Véronique Gouverneur

Véronique Gouverneur
Born (1964-11-08) 8 November 1964
Geel, Belgium
Alma materUniversité catholique de Louvain (MSc, PhD)
AwardsBader Award (2008)

Distinguished Woman in Chemistry Award (2010)
Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2013)
Tilden Prize (2016)
Fellow of the Royal Society (2019)
Henri Moissan Prize (2021)

Arthur C. Cope Award (2022)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
Institutions
Doctoral advisorLéon Ghosez
Websitewww.chem.ox.ac.uk/people/veronique-gouverneur

Véronique Gouverneur FRS (born 8 November 1964 in Geel, Belgium) is the Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at Magdalen College at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Prior to the Waynflete professorship, she held a tutorial fellowship at Merton College, Oxford. Her research on fluorine chemistry has received many professional and scholarly awards. She was elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2025.