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2.2.4 Szejtli’s Scientific Oeuvre
The scientific oeuvre of Professor Szejtli is remarkable both in its variety of topics
and its depth. He published an impressive number of results on cyclodextrins as
author and co-author from 268 scientific papers, 184 proceedings, 106 patents,
more than 100 general reviews (Table 2.1) and book chapters (Table 2.2), and 5
books (source: Cyclodextrin News Database). Professor Szejtli has given more than
200 invited lectures and regularly presented his research findings within universities
and industries throughout Europe, North America, and Asia. CycloLab was also
among the registered places for education of students.
Professor Szejtli has supervised numerous graduate students, postdoctoral students, and visiting scientists from various countries. During five decades, more than
20 PhD dissertations were written and defended under the supervision of Professor
Szejtli.
In 1982, his first famous book entitled Cyclodextrins and Their Inclusion
Complexes is published (Fig. 2.4), in which he reviewed the first industrial applications of cyclodextrins in pharmacy, food industry, chromatography, and chemical
industry (Szejtli 1982a). In 1988, Professor Szejtli wrote another comprehensive
book, Cyclodextrin Technology, which is still considered as a reference work in the
cyclodextrin community (Szejtli 1988a).
In 1998, while traveling by plane, one of the authors, G. Crini, a French postdoctoral fellow student in Milano, Italy, under the supervision of Research Director
Torri and Professor Casu, has just returned from the Ninth International Cyclodextrin
Symposium organized in Spain and had the opportunity to speak with Professor
Szejtli during flight. He told him: “If you want to be a future expert in cyclodextrin,
write a book, not just an article.” 17 years later, Crini edited his first cyclodextrin
book (Morin-Crini et al. 2015).
2.2.5 Professor Szejtli and the Cyclodextrin
Scientific Community
In 2004, Szente wrote: “József was a very energetic person, full of new ideas and
always ready to travel the world to propagate cyclodextrin news and technologies”
(Szente 2004). Indeed, Professor Szejtli gave numerous conferences and invited
lectures throughout the world and was visiting professor in several universities. He
was an active member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Inclusion Phenomena. In
1994, a special issue – volume 18, number 3, pp. 207–314 – was dedicated to
Professor Szejtli on the occasion of his 60th birthday. His last article was also published in this journal (Fig. 2.5).
During the period 1975–1985, significant collaborations have also been put in
place with Japanese, e.g., Professors Koki Horikoshi, Makoto Komiyama, Tetsuo
Osa, Tsuneji Nagai, and Kaneto Uekama; English, e.g., Professor James Pagington
G. Crini et al.
2.2.4 Szejtli’s Scientific Oeuvre
The scientific oeuvre of Professor Szejtli is remarkable both in its variety of topics
and its depth. He published an impressive number of results on cyclodextrins as
author and co-author from 268 scientific papers, 184 proceedings, 106 patents,
more than 100 general reviews (Table 2.1) and book chapters (Table 2.2), and 5
books (source: Cyclodextrin News Database). Professor Szejtli has given more than
200 invited lectures and regularly presented his research findings within universities
and industries throughout Europe, North America, and Asia. CycloLab was also
among the registered places for education of students.
Professor Szejtli has supervised numerous graduate students, postdoctoral students, and visiting scientists from various countries. During five decades, more than
20 PhD dissertations were written and defended under the supervision of Professor
Szejtli.
In 1982, his first famous book entitled Cyclodextrins and Their Inclusion
Complexes is published (Fig. 2.4), in which he reviewed the first industrial applications of cyclodextrins in pharmacy, food industry, chromatography, and chemical
industry (Szejtli 1982a). In 1988, Professor Szejtli wrote another comprehensive
book, Cyclodextrin Technology, which is still considered as a reference work in the
cyclodextrin community (Szejtli 1988a).
In 1998, while traveling by plane, one of the authors, G. Crini, a French postdoctoral fellow student in Milano, Italy, under the supervision of Research Director
Torri and Professor Casu, has just returned from the Ninth International Cyclodextrin
Symposium organized in Spain and had the opportunity to speak with Professor
Szejtli during flight. He told him: “If you want to be a future expert in cyclodextrin,
write a book, not just an article.” 17 years later, Crini edited his first cyclodextrin
book (Morin-Crini et al. 2015).
2.2.5 Professor Szejtli and the Cyclodextrin
Scientific Community
In 2004, Szente wrote: “József was a very energetic person, full of new ideas and
always ready to travel the world to propagate cyclodextrin news and technologies”
(Szente 2004). Indeed, Professor Szejtli gave numerous conferences and invited
lectures throughout the world and was visiting professor in several universities. He
was an active member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Inclusion Phenomena. In
1994, a special issue – volume 18, number 3, pp. 207–314 – was dedicated to
Professor Szejtli on the occasion of his 60th birthday. His last article was also published in this journal (Fig. 2.5).
During the period 1975–1985, significant collaborations have also been put in
place with Japanese, e.g., Professors Koki Horikoshi, Makoto Komiyama, Tetsuo
Osa, Tsuneji Nagai, and Kaneto Uekama; English, e.g., Professor James Pagington
G. Crini et al.