Jairton Dupont (born 16 December 1958, in Farroupilha) is a Brazilian chemist whose research concerns ionic liquids, organometallic catalysis, and metallic nanoparticles. Currently, he is a professor at UFRGS. [1] [2] Since 2014 he has been Professor of Sustainable Chemistry at the University of Nottingham. [3]
He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and a recipient of Brazil's National Order of Scientific Merit [1] and the TWAS Prize. [4]
Dupont earned his Ph.D. from the Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg. [5]
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Jairton Dupont (born 16 December 1958, in Farroupilha) is a Brazilian chemist whose research concerns ionic liquids, organometallic catalysis, and metallic nanoparticles. Currently, he is a professor at UFRGS. [1] [2] Since 2014 he has been Professor of Sustainable Chemistry at the University of Nottingham. [3]
He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and a recipient of Brazil's National Order of Scientific Merit [1] and the TWAS Prize. [4]
Dupont earned his Ph.D. from the Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg. [5]
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Dupont was born into a family with economic difficulties, he already worked at an early age, and at the age of 14 he was formally hired as a clerk in a hardware store. [6]