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41st IUPAC Council Meeting

Nominee for the Bureau

Prof. Gus Somsen (Netherlands)–Reappointment

Prof. Gus Somsen

Education and Career: Prof. Somsen graduated in chemistry in 1956 after study at Vrije University in Amsterdam and at the University of Utrecht. He received his Ph.D. in physical chemistry after working with Prof. Jan Coops.

After military service as an officer in the field artillery (1956-1958), Prof. Somsen joined the faculty of the Department of Chemistry at Vrije University as an instructor (1959-1964). He was subsequently promoted to associate professor (1964-1971) and then to professor of physical chemistry (1971-1997). Prof. Somsen served as head of the Department of Chemistry (1980- 1983 and 1993-1997), vice rector (1983-1985), dean of faculty (1985-1987), and member of the University Council (1988-1990) at Vrije University. He has been an emeritus professor at Vrije since 1997.

Research Activities: Prof. Somsen has research interests in experimental chemical thermodynamics, physical chemistry of solutions, and liquids and liquid structures. He has authored about 120 publications on thermochemistry and physical chemistry of solutions.

Related Professional Activities: Prof. Somsen holds memberships in the Koninklijke Nederlandse Chemische Vereniging (Netherlands) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK). He has served as a member of the editorial advisory boards of Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas (1981-1989), Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics (1985-1990 and chairman, 1991-2000), and Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions (1990-1993).

Prof. Somsen has also served as secretary of the Division on Liquids and Interfaces of the Dutch National Organization for Chemical Research (SON, 1977-1980 and 1985-1989), director of the North American Calorimetry Conference (1977-1979, 1984-1986, and 1992-1994), member of the Academy Commission on Chemistry of the Ko n i n k l i j ke Nederlandse Akademie van Weten-schappen (1981- 1991), and member of the National Reviewing Committee on chemical education at the universities in The Netherlands.

Awards: Prof. Somsen has won the Medal Uniwersytet Lódzki from the University of Lódz, Poland (1994); the Swietoslawski Medal from the Polish Society of Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis, Poland (1994); and a designation as Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau from Her Majesty, the Queen of the Netherlands (1995).

IUPAC Activities: Prof. Somsen currently serves as an Elected Member of the IUPAC Bureau (1998-2001), a Member of the Project Committee of the Bureau (1999-2001), and an Associate Member of the Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division (I) Committee (2000-2001). His previous IUPAC positions include the following: Member (1977-1985) and Chairman (1985- 1989) of the Commission on Thermodynamics (I.2); Member (1990-1991), Secretary (1992-1993), Vice President (1994-1995), President (1996-1997), and Past President (1998-1999) of the Physical Chemistry Division (I); and Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on Project Evaluation Criteria (1998).

 

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