Floris Rutjes
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Floris Rutjes | |
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| Born | Floris Petrus Johannes Theodoris |
| Alma mater | University of Amsterdam |
| Known for | Synthetic organic chemistry, catalysis, sustainable chemistry |
| Awards | Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (2020) |
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| Fields | Organic chemistry |
| Institutions | Radboud University University of Amsterdam |
Floris Rutjes is a Dutch organic chemist and academic. He is a professor and Chair of Synthetic Organic Chemistry at Radboud University. Rutjes has served as President of the European Chemical Society (EuChemS) and of the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society (KNCV), and his research focuses on synthetic organic chemistry, catalysis, and sustainable chemical processes.
Rutjes obtained his MSc (cum laude) in organic chemistry from the University of Amsterdam in 1988. He completed his PhD at the same institution in 1993. From 1993 to 1995, he carried out postdoctoral research with K. C. Nicolaou at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California.[1]
Academic career
In 1995, Rutjes joined the University of Amsterdam as an assistant professor.[2] He was appointed part-time professor of combinatorial synthesis in 1999 and later became full professor and Chair of Synthetic Organic Chemistry at Radboud University in the same year.[3]
Rutjes served as President of the European Chemical Society from 2021 to 2024[4][5] and as President of the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society from 2016 to 2019.[6]
He served as Director of the Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM) at Radboud University from 2019 to 2025.[3]
