Angewandte Author Profiles May 2013

Angewandte Author Profiles May 2013

Author: ChemViews

The Angewandte Author Profiles celebrate an author’s 10th, 25th, 50th, or 100th article in the journal in the last ten years or since 2000. This month, the following authors have had their papers published.

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Sir John Meurig Thomas, University of Cambridge, UK:

The worst advice I have ever been given was “when in doubt, shout” (by a fellow lecturer at University College of North Wales when I told him that I was nervous about giving my first lecture on statistical thermodynamics to the third-year undergraduates).

35th

Chi-Ming Che, University of Hong Kong:

My biggest motivation is to convince local young scientists and the scientific community of Hong Kong that it is entirely feasible to develop home-grown, world-leading, and innovative research, even when working in a less favorable environment, and I believe that innovative and creative research is a useful means to build self-confidence and a pillar for the sustainable development of a society.

30th

Rai-Shung Liu, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan:

The best advice I have ever been given is to begin your independent research on work unrelated to your Ph.D.

10th

Stephan A. Sieber, Technical University Munich, Germany:

Guaranteed to make me laugh is watching The Simpsons.

10th

Gautam R. Desiraju, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore:

The biggest challenge facing scientists is supplying clean drinking water for everybody.

10th

Herbert W. Roesky, University of Göttingen, Germany:

The best stage in a scientists career is when they have enough money for research and are not involved in routine administrative work.

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