Person
White, Allan Henry (1938 - 2016)
- Born
- 3 January 1938
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 27 March 2016
- Occupation
- Chemist and Crystallographer
Summary
Allan White is an expert in the field of crystallography and structural (inorganic) chemistry. He has been an academic staff member of the Chemistry Department and the Crystallography Centre at The University of Western Australia since 1966. White has used X-ray diffraction and other techniques to determine the structural architecture of thousands of significant natural, mineral and drug compounds. White was Professor of Chemistry and Crystallography at the University of Western Australia from 1999 to 2007.
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Chronology
- 1958
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1959
- Education - Diploma in Education (DipEd), University of Melbourne
- 1959 - 1961
- Career position - Lecturer in Physics and Chemistry at the Victorian School of Forestry
- 1960 - 1980
- Career position - Member of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1962
- Education - Bachelor of Education (BEd), University of Melbourne
- 1963
- Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), University of Melbourne
- 1966 - 1970
- Career position - Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, University of Western Australia
- 1967
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne
- 1970
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Western Australia
- 1970
- Career position - Nuffield Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK
- 1970 - 1976
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Western Australia
- 1976 - 1999
- Career position - Associate Professor of Chemistry and Crystallography, University of Western Australia
- 1980 - 2016
- Career position - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI)
- 1980 - 2016
- Career position - Member of the Society of Crystallographers in Australia
- 1981
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne
- 1987
- Education - Bachelor of Music with Honours (BMus(Hons)), University of Western Australia
- 1987
- Award - H.G. Smith Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1987
- Award - RACI Citation award, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1989
- Career position - Visiting Erskine Fellow, University of Canterbury in New Zealand
- 1991 - 1993
- Career position - President, Society of Crystallographers in Australia
- 1999 - 2007
- Career position - Professor of Chemistry and Crystallography, University of Western Australia
- 2004
- Award - ISI Citation Laureate award
- 2005
- Award - Burrows Award, Inorganic Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 2007 -
- Career position - Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
- 2009
- Award - Chancellor's Medal, University of Western Australia
- 2010 - 2016
- Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Western Australia
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Koutsantonis, George; and Kim, Yang, 'Foreword [dedicated to Allan White on the occasion of his 75th birthday]', Australian journal of chemistry, 65 (7) (2012), 695-7, https://www.publish.csiro.au/CH/pdf/CH12304. Details
- Pettinari, Claudio; Tombesi, Alessia; Marchetti, Fabio; Di Nicola, Corrado; and Pettinari, Riccardo, 'Fifteen years of scientific investigation into main groups and transitional metal coordination chemistry with Allan White', Australian journal of chemistry, 73 (5/6) (2020), 399-423. https://doi.org/10.1071/CH19623. Details
Resources
- 'White, Allan Henry (1938-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475806. Details
See also
- Who's who in Australia 2012 (Melbourne: Crown Content Pty Ltd, 2012), 2430 pp. Details
- Gleadow, A. J. W.; and Lovering, J. F., 'Development of geochronology in Victoria', Australian journal of earth sciences, 55 (6/7) (2008), 753-67, https://doi.org/10.1080/08120090802094119. Details
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Created: 8 October 2003, Last modified: 25 June 2019