Recently, I received a correspondence from Professor Oleg Sinyashin, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences at the A.E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry in Tatarstan, Russia, and Vice Chairman of the Awarding Committee for the International Arbuzovs Prize in Organophosphorus Chemistry.
He wrote: “The International Arbuzovs Prize in the Field of Organophosphorus Chemistry was established in memory of the outstanding Russian chemists, Alexander and Boris Arbuzovs, by the President of the Republic of Tatarstan in 1997.
The Arbuzovs Prize is awarded biennially to an honored Russian or foreign chemist for a “single scientific achievement or a set of scientific results in the development of phosphorus chemistry”
Past winners of the award include:
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1997 – Professors Arkady Pudovik (Russia) and Louis Quin (USA)*
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1999 – Professor Jan Michalski (Poland)
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2001 – Professor Francois Mathey (France)
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2003 – Professor Edgar Niecke (Germany)
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2005 – Professor Masaaki Yoshifuji (Japan)*
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2007 – Professor Irina P. Beletskaya (Russia)†
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2009 – Professor Marian Mikolajczyk (Poland)
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2011 – Professor Michael Blackburn (United Kingdom)
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2013 – Professor Valerii Kukhar (Ukraine)
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2015 – Professor Yufen Zhao (China)*
(*indicates Editorial Board Member of Phosphorus Sulfur and Silicon and the Related Elements)
For 2017, the international committee has chosen Professor Manfred Scheer as the winner of this prestigious prize. The presentation of the prize was observed at the opening ceremony of the XX All-Russian School-Conference on Organic Chemistry held to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the birth of academician Alexander Arbuzov (1877–1968) on 18th September 2017 in the main hall of the Kazan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Professor Scheer delivered a lecture “The Magic of Polyphosphorus Compounds” overviewing his scientific results in this field for the public and scientific communities including the conference participants from various fields of Russian organic chemistry.
A personal presentation of the medal, diploma and monetary award was made to Professor Scheer by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, in the presence of many local officials.
We send our warmest congratulations to our fellow Editorial Board Member, Professor Manfred Scheer, Professor in the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Regensburg (http://www.uni-regensburg.de/chemistry-pharmacy/inorganic-chemistry-scheer/) on this richly deserved honor.
My special thanks to Dr. Tanya Keshner, Executive Secretary of the Awarding Committee for the Arbuzovs Prize attached to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan and Assistant Director for International Cooperation at the A.E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Kazan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences. A copy of the Arbuzovs Booklet about the awards can be found at http://iopc.ru/base/File/=000_Buklet_Arbuzov_017_english_for_print.pdf.
