Person Sheldon; Roger Arthur (1942-2025); chemist Sheldon Roger Arthur chemist 1942-2025 British Male Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom 24 June 1942 19420624 United Kingdom 6 October 2025 20251006

Chemist Molecular Biology Biochemistry Biocatalysis Engineering Applied chemistry Green chemistry Catalysis Chemistry Education: Graduate Royal Institute of Chemistry 1964; University of Leicester Ph.D 1967; Post-doctoral Fellow with Jay Kochi, Case Western Reserve University and Indiana University 1967-1969 Career: Laboratory technician, Boots Pure Drug Co. (1958-1964); Research Chemist, Koninklijke Shell Laboratories, Amsterdam (1969-1979); Vice President R&D, DSM-Andeno, Fine Chemicals (1980-1990); Professor of Biocatalysis & Organic Chemistry, Delft University of Technology (1991-2015) (since 2007 as emeritus professor); CEO and founder of CLEA Technologies (2002-2015); Part-time Professor, Leuven University, Belgium, (2008-2012); Distinguished Professor of Biocatalysis Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, School of Chemistry (2015-2025). Medals & Prizes: Royal Society of Chemistry Essay Prize for the essay “Chemistry and the Quality of Life” 1974 Royal Society of Chemistry Award in Hydrocarbon Oxidation Chemistry 1979 Berzelius Medal in Catalysis (University of Lund, Sweden) 1982 Paul Rylander Award, Organic Reaction Catalysis Society 1997 Doctor Honoris Causa Russian Academy of Sciences 1999 Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Prof. K.Venkataraman Award for outstanding contributions to Chemical Technology. 2001 D.Sc degree from the University of Leicester 2004 1st EuCheMS Lectureship, “Combining organometallic catalysis and biocatalysis in catalytic cascade processes” FECHEM conference, Budapest. 2005 Green Chemistry Presidential Challenge Award (USA) 2006 Royal Society of Chemistry Green Chemistry Award 2010 Biocat 2010 award for outstanding achievements in Biocatalysis 2010 Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry 2018 Memberships: Royal Society of Chemistry (Hon FRSC) 1964 American Chemical Society 1967 Royal Netherlands Chemical Society 1969 Fellow Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science 1997 Member of the Academia Europaea 1998 Netherlands Biotechnology Society 1992 Spouse: Janna (Jetty) Kornelia Dijkstra Children: Annemarie (b. 1975) and Frank (b. 1976) Recognised authority on Green Chemistry and Catalysis and was widely known for developing the concepts of E factors and atom utilisation for assessing the environmental footprint of chemical processes. Fellow 30/04/2015 72 The Royal Society Fellows Directory, Professor Roger Sheldon FRS, [URL: https://royalsociety.org/people/roger-sheldon-12270/; last accessed: 29/10/2025] ROGER A. SHELDON FRS : CURRICULUM VITAE (March 2020), [URL: https://www.franksheldon.nl/CV.aspx; last accessed: 29/10/2025] International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Sheldon%2C+Roger+A https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH312877 NA9971 05/05/2015 Joanna 29/10/2025 RS_NET\VidaM Yes ed8aacef-4c41-43e1-ada1-9c41eb29bf23