John Cadogan
| Sir John Cadogan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
John Ivan George Cadogan 8 October 1930 (age 86) Pembrey , Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
| Occupation | Scientist, chemist |
Sir John Ivan George Cadogan HonFREngCBE FRS FRSE FRSC PLSW (born 8 October 1930), commonly known as John Cadogan, is a British scientist specializing in organic chemistry.
Cadogan was born in 1930 in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom. He was educated at Swansea Grammar School, where he achieved State Scholar in 1948, and at King's College London, where he earned a 1st Class Honours degree as well as a PhD, and was awarded the Millar Thomson Medal, and the Samuel Smiles Prize.
After his National Service years as a senior research fellow at the Chemical Defence Establishment Porton Down, he returned to King's College as a lecturer in Chemistry. At age 32, he became Purdie Professor of Chemistry at the University of St Andrews and, six years later, became Forbes Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh.
In 1979, Cadogan joined the former British Petroleum Company as Chief Scientist, BP Research Centre. He became its first worldwide Director of Research in 1981 and held the post until 1992. During his time at BP, he oversaw the growth in research from $60 million to $450 million. Long before global warming/CO2 attained its current high profile, Cadogan initiated a $50 million programme devoted to green issues, reducing BP's huge energy usage in its production processes, including championship and chair of BP's solar photovoltaic sector. He also served as a Director of BP Chemicals International, BP Gas International, BP Venezuela; Chairman of BP Solar International, Kaldair International, BP Advanced Composites, BP Vencap; and chief executive of BP Ventures and the BP Innovation Centre.
Throughout his time at BP he maintained, with generous BP support, an independent research group in the Department of Chemistry at Edinburgh University. The most recent publication from this team was in 2010. Parts of his research are about organic reaction mechanisms, short contact time reactions, reactive intermediates (free radicals, nitrenes and arynes), organophosphorus chemistry, and heterocyclic synthesis.
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