Arjan W Kleij

Biography

Arjan W Kleij received his MSc (1996) and PhD (2000, with honors) from the University of Utrecht (NL) working on recyclable dendrimer- and polymer-supported homogeneous catalysts. In 2000, he moved to industry and worked for more than 3 years (in total) first at Avantium in its pharmaceutical branch, and later on at Hexion as a research scientist.

In the period 2002-2005, he was a postdoc at the UAM in Madrid (Spain), and subsequently at the University of Amsterdam (Netherlands). In 2006, he moved to the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) and became Group Leader, and was promoted to ICREA Professor in 2011.

He is an Associate Editor on our Organic Chemistry Frontiers journal and an editorial board member for our Industrial Chemistry and Materials, and Green Chemistry journals.

RSC journal affiliations

• Associate Editor, Green Chemistry

• Editorial Board Member, Industrial Chemistry & Materials