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