Roger William Alder, FRS is an Emeritus Professor of organic chemistry at the University of Bristol. [1] He joined Bristol in 1965 as an Assistant Lecturer. [2]
His research involves the study of novel compounds with unusual properties, such as proton sponges [3] [4] and stable carbenes. [3] [5]
Alder received the Royal Society of Chemistry Bader Award for organic chemistry in 1993. [6] He has been a fellow of the Royal Society since 2007. [3]