Person
Rickards, Rodney Warren (1934 - 2007)
FAA
- Born
- 30 June 1934
Manly, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 16 December 2007
- Occupation
- Organic chemist
Summary
Rodney Rickards was with the Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University from 1966-2000, retiring as a Professor. His main research interests were integrated synthetic, biosynthetic, biomimetic and structural studies of compounds of medical and biological importance, ranging from antibiotics to microbial control factors and mammalian hormones of the prostaglandin group.
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Chronology
- 1955
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Sydney
- 1956
- Career position - Teaching Fellow, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney
- 1956 - 1958
- Award - CSIRO Overseas Studentship, Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
- 1958 - 1961
- Career position - Assistant Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
- 1961 - 1966
- Career position - Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
- 1966 - 1967
- Career position - Fellow, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University
- 1967 - 1968
- Career position - Senior Fellow, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University
- 1968 - 1992
- Career position - Professional Fellow, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University
- 1968 - 2007
- Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1980 - 1982
- Career position - Chairman, Organic Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1981 - 2007
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1982
- Award - H. G. Smith Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1982
- Career position - Chairman, 7th National Convention, Division of Organic Chemistry, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Canberra
- 1986 - 1989
- Career position - Chairman, National Committee for Chemistry, Australian Academy of Science
- 1991 - 2000
- Career position - Professor, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University
- 2000
- Life event - Retired
- 2000 - 2007
- Career position - Emeritus Professor, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Cameron, D.W., 'Rodney W. Rickards', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 52 (1999), 999-1000. Details
- Mander, Lewis N.; and Bennett, Martin A., 'Rodney Warren Rickards 1934-2007', Historical Records of Australian Science, 22 (2) (2011), 229-45, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR11010. Details
- Rickards, Rodney W.; and Cornforth, John, Sir, 'Arthur John Birch 1915-1995', Historical Records of Australian Science, 18 (2) (2007), 243-280, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR07010. Details
Resources
- 'Rickards, Rodney Warren (1934-2007)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475049. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 25 June 2019