!!Jan Reedijk
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__Personal data__	
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Born: August 3, 1943; Westmaas; The Netherlands
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__Education__	
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*Leiden University, The Netherlands
*1964: B.Sc. in chemistry
*1966: M.Sc. in inorganic chemistry (cum laude)
*1968: Ph.D. in chemistry (cum laude), Thesis: "Methyl cyanide as a ligand", Thesis advisors: Dr. W.L. Groeneveld, Dr. E.W. Gorter 
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__Professional__
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*Leiden University
**1964-1966: junior instructor inorganic chemistry
**1966-1968: instructor inorganic chemistry
**1968-1972: postdoctoral instructor coordination chemistry
*Delft University of Technology  (January 1, 1973 - November 1, 1979)
**"Lector" (Reader) in inorganic and physical chemistry
*Leiden University, Professor of Chemistry (1979-2009); part-time: 2009-present
*Cambridge University: fall semester 1993: Visiting Professor
*Université Louvain la Neuve: Spring semester 2002: visiting professor
*Strasbourg, Université Louis Pasteur, Academic year 2004-5: visiting professor
*Münster, Westfalische Wilhelms Universität, 2009 Spring: visiting professor
*King Saud University, Riyadh, 2009-present; part-time honorary professor
*University of Milan, 2010: spring semester, visiting professor
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__Research interests__
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*Coordination chemistry of transition-metal ions
*Bioinorganic chemistry (active-site structure and mechanism; models for metalloproteins; metal-DNA interactions)
*Applications of coordination chemistry in catalysis, medicine, ion-exchange, surface chemistry
*Extended (magnetic and electric) interactions in coordination compounds and magnetic materials (dimers, clusters, chains)
*Molecular recognition and intermolecular interactions (catalysis; biomacromolecules)
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__Professional societies and Major Honors __
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*Royal Netherlands Chemical Society (1962-present)
*American Chemical Society and Inorganic Chemistry Division (1981-present)
*International Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (1995-present)
*Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (1989-present)
*Max Planck Research Award Bioinorganic Chemistry (Bonn, 1992)
*Honorary Chakravorty Award, India (2010) 
*Elected member Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (1996)
*Elected member Finnish Academy of Sciences (1997)
*Elected Honorary Member Royal Netherlands Chemical Society (2003)
*Elected member Academia Europaea (2004)
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__Publications__
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Over 1100 research publications in refereed journals, patents&books (1965-present); 
h-index(2009): 70; Supervised students (1973-2009): over 250 MSc; 90 PhDs; over 100 postdocs. 
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__Major professional activities, recognitions and other honors__
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*Membership of IUPAC committees (selection only):
**Inorganic Chemistry Nomenclature (CNIC; 1977-1987); (Division VIII: 2009-2011)
**Interdivisional Committee on Nomenclature and Symbols (IDCNS; 1985-1994)
**Interdivisional Committee on Bioinorganic Terminology (JCBN; 1992-1996)
**Inorganic Chemistry Division Titular Member (since 2006); vice-president: 2010-2013 
**Chairman Department of Chemistry, Leiden University (1985-1989)
*Scientific Director Leiden Institute of Chemistry (1993-1998); Scientific and Managing Director Leiden Institute of Chemistry (1998-2005)
*Chairman Organizing Committee 3rd Intern. Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry (1987)
*Member International Organizing Committee EURASIA conferences of Chemistry (1990-2000); Chairman 1994-96.
*Member of the International Organizing Committee of the International Symposium on Macromolecule Metal Complexes (1993-2005); chairman 1995-1997.
*Board Member International Conferences on Bioinorganic Chemistry (1985-present)
*Board Member European Conferences on Bioinorganic Chemistry (1992-2002)
*Board Member International Symposium on Applied Bioinorganic Chemistry (1992-present)
*Council Member Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC; 1999-2005)
*Executive Secretary of the International Coordination Chemistry Conferences (1988-present)
*Member International Advisory Board of the European Inorganic Chemistry Seminars (1986-1988; 2002-2009)
*National Representative Committee of Chemistry of COST (1990-1996; 2005-present)
*Chairman Management Committee Biocoordination Chemistry, COSTD1 (1992-1994)
*Max Planck Society:  Fachbeirat MPI für Bioanorganische Chemie, Mülheim (1995-present)
*Member of the Netherlands National Foresight Committee in Chemistry (1993-1996)
*Royal Netherlands Chemical Society (selection of duties and honors):
**president 1990 (president-elect in 1989); chairman and member of several committees
**chairman committee of inorganic chemistry nomenclature (1979-present)
**IUPAC Council representative for the Netherlands; (1989-1995; 2005-present)
**Elected Honorary Member (2003)
*Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (selection of committees): 
**board member of academy chemistry commission (1980-1988; 1990; 2002-2007); 
**ordinary member of the commission (1988-1991; 1993-2007)
*Netherlands Organization for Advancement of Research (NWO):
**Board member of committee of physical sciences (1978-1985)
**Executive Committee, Netherlands Foundation for Chemical Research (1997-2003) 
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__Major editorial board services__
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* Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions (1989-1997)
*Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry (1991-present)
*Advances in Inorganic Chemistry (1987-present)
*Comments on Inorganic Chemistry (1987-present)  
*Russian Journal of Coordination Chemistry (1999-present) 
*New Journal of Chemistry (Nouveau Journal de Chimie) (1989-present)
*Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications (1993-1997)
*Topics in Biological Inorganic Chemistry (1996-present)
*Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (1995-2000)
*Polyhedron (1998-present); Pure and Applied Chemistry (2010-present)
*Inorganic Chemistry (1997-1999) ; 
*Inorganic Synthesis (1999-present)
*European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (Founding Editor; 1998-2008) 
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