Person

Field, Leslie David (1953 - )

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Born
5 February 1953
Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Chemist and University Administrator

Summary

Leslie David Field is Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Sydney and, excluding his time there as a student, has worked there for over twenty years. During this time Field has built up an international reputation for his research on novel reagents containing coordinatively unsaturated transition metals and for his extensive work in the field of NMR spectroscopy including novel studies on heteronuclear coherence transfer and multiple quantum NMR.

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Chronology

1975
Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), University of Sydney
1979
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sydney
1979 - 1981
Career position - Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Southern California, USA
1980 - 1981
Career position - Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Southern California
1981 - 1982
Career position - Research Fellow in the Dyson Perrins Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK
1983 - 1990
Career position - Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, University of Sydney
1984
Award - Rennie Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)
1986
Award - David Edgeworth Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
1991
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney
1991 - 1993
Career position - Reader in Organic Chemistry, University of Sydney
1992
Award - A. J. Birch Medal (jointly), Organic Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
1992 - 1999
Career position - Deputy Director, CRC for Molecular Engineering and Technology: Sensing and Diagnostic Technologies
1994 - 2005
Career position - Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Sydney
1996 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1996
Career position - Associate Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney
1997 - 2001
Career position - Member, Sectional Committee for Chemistry, Australian Academy of Science
1997 - 2002
Career position - Head, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney
2001
Award - Centennial Medal for service to Australian science and society in organic chemistry
2001 - 2003
Career position - Acting Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Sydney
2001 - 2003
Career position - Member, Australian Research Council Physics, Chemistry and Geosciences Panel
2003 - 2005
Career position - Member of the Senate, University of Sydney
2005 -
Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of New South Wales
2005 - 2007
Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Science
2010
Award - Leighton Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
2011
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to the administration of higher education, and to the discipline of chemistry as an academic and researcher
2013 - 2015
Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Science

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Published resources

Books

  • George, Adrian V., Field, Leslie D. and Hambley, Trevor W., The essentials of organic chemistry: a supplementary text on fundamental aspects of organic chemistry (Sydney: Prentice-Hall Australia, 1996), 232 pp. Details

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
  • Field, Leslie D., 'Severyn Marcel (Sever, Sev) Sternhell 1930 - 2022', Historical Records of Australian Science, 36 (1) (2025), 1-11, https://doi.org/doi:10.1071/HR24033. Details

Reports

  • Bell, John; Dodgson, Mark; Field, Les; Gough, Paul; and Spurling, Tom, Translating research for economic and social benefit: country comparisons: Report for the Australian Council of Learned Academies (SAF09) (Canberra, ACT: Australian Council of Learned Academies, 2015), 124 pp. https://acola.org/research-social-economic-benefit-saf09/. Details

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See also

  • Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details

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