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Panel 14 – chemistry
PANEL 14 – CHEMISTRY
CONTENTS
1. Preference............................................................................................... 384
2. Department of Chemistry........................................................................ 384
3. Department of Chemical Engineering....................................................... 401
4. Department of Food Technology, Engineering and Nutrition.................... 406
5. Additional Report on the Department of Immunotechnology...................412
1. Preface
At its plenary meeting, it became clear to the Panel, that the information
received was not sufficient to make the evaluation. It required
information concerning: (a) the structure of research and (b) some
synthesis information on dimension and productivity. Relevant material
was subsequently provided, whilst the Panel also conducted their own
separate enquiries. The Panel regretted not being able to evaluate and
highlight individuals, but being asked to focus on a more general level,
i.e. evaluating research areas and groups. Such a general evaluation might
cause a perfunctory report and can easily hide outstanding scientists, who
are member of a group doing “mediocre research”, or scientists with a
low productivity and not receiving scientific attention may be concealed
in a group doing excellent research. Based on the material provided, and
especially under the conditions that no individuals should be addressed
in the evaluations, the Panel felt that its assessments could not have been
as thorough as it would have wished.
2. Department of Chemistry
2.1 General
The Department of Chemistry is currently in a state of reorganization
involving a merger of a large number of divisions into 4 main units
having the following 12 divisions:
1. Basic chemistry: Divisions of Organic Chemistry, and Polymer and
Material Chemistry, and part of Analytical Chemistry.
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