Main Group Chemistry: From Synthesis to Applications—In Honor of the Great Contributions of Prof. J. Derek Woollins
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Chemistry".
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Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Molecules is delighted to host a Special Issue in honor of Prof. J. Derek Woollins on the occasion of his retirement for his outstanding contributions to main group chemistry and synthesis in particular.
Derek’s career spans a number of universities. After completing his BSc and PhD at the University of East Anglia, Derek completed postdocs in Canada, the US, and the UK before taking a lectureship position at Imperial College, where he stayed for twelve years. Derek then moved to Loughborough University as the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry, and in 1999, he moved to a chair in St Andrews University. In St Andrews, Derek served as Head of School for eight years, and as Vice Principal for Research and Innovation for six years. In 2019, Derek moved to take a position as Provost of Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, from which he retired in 2020.
Derek is extremely well known in the academic community, in particular the inorganic and main group community, both for his scientific contributions and for his brilliant personality. His scientific interests revolve around Group 16 and 15 chemistry, in particular S/N, Se, Te, and P chemistry. Derek’s group established Ph2P2Se4, now named Woollins reagent, as an accessible and powerful selenating reagent in a range of chemistries. Derek’s efficiency is legendary, the Web of Science (November 2020) shows Derek to have 591 publications, 12,775 citations, and an H-index of 52.
Derek’s hard-working nature, witty humor, jokes, and general ability to tell a good story about anything (from science to DIY) made him a legendary lecturer amongst students as well as an extremely valuable and likeable colleague.
We wish his ability to always see the best in people stays with Derek during his long and happy retirement!
Dr. Petr Kilián
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- molecular science
- synthesis
- structural chemistry
- main group chemistry
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