Nora Henriette de Leeuw#
| Email: | DeLeeuwN 'at' cardiff.ac.uk |
| Membership Number: | 4556 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Username: | ndeleeuw |
| Elected: | 2017 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2015/01 Pro-Vice Chancellor (International & Doctoral Research) and Professor of Computational Chemistry, Cardiff University, UK
- 2013/01 Professor of Theoretical Geochemistry & Mineralogy, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
- 2012/01 Royal Society Industry Fellow, University College London, UK
- 2012/01 Visiting Professor of Biomaterials, Universite de Paris-Est (Creteil), France
- 2007/10 Professor of Computational Materials Science, University College London, UK
- 2006/10 Director, Industrial Doctorate Centre in Molecular Modelling & Materials Science, University College London
- 2004/10 Reader (Associate Professor), Birkbeck College London, UK
- 2002/10 EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow, Birkbeck College London, UK
- 2000/03 Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, University of Reading, UK
- 1997/10 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Bath, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Computational Materials Chemistry, especially structure/property relationships of functional materials
- Computer-aided design of catalysts for sustainable energy processes, including CO2 reduction and biomass conversion to fuel
- Geochemical processes, including the predictive modelling of the mineral-water interface
- Modelling nucleation and dissolution mechanisms in widely investigated minerals, including calcite and silicates.
- Computational biomaterials, including the development of accurate models for bioactive glasses and the collagen/mineral interface to provide insight into the composite bone tissue and implant materials.
- Energy Materials, e.g. a concerted experimental and computational approach to develop new sulfide catalysts for CO2 activation and conversion to chemicals, inspired by Origin of Life theories
- Novel materials for photo-catalytis for sustainable energy generation
Honours and Awards
- 2016 Elected Fellow (FLSW) of the Learned Society of Wales, UK
- 2015 Lu Jiaxi Annual Lectureship Xiamen University, China
- 2014 William Penny Fellowship, Secretary of State for Defence, UK
- 2012 Royal Society Industry Fellowship, Royal Society
- 2009 Wolfson Research Merit Award by the Royal Society, UK, for ‘Respected scientists of outstanding achievement and potential’
- 2008 Elected Fellow (FRSC) of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
- 2002 Advanced Research Fellowship, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- 2001 Elected Member and chartered chemist (CCHEM MRSC) of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
