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!!Professor Steve Liddle awarded prestigious Terrae Rarae Award

__Academia Europaea congratulates [Professor Steve Liddle|Member/Liddle_Stephen] MAE, who has been awarded the Terrae Rarae Award from the Tage der Seltenen Erden. 
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Prof. Liddle received the award at the recent [Terrae Rarae – 33. Tage der Seltenen Erden|https://www.sfb1573.kit.edu/terrae_rarae.php] conference in Karlsruhe “''for his outstanding contributions to the molecular chemistry of the 4f and 5f elements''”. __
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Prof. Liddle said:
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“''I am delighted and humbled in equal measure by this senior international honour from such an esteemed body, which first and foremost very much recognises the dedication and hard work of my group.''”
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!About Steve Liddle

Based in the [Department of Chemistry|https://www.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk] at the University of Manchester, Prof. Liddle works across many areas of lanthanide and actinide chemistry, but in particular he researches the chemistry of metal-ligand multiple bonding, metal-metal bonding, small molecule activation and catalysis, and transuranium science. Earlier this year Prof. Liddle was elected to Academia Europaea's [Chemical Sciences|Acad_Main/Sections/Chemical_sciences] Section in recognition of his work.