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Professor Duncan Bruce highlights

Learned Societies

  • 2026 Elected Member of Academia Europae
  • 1991 Elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)

Awards

  • 2023 International Cooperation Prize of the Petrochemical Foundation of China
  • 2022 - Gold Medal Award of the Chirantan Rasayan Sanstha, India
  • 2014 - RSC Peter Day Award
  • 2010 - RSC Tilden Prize
  • 1996 - RSC Corday-Morgan Medal and Prize
  • 1994-1995 - RSC Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship
  • 1990 - British Liquid Crystal Society Young Scientist Prize

Visiting Professorships

  • 2013 - Universidad de Concepción, Chile
  • 2012 - University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 2010 - National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan
  • 2003 - University of Sydney

Named Lectures

  • 2006 – John van Geuns Lecturer, University of Amsterdam
  • 2005 – Paul Sabbatier Lecturer, LCC-CNRS, Toulouse

Professional Positions

  • 2019-2023 Chair, Board of Trustees, RSC Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
  • 2017-2021 Chair, RSC Awards Working Group.
  • 2016-2022 Member, RSC Disciplinary Committee.
  • 2016-2019 Employer Nominated Trustee – RSC Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.
  • 2013-2015 Chair – RSC Audit Committee
  • 2011-2013 Appointed member of RSC Audit Committee.
  • 2011-2015 Elected Member of the Council of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Advisory/Editorial Boards

  • 2006-2015 Editorial Advisory Board, Chemistry Central Journal
  • 2001 - International Advisory Board, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals