Professor’s research receives over 5,000 citations
Professor Mike Page achieves new career milestone of 5,000 citations
Tue, 13 May 2014 13:15:00 BST
RSC Perkins Prize winner Professor Mike Page achieves new career milestone
Former Royal Society of Chemistry Perkin Prize winner, Professor Mike Page, has reached a new career milestone – his 200-plus scientific publications have now received a total of 5,000 citations from researchers in the field of chemistry and biochemistry who have drawn on and referenced his work.
The University of Huddersfield professor – a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University – began to publish research articles after his PhD in 1970. His most-cited piece dates from 1972 and several of his articles have each received more than 100 citations – all based on work carried out at Huddersfield.
His published research into basic mechanisms of enzyme catalysis led to his inclusion in a list of the world’s most cited chemists and in 1991 Professor Page was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 150th anniversary Perkin Prize for best research paper and the highly prestigious Organic Reaction Mechanisms Prize in 2003.
He continues to produce new work. There have been recent contributions to the American Journal of Organic Chemistry and a co-author of his latest article, soon to be published in one of the world’s leading high impact journals, Chemical Science, is the University of Huddersfield’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Bob Cryan, who contributed some mathematical calculations.
Professor Page’s research covers the fields of organic chemistry, biochemistry and medicinal chemistry. His principal interests are how chemical reactions occur and the nature and use of enzymes. His earlier work adopted a purely academic approach to understanding chemical processes which then led to a more practical research – such as the use of enzymes as catalysts for bio-technology, ways of overcoming bacterial resistance to antibiotics and the use of liquid ammonia as a ‘green’ solvent – all of which have industrial relevance.
At the University of Huddersfield he is co-founder of the analytical unit named Innovative Physical Organic Solutions – IPOS. Its remit is to work closely with industry and it is based in a suite of specially-equipped labs known as The Page Laboratories.
Professor Page was educated at universities in Brighton, Leicester, Glasgow, Massachusetts and Stirling, arriving at Huddersfield as a lecturer in 1972. He became Professor of Chemistry in 1985 and his other posts included Head of the Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences and Dean of the School of Applied Sciences. Between 2004 and 2009, he was the University’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, with special responsibility for planning, resources, admissions, marketing and communications.
