CURRICULUM VITAE
Prof. Dr. ir. Norbert DE KIMPE
University degrees (Ghent University, Belgium)
Chemical and Agricultural Engineer (1971).
Ph.D. (1975).
"Habilitation" (1985).
Doctor Honoris Causa of the Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia (1998)
Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary (2007)
Medal of Honour of Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
Member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Salzburg, Austria)
Post-doctoral stays
University of Massachusetts at Boston, USA (1979).
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Thiais, Paris, France (1983).
Previous Positions
Research Associate and Senior Research Associate (1973-1984), Research Leader (1984-1989) and Research Director (1989-1996) of the Belgian “National Fund for Scientific Research”
Actual Position (since 1991)
Full Professor at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, Ghent University, Gent (Belgium).
Referee of International Journals
J. Org. Chem., Org. Lett., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem., Tetrahedron, Tetrahedron Letters, Synthesis, Synlett., Org. Prep. Proced. Int., Can. J. Chem., New J. Chem., J. Natural Products, J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol., Chemistry - A European Journal, European J. Org. Chem., Phytochemistry, J. Heterocyclic Chem., J. Agric. Food Chem., Molecules, Naturwissenschaften, Arkivoc, Chemical Reviews, J. Organometal. Chem.
Guest-Professor
University of Barcelona (Spain), Sofia (Bulgaria), Kigali (Rwanda, Central Africa), Leuven (Belgium), Perpignan (France), Siena (Italy), Helsinki (Finland), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Pretoria (South-Africa)
Publications
Books : 1
Chapters in books : 10
Patents : 10
As separate parts in an encyclopedic work (EROS) : 13 topics (= 30 pages)
International journals (all peer-reviewed, SCI): 505
National or local Journals : 7
Abstracts of communications at conferences : 335