Person
Sternhell, Sever (1930 - 2022)
FAA AO
- Born
- 30 May 1930
Lwow, Poland - Died
- 18 November 2022
- Occupation
- Organic chemist
Summary
Sever Sternhell was appointed to the Department of Organic Chemistry at the University of Sydney as a Senior Lecturer in 1964. He was Professor of Organic Chemistry from December 1977 until his retirement in 1999. His research interests are in organic chemistry and molecular engineering.
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Chronology
- 1951
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Sydney
- 1953
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney
- 1953 - 1955
- Career position - Research Chemist, Research and Development Department, Beetle-Elliot (Plastics) Ltd, now Monsanto
- 1955 - 1964
- Career position - Research Officer, later Senior Research Officer, CSIRO Division of Coal Research
- 1960
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and DIC, Imperial College, London
- 1964 - 1967
- Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Sydney
- 1966
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), Imperial College, London
- 1967 - 1977
- Career position - Reader in Organic Chemistry, University of Sydney
- 1977 - 1978
- Career position - Head, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney
- 1977 - 1999
- Career position - Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Sydney
- 1986
- Career position - Head, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney
- 1989 - 1992
- Career position - Member, Materials Science Priority Panel, Australian Research Council
- 1991 - 1992
- Career position - Chairman, Australian Research Council Chemical Sciences Panel
- 1992
- Career position - Chairman, Interdisciplinary Panel, Australian Research Council
- 1992
- Award - Archibald Liversidge Medal and Lecture, Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1992 - 2022
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1992
- 1993 - 2022
- Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1997 - 1998
- Career position - Head, Division of Organic Chemistry, University of Sydney
- 1999 -
- Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and science in organic chemistry and molecular engineering
- 2018
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (OA) for distinguished service to education in the field of organic chemistry, specifically to nuclear magnetic resonance, as an academic and researcher, and to scientific institutions
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Field, Les, 'Professor Sev Sternhell', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 52 (1999), 1001-2. Details
- Field, Les, 'Vale Sev Sternhell (1930 - 2022), influential organic chemist', Chemistry in Australia (2023), 28. Details
- Sternhell, Sev, 'Science in the Universities: Australia on the Road to Burkina Faso', Quadrant, 34 (263) (1990), 41-46. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7457809. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/121787145. Details
- 'Sternhell, Sever (1930-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475882. Details
See also
- Who's who in Australia 2012 (Melbourne: Crown Content Pty Ltd, 2012), 2430 pp. Details
- Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia [Queen's Birthday 2018], Governor General's Office, Canberra, 2018, https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-02/qb18_media_notes_-_ao.pdf. Details
Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 24 January 2023