Curriculum vitae

Education

  • Bachelor of Science (Hons I, University Medal), University of New South Wales, Australia (1966)
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales, Australia (1969)

Work history

1999-present

Professor, Griffith University, Australia, and Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies, Griffith University, Nathan, 4111, Australia

1987-1999

Associate Professor, Griffith University, Australia

July/August 1998

Visiting Scientist, Astra, Charnwood, UK (Simon Teague).

Jan 1995

Professeur Invité, Département de Chimie, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris (Pierre Sinay).

July 1989-Jan 1990

Royal Society Guest Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK (Laurie Hall).

July 1985-Jan 1986

Senior Fulbright Fellowship, National Jewish Centre for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, Colorado (Mayer Goren).

1981-1987

Senior Lecturer, Griffith University, Australia

July-Dec 1979

Visiting Fellow, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London (Charles Rees, FRS)

1975-1980

Lecturer, Griffith University, Australia

1973-1975

Research Fellow, Research School of Chemistry, A.N.U. (Arthur Birch, FRS)

1971-1973

ICI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Sussex (Colin Eaborn, FRS).

1969-1971

Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Molecular Biology, Syntex, California (John Moffatt and Julien Verheyden).

Awards and honours

1989

Royal Society Guest Research Fellow

1985

Senior Fulbright Award

1971

ICI Postdoctoral Fellow

1966

CSIRO PhD Scholarship

Memberships and affiliations

  • Member, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1968-1988)
  • Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1988-present)
  • Foundation Chairman, Organic Chemistry Group (RACI, Queensland Branch) (1981-1984)
  • Treasurer of the Organic Chemistry Group (RACI, Queensland Branch) (1985-2001)
  • Treasurer of the Brisbane Organic Chemistry Symposia (1986-2000)
  • Supervisor, RACI's National Titration Competition for high school students, GU (1991-2007)
  • Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (1968-present)
  • Queensland Representative of the Royal Society of Chemistry (1989-present)

Professional services

  • Queensland Fulbright Selection Committee, 1992-1997.
  • Chair, Queensland Fulbright Selection Committee, 1994-1997.
  • Organising Committees for National and International conferences:
  • 1989    17th Australian Polymer Symposium, Griffith University
  • 1991    12th National Conference of the Division of Organic Chemistry (RACI), University of Queensland (Vice-Chair of this Conference)
  • 1993    3rd Pacific Polymer Conference, Gold Coast
  • 1995    XVIIth International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Brisbane
  • 2000    Chair of the Southern Highlands Conference on Heterocyclic Chemistry

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