ISMSC 2007 - Università degli Studi di Pavia

International Izatt-Christensen Award in Macrocyclic Chemistry
The International Izatt-Christensen Award in Macrocyclic Chemistry is awarded by
the International Advisory Committee of the Symposium in honour of Professor
Izatt and the late Professor Christensen, who conceived the International
Symposia concept and organized the first five Symposia starting in 1977.
The winner of the 2007 Izatt-Christensen Award is:
Professor David A. Leigh
University of Edinburgh
David Leigh was born in Birmingham (UK) and obtained both his BSc and PhD
from the University of Sheffield (the latter with Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, the 1993
Izatt-Christensen Awardee). After
postdoctoral research at the NRC of
Canada in Ottawa (1987-1989) he
returned to the UK as a lecturer at the
University of Manchester Institute of
Science and Technology (UMIST). In 1998
he moved to the University of Warwick and
in 2001 he took up the Forbes Chair of
Organic Chemistry at the University of
Edinburgh.
He currently holds both an EPSRC Senior
Research Fellowship and a Royal Society-
Wolfson Research Merit Award, and is a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh,
Scotland's National Academy of Science
and Letters. His research achievements
include the development of several high
yielding hydrogen bonding and metal
template strategies to catenanes and
rotaxanes which, in recent years, have
enabled the synthesis of increasingly
sophisticated and functional molecular
switches and motors. His most recent contributions include the introduction of
concepts from statistical physics, such as ratcheting, balance and escapement,
into synthetic molecular machine theory and design.
In the occasion of the presentation of the Award, in the afternoon session of 28
June, Professor Leigh will deliver his lecture Exercising demons: synthetic
molecular motors and machines.
Call for Nominations for the 2008 International
Izatt-Christensen Award in Macrocyclic Chemistry
The International Advisory Committee invites nominations for the International
Izatt-Christensen Award in Macrocyclic Chemistry. Professor Izatt and the late
Professor Christensen conceived the International Symposia concept and
organized the first five Symposia starting in 1977.
IBC Advanced Technologies, Inc., of American Fork, Utah, USA, is the sponsor of
the award. The winner will receive a $2,000 honorarium and up to $1,000 for
travel expenses.
The award is open to anyone working in the area of macrocyclic chemistry who
has not received an international award of $25,000 or more.
Six copies of nomination materials, which should include curriculum vitae, a
publication list, a five page nomination statement, and up to three letters of
recommendation from other scientists who know of the nominee’s work, should be
sent by email if possible no later than 1 February 2008 to:
Reed M. Izatt
Professor Emeritus
Department of Chemistry
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
USA
Tel.: int.l + 1 801 422 3667 (Secretary)
Email: reed_izatt@byu.edu
A panel of five international macrocyclic chemists representing the sub-areas of
the field will select the winner. The winner will be announced in the spring of 2008.
He/She will receive the award and present an invited lecture at the Third
International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry
(ISMSC2008) to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, from 13-18 July 2008.