Roger A. Sheldon

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{{Infobox scientist

| name = Roger Sheldon

| birth_name = Roger Arthur Sheldon

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRS|FRSC|size=100%}}

| image = Professor Roger Arthur Sheldon FRS.jpg

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| caption = Sheldon in 2015

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1942|6|24}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330061810/http://www.sheldon.nl/bi/CV.aspx|archive-date=2014-03-30|url=http://www.sheldon.nl/bi/CV.aspx|publisher=sheldon.nl|title=Roger Sheldon CV|first=Roger|last=Sheldon|year=2014}}

| birth_place = Nottingham, England, UK

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| nationality = British

| fields = {{Plainlist|

• Biocatalysis{{cite web |url=https://royalsociety.org/people/roger-sheldon-12270/ |author=Anon|year=2015|title = Professor Roger A. Sheldon FRS |archive-date=2017-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825192050/https://royalsociety.org/people/roger-sheldon-12270/ |location=London|publisher=Royal Society|website=royalsociety.org}} One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: {{blockquote|"All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License." --{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111170346/https://royalsociety.org/about-us/terms-conditions-policies/|title=Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies|date=2016-11-11}}}}
• Green chemistry{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1039/B719347P| title = Professor Dr Roger A. Sheldon—65 years on| journal = Green Chemistry| volume = 10| issue = 3| pages = 270| year = 2008| last1 = Moiseev | first1 = I. I. | last2 = Murahashi | first2 = S. I. | last3 = Poliakoff | first3 = M. | last4 = Seddon | first4 = K. R. | last5 = Švedas | first5 = V. K. }}
• Catalytic oxidation}}

| workplaces = {{Plainlist|

• Delft University of Technology
• Case Western Reserve University
• Indiana University
• Boots Pure Drug Company Ltd.
• Royal Dutch Shell}}

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| alma_mater = University of Leicester

| thesis_title = Some reactions of tetraphenyldiphosphine

| thesis_url = http://hdl.handle.net/2381/33898

| thesis_year = 1967

| doctoral_advisor = {{Plainlist|

• Stuart Trippett
• Stephen Davidson{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1039/J39660000722| title = The reactions of tetraphenyldiphosphine with alcohols| journal = Journal of the Chemical Society C: Organic| pages = 722| year = 1966| last1 = Davidson | first1 = R. S.| last2 = Sheldon | first2 = R. A.| last3 = Trippett | first3 = S.}}}}

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| known_for = {{Plainlist|

• Atom economy{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1351/pac200072071233| title = Atom efficiency and catalysis in organic synthesis| journal = Pure and Applied Chemistry| volume = 72| issue = 7| pages = 1233–1246| year = 2000| last1 = Sheldon | first1 = R. A. | doi-access = free}}
• Green chemistry metrics{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1039/B713736M| title = The E Factor: Fifteen years on| journal = Green Chemistry| volume = 9| issue = 12| pages = 1273| year = 2007| last1 = Sheldon | first1 = R. A. | author-link1 = Roger A. Sheldon}}{{Cite journal

| pmid = 22879509

| year = 2012

| last1 = Tuck

| first1 = C. O.

| title = Valorization of biomass: Deriving more value from waste

| journal = Science

| volume = 337

| issue = 6095

| pages = 695–9

| last2 = Pérez

| first2 = E

| last3 = Horváth| first3 = I. T. | author-link3 = István T. Horváth

| last4 = Sheldon | first4 = R. A. | author-link4 = Roger A. Sheldon

| last5 = Poliakoff | first5 = M | author-link5 = Martyn Poliakoff

| doi = 10.1126/science.1218930

| bibcode = 2012Sci...337..695T

| s2cid = 715234

}}}}

| awards = {{Plainlist|

• Green Chemistry Award (2010){{cite web|url=http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/GreenChemistry/2010winner.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120152036/http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/GreenChemistry/2010winner.asp|archive-date=2015-01-20|publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry|title=Green Chemistry Award 2010 Winner: Roger Sheldon, Delft University of Technology}}}}

| website = {{URL|sheldon.nl}}

| footnotes =

| spouse = Janna Kornelia Dijkstra

}}Roger Arthur Sheldon (born 1942) is a British chemist who is emeritus professor of Biocatalysis and Organic Chemistry at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.{{Scopus id}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1039/B107270F| pmid = 12239988| year = 2001| title = Catalytic reactions in ionic liquids| last1 = Sheldon | first1 = R. | journal = Chemical Communications| issue = 23| pages = 2399–2407}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1021/cr050946x| pmid = 17564484| title = Biocatalysis in Ionic Liquids| journal = Chemical Reviews| volume = 107| issue = 6| pages = 2757–85| year = 2007| last1 = Van Rantwijk | first1 = F. | last2 = Sheldon | first2 = R. A. }}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1126/science.287.5458.1636| pmid = 10698735| title = Green, Catalytic Oxidation of Alcohols in Water| journal = Science| volume = 287| issue = 5458| pages = 1636–9| year = 2000| last1 = Brink | first1 = G. T. | last2 = Arends | first2 = I. W. C. E. | last3 = Sheldon | first3 = R. A. | bibcode = 2000Sci...287.1636T| author-link3 = Roger A. Sheldon}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1002/adsc.200700082| title = Enzyme Immobilization: The Quest for Optimum Performance| journal = Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis| volume = 349| issue = 8–9| pages = 1289–1307| year = 2007| last1 = Sheldon | first1 = R. A. }}{{Cite journal

| pmid = 12239988

| year = 2001

| last1 = Sheldon

| first1 = R

| title = Catalytic reactions in ionic liquids

| journal = Chemical Communications

| issue = 23

| pages = 2399–407

| doi = 10.1039/b107270f

}}