Published: August 09, 2011

r 2011 American Chemical Society 9655 dx.doi.org/10.1021/la202443u | Langmuir 2011, 27, 9655–9655

EDITORIAL

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2010 ACS Langmuir Lecturer

We highlight 2010 Langmuir lecturer Richard M. Lambertand fellowauthorsGeorgiosKyriakou andSimonK.Beaumont,

whose cover art is featured and whose article (“Aspects of Hetero-geneous Enantioselective Catalysis by Metals”) appears in this issue.

Richard Lambert, ACS Langmuir Lecturer 2010

Richard Lambert received both his Bachelor’s degree and Ph.D. inchemistry fromOxford University, followed by a postdoctoral fellow-ship at the University of California, Berkeley. He then moved to theChemistry Department, Cambridge University, where his researchinterests involved the application of a broad range of laboratory-basedand synchrotron radiation techniques encompassing a variety of bothfundamental and applied problems in which the common themes are(i) the structure and reactivity of solid surfaces investigated underconditions ranging from ultrahigh vacuum to liquids at high pressureand (ii) the synthesis of new types of functional materials aimed at arange of technical applications. He is now Emeritus Professor ofChemistry at Cambridge University and a Life Fellow of King’sCollege,Cambridge. InSeptember 2010, hemovedhis entire researchlaboratory to theUniversityof Seville, Spain,where research continueson the development of newheterogeneously catalyzed routes relevantto organic synthesis, photonic systems, microfluidic devices, andenergy-related applications of catalysis, including fuel cells. He haspublished nearly 400 papers and review articles covering these variousfields and continues as an editor of the journal Surface Science.

Georgios Kyriakou received his Bachelor’s degree in chem-istry from the University of Hull and his Ph.D. from theUniversity of Cambridge under the supervision of ProfessorRichard Lambert. He then continued as a postdoctoral researchfellow at the University of Cambridge working in the fields ofheterogeneous catalysis, surface science, solid-state sensors, andextreme ultraviolet lithography. He is now a research assistantprofessor at Tufts University. His current research is aimed atunderstanding surface phenomena with respect to heteroge-neous asymmetric catalysis, chemoselective hydrogenations,and self-assembled systems.

Simon K. Beaumont grew up in Warwickshire (U.K.) beforeattending Cambridge University to study for both his under-graduate degree (BA/MSci) and then his Ph.D. in chemistry.During his Ph.D. under the direction of Prof. R. M. Lambert, heexplored the application of nanoparticle catalysts to syntheticorganic transformations, including heterogeneous enantioselec-tive catalysis. He has now moved to the US to take up a post as apostdoctoral research scholar at the University of California,Berkeley.