Éric Derouane

Éric Gérard Joseph Derouane (Péruwelz, 4 July 1944-Praia da Luz, 17 March 2008) was a French-speaking Belgian catalyst scientist.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In 1968 he obtained his MSc in Chemistry at Princeton University and his PhD at the University of Liège. He then became a Research Associate of FNRS (Belgium). In 1973, he was appointed as Professor at the Facultés universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (FUNDP) in Namur, Belgium, where he has been the Director of the Laboratory of Catalysis at FUNDP. In 1995, he became Full Professor and Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Innovative Catalysis at the University of Liverpool. In 1994, he was awarded the Francqui Prize on Exact Sciences. In March 2008, he died at his home in Portugal.

References

↑ Hommage à Éric Derouane B Delmon - Bulletin de la Classe des sciences, 2008 Hommage à Éric Derouane. Autores: Bernard Delmon; Localización: Bulletin de la Classe des sciences, ISSN 0001-4141, Nº. 19, 2008 , págs. 229-250.
↑ Industrial Catalysis on Zeolites with Emphasis on the Role of the Late Éric Derouane P.A. Jacobs… - Bulletin de la Classe des sciences, 2008
↑ Éloge de Éric G. Derouane (1944-2008) JM André… Bulletin de la Classe des sciences, 2008