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Roger A. Sheldon

Roger Sheldon FRS FRSC
Roger Sheldon at the Royal Society admissions day in London, July 2015
Born	Roger Arthur Sheldon (1942-06-24) 24 June 1942 (age 82)[4] Nottingham, England, UK
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Leicester (PhD)
Known for	Atom economy[7] Green chemistry metrics[8][9]
Spouse	Janna Kornelia Dijkstra[4]
Awards	Green Chemistry Award (2010)[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Biocatalysis[2] Green chemistry[3] Catalytic oxidation
Institutions	Delft University of Technology Case Western Reserve University Indiana University Boots Pure Drug Company Ltd. Royal Dutch Shell[4]
Thesis	Some reactions of tetraphenyldiphosphine (1967)
Doctoral advisor	Stuart Trippett[5] Stephen Davidson[4][6]
Website	sheldon.nl

Roger Arthur Sheldon (born 1942) FRS FRSC^[2]isemeritus professor of Biocatalysis and Organic ChemistryatDelft University of Technology in the Netherlands.^{[10][11][12][13][14][15]}

Sheldon was educated at the University of Leicester where he was awarded a PhD in 1967 for research on the chemical reactions of the tetraphenyldiphosphine.^[6][5] supervised by Stuart Trippett^[5] and Stephen Davidson.^[4][6]

Sheldon is distinguished for his pioneering and wide-ranging contributions to catalytic oxidation, biocatalysis and green chemistry and for bridging the traditional gap between organic synthesis and catalysis.^[2] He introduced the concept of the E-factor which is now used by companies globally for assessing the efficiency and environmental impact of chemical processes.^[2] He has consistently emphasised the need for a new paradigm in the evaluation of efficiency in chemical processes from the traditional concept of chemical yield to one that assigns value to waste minimisation and is an avid proponent of elegance and precision in organic synthesis.^[2]

Sheldon was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) in 1980. He was awarded the Green Chemistry Award by the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2010,^[1][16] and made an Honorary Fellow of the same society in 2018.^[16]

^ ^{a b c} Sheldon, Roger Arthur (1967). Some reactions of tetraphenyldiphosphine (PhD thesis). University of Leicester. hdl:2381/33898. OCLC 504738263. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.737068.

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