Gmelin-Beilstein Memorial Medal 2016

The Gmelin-Beilstein Memorial Medal 2016 has been awarded to Dr. Joe Pierce Richmond, Germany, by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh, German Chemical Society) at the ORCHEM conference in Weimar, Germany, on September 5, 2016.

The award honors individuals for their contributions to the history of chemistry, chemical literature, or chemical information. Richmond is awarded for his contributions to the founding and development of leading journals and reference works in the field of organic chemistry.

Joe Pierce Richmond, born in Wilmington, DE, USA, studied chemistry at Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. He received his Ph.D. in chemistry under the supervision of Glenn A. Berchtold at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA, in 1970. After a postdoc with E. J. Corey at Harvard University, Cambridge, from 1970 to 1972, he spent three years on the teaching staff of Harvard University and then the University of California, Berkeley, USA, before accepting a position as Professor of Chemistry at the Universidad Nacional del Táchira, San Cristóbal, Venezuela, in 1975.

Richmond then pursued language and literature studies in France (Alliance Française), Italy (Università degli Studi di Firenze), and Germany (Literaturwissenschaftliches Seminar der Universität Hamburg), before joining the group of Armin de Meijere, University of Hamburg, Germany, as Research Associate from 1983 to 1986. Richmond worked for Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany, from 1986 to 1995, and for Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, from 1996 to 1999.

Since 2000, Joe Richmond has been an independent Publishing Editor. He freelances as Scientific Editor and Advisor for Thieme Verlag and has been Editor-in-Chief of Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis since its inception in 2001. The journal was ranked first in applied chemistry in the 2016 Journal Citation Reports.

Selected Publications

• Developments in Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis During 2013 and Plans for 2014,
  Joe P. Richmond,
  Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356(1), 3–9.
  DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201400012
• Ethical Conduct in Chemical Research and Publishing,
  Ryoji Noyori, Joe P. Richmond,
  Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355(1), 3–9.
  DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201201128
• Major Renewal of the Editorial and Advisory Boards as Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis Begins its 2nd Decade,
  Joe P. Richmond,
  Adv. Synth. Catal. 2011, 353(1), 25–29.
  DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201100011

Also of Interest

• 70th Birthday: Joe Richmond,
  ChemViews Mag. 2014.
  Dr. Joe Pierce Richmond, Germany, celebrates his 70th birthday on June 14, 2014
• Henning Hopf Honored,
  ChemViews Mag. 2014.
  Professor Henning Hopf has been awarded the Gmelin-Beilstein Commemorative Medal
• Engelbert Zass Awarded,
  ChemViews Mag. 2012.
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• Jürgen Gmehling Awarded,
  ChemViews Mag. 2010.
  Jürgen Gmehling, University of Oldenburg, Germany, receives the Gmelin-Beilstein-Denkmünze Award