Paddon-Row, Michael Nicholas (1942 - )

Summary

Michael Nicholas Paddon-Row has been a professor in the School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales since 1991 and Head of the School of Chemistry since 1996. His major area of interest is physical organic chemistry, in which he is exploring the nature of long-range orbital interactions and their relevance to molecular structure and reactivity, particularly to long-range electron transfer and energy transfer processes. These activities require the application of a wide range of techniques, including computational chemistry (mainly ab initio MO methods), organic synthesis and physico-chemico measurements (such as photoelectron spectroscopy and electron transmission spectroscopy).

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Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute; Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry; Royal Society of Chemistry Lecturer, Australasia 1997; Founding member, joint University of New South Wales/University of Sydney ESR Facility; President, University of New South Wales Chemical Society 1991.

Chronology

1963

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), King's College, University of London

1967

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Australian National University

1967 - 1969

Career position - Research Associate, Manitoba University, Canada

1970 - 1974

Career position - Research Fellow, Australian National University

1974 - 1985

Career position - Lecturer (later Senior Lecturer), New South Wales Institute of Technology

1985 - 1991

Career position - Associate Professor, University of New South Wales

1991 - 2003

Career position - Professor (later Scientia Professor), University of New South Wales

1994 -

Career position - Head, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of New South Wales

1994

Award - H.G. Smith Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1996 -

Career position - Head, School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales

1996

Award - A. J. Birch Medal, Organic Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1999 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

2001

Award - David Craig Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science

2003 -

Career position - Emeritus Scientia Professor, University of New South Wales

2009

Award - DSc (honoris causa), University of Sydney

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• 'Paddon-Row, Michael Nicholas (1942-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475670. Details