1995 Rector of the U.I.A
- 1978-2003 Founder and co-Director of Micro-Trace Analysis Centre (U.I.A)
- 1972-2003 Professor of Chemistry at the University of Antwerp (U.I.A.) with teaching assignment in analytical chemistry and radiochemistry
- 1965-1972 Research assistant at the University of Ghent, Institute Nuclear Research in analytical chemistry and radiochemistry.
- 1963 Ph D in Chemistry, University of Ghent, Belgium
Fields of Scholarship
- analytical chemistry
- instrumental microscopic analysis with ion, electron and laser beam techniques and synchrotron X-ray sources
- ultratrace speciation analysis with hyphenated techniques
Honours and Awards
- 1960 Prize of European Research Associates
- 1964 Prize Stas-Spring, Royal Academy of Sciences, Belgium
- 1979 Louis Gordon Memorial Award
- 1984 Castaing Award microanalysis
- 1990 Prize Environment Policy - Foundation Coca-Cola
- 1996 Pregl Medal of the Austrian Chemical Society
- 1998 Doctor Honoris Causa, Al. I. Cuza University, Iasi, Romania
- 1998 Honorary member of the Romanian Chemical Society
- European Winter Conference, Award for achievements in the field of plasma spectrochemistry (Lillehammer, Norway, 2001)
- 2008 Doctor Honoris Causa, Moldova State University, Chisinau, Moldova
- 2009 Military decoration "Faternity in Arms"; Ministry of Defense, Republic of Moldova
