Det är med glädje vi meddelar att professor Rolf Carlson, Tromsö universitet, Norge, har tilldelats den femte Herman Wold medaljen. Utdelningsceremonin ägde rum på det åttonde Scandinavian Symposium on Chemometrics som gick av stapeln på Åland, juni 2003.

"For his pioneering work and never failing enthusiasm, to an objective driven problem solving in organic chemistry. Using the combination of experimental design and multivariate data analysis. His contributions to multivariate design are path breaking. Rolf has devoted much of his time towards reagent characterisations. There are numerous articles dealing with principle property estimations of solvents, Lewis acids, ketones, aldehydes, amines, etc.Each one conveying the passion and conviction of the awardee of the optimal experimentation.To summarise his wisdom, Rolf wrote the book "Design and optimisation in organic synthesis" published by Elsevier, Amsterdam 1992. This best selling volume is a blue-print on how to conduct informationally sound experiments in organic and medicinal chemistry"

Torbjörn Lundstedt
Ordförande, Kemometrisektionen, Svenska Kemistsamfundet