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Mander, Lewis Norman (Lew) (1939 - )

FAA, FRS
 
Chemist
Born: 8 September 1939  Auckland, New Zealand
Lewis Norman (Lew) Mander is Leader / Dean of the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University and has worked there since 1975. His research interests include studying methods and strategies for the synthesis of complex natural products which have interesting biological properties. Professor Mander is a Fellow of The Royal Society (FRS) and the Australian Academy of Science (FAA), and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. He has been a Nuffield Fellow (Cambridge University, 1972), a Fulbright Senior Scholar (California Institute of Technology, 1977, and Harvard University, 1986) and an Eminent Scientist of RIKEN, Japan. He was awarded the H.G. Smith Medal of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute in 1981 and the Flintoff and Organic Synthesis Medals of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

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Career Highlights
URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://rsc.anu.edu.au/RSC/ChemResearch/Chemists/mander.html

Chronology
1960Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Auckland, New Zealand
1961Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Auckland
1964 - 1965Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan, USA
1965Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Sydney
1965 - 1966Postdoctoral Associate at Caltech in Pasadena, USA
1966 - 1970Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at the University of Adelaide
1970 - 1975Senior Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at the University of Adelaide
1971 - 1972Nuttfield Commonwealth Fellow at the University of Cambridge, UK
1975 - 1980Senior Fellow at the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University, Canberra
1981H.G. Smith Memorial Medal received from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
1981 - 1986Dean of the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University
1983 - Member of the Australian Academy of Science
1986 - 1987Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, USA (six months)
1990Flintoff Medal and Prize received from the Royal Society of Chemistry
1991 - Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ Hon)
1992 - 1995Dean of the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University
1994 - 1995Eminent Visiting Scientist at RIKEN in Tokyo, Japan

 

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