Simon Aldridge has been awarded the 2009 Dalton Transactions European Lectureship. 

After carefully considering all of the nominees, the Dalton Transactions Editorial Board selected Simon Aldridge from the University of Oxford, UK, as the recipient of this prestigious award. 

'Dr Aldridge was chosen against some very stiff competition,' said Jamie Humphrey, Editor of Dalton Transactions. 'However, the deciding factor was Simon's stunning and internationally recognized contributions to Group 13 chemistry,' he added.  

Dr Aldridge will present the Dalton Transactions European lecture at three locations within Europe. 

Simon Aldridge

Simon Aldridge is based at the University of Oxford, and is a Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford.  His reseach interests include main group and transition metal organometallic chemistry, low coordinate metal systems and Lewis acids in catalysis and sensors.   He has 94 career publications to date, including 40 in the last four calendar years, and two patents.  In 2008 he was Guest Editor of the Dalton Transactions themed issue Main Group Chemistry - From Molecules to Materials.

The Dalton Transactions European Lectureship is awarded to recognise the achievements of an emerging European inorganic chemist.