Griffith University

Education

• Bachelor of Science (Hons I), University of New South Wales, Australia (1966)
• Doctor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales, Australia (1970)

Work history

2003-present

Professor & Director, Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies, Griffith University, Australia

1993-present

Professor, Griffith University, Australia

1992-1993

Associate Professor, Griffith University, Australia

1988-1991

Senior Lecturer, Griffith University, Australia

1982-1987

Lecturer, Griffith University, Australia

1980-1981

Research Scientist, F. Hoffman La-Roche, Basel, Switzerland

1974-1981

Research Scientist, Roche Research Institute of Marine Pharmacology, Sydney, Australia

1973-1974

Research Fellow, Research School of Chemistry, ANU, Canberra, Australia

1971-1973

Post-doctoral Fellow, Departments of Pharmacology and Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Hawaii, USA

1969-1971

Faculty Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA

Awards and honours

2004

Awarded, Adrien Albert Award, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

2003

Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (elected)

1991-1992

Fellow, Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.

Memberships and affiliations

Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

• Royal Australian Chemical Institute positions held:
• • Queensland and N.T. Branch Committee (1983/84/85)
  • Queensland and N.T. Branch -Education Group Committee (1984/85; 1985/86;1986/87)
  • Chairman - Organic Group (1983/84;1984/85; 1985/86; 1986/87)
  • Medicinal and Agricultural Chemistry Division - Committee (1986 - 1993)
  • Organisation of the RACI Schools Lecture for high school students at Griffith University (1985, 1986, 1987)
  • Visits and promotion at two Primary Schools (1985)
  • Chairman/Organiser - 1st Annual Symposium on Organic Synthesis (Brisbane) (1986)
  • Chairman - RACI Division of Medicinal and Agricultural Chemistry, 8th National Convention, Brisbane, August 29-September 1, 1989.
• Royal Australian Chemical Institute Activities:
• • I initiated the first Symposium on Organic Synthesis in Brisbane. This has grown to an Annual event attracting in excess of 100 chemists each year. It is a significant event in the Brisbane calendar.
  • I was the guest speaker at a Breakfast Symposium on 25 Jul 2001 sponsored by the RACI, AusBiotech and Department of Innovation and Information Economy. The topic of my address was Can the SE Qld Region Develop a Pharmaceutical-based Bio-Industry?

Professional services

• Director, Microelectronics Technologies Pty Ltd (MeT) (1992-1995)

• Appointed by the Griffith University Council to serve as the University's Director on the Board of Microelectronics Technologies Pty Ltd

• Member, Queensland Food and Fibre Science and Innovation Council (QFFSIC) (2000 - 2004)
• Member, International Advisory Board (IAB) of the Marine Biotechnology Institute Co Ltd, Japan (2001 - present)
• Member, Expert Reference Group, Public Inquiry into Access to Biological Resources in Commonwealth Areas (1999-2000)
• Member, Biodiversity Advisory Committee, Brisbane City Council (2000- 2004)
• Member, Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) Advisory Committee (2000-2004)
• Member, Queensland Food, Fibre & Agribusiness Council (QFFAC) (2004 - present)
• Member, NHMRC Development Grants Review Panel (2004 - present)
• Member, Working Group, Prime Minister's Science, Engineering & Innovation Council (PMSEIC) (2005)
• Member, Queensland Biotechnology Advisory Council (QBAC) (2005 - present)
• Chair, QBAC Industrial Biotechnology Working Group (2006 - present)