Person
Raston, Colin Llewellyn
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- Occupation
- Chemist
Summary
Colin Raston is renowned for his research into clean technology and green chemistry. His work includes process intensification, nanotechnology and self assembly. He has over 600 publications and holds patents on fullerene, nanoparticles, calixarenes, carbon nanotube separation, microfluidics and surface technology. Raston was the lead inventor Vortex Fluidic Device, a machine that unravels proteins and has applications in a wide range of fields from improving the potency of anti-cancer drugs to the production of biofuels. Demonstrating that the machine could be used to 'unboil' an egg won Raston and his team an Ig Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2015.
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Chronology
- 1981 - 1987
- Career position - Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Western Australia
- 1988 - 1995
- Career position - Professor of Chemistry, Griffith University
- 1991 - 1993
- Career position - Deputy Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology, Griffith University
- 1992 - 1993
- Career position - President, Queensland Branch, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1993
- Award - Senior Research Fellow, Australian Research Council
- 1994
- Award - Burrows Award, Inorganic Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1995 - 1996
- Career position - Vice-President, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1995 - 2000
- Career position - Professor of Chemistry, Monash University
- 1995 - 2000
- Career position - Chair, Research Committee, Department of Chemistry, Monash University
- 1996
- Career position - Chair, 17th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Brisbane
- 1996
- Award - H. G. Smith Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1996 - 1997
- Career position - President, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1998
- Award - Senior Research Fellow, Australian Research Council
- 1998 - 2000
- Career position - Chair, Inorganic Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 2000
- Career position - Established Centre for Green Chemistry, Monash University
- 2001 - 2002
- Career position - Chair of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
- 2002
- Award - Green Chemistry Challenge Award, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 2002 - 2006
- Career position - Chair, Editorial Board, Green Chemistry
- 2003 - 2005
- Career position - Professor of Chemistry, University of Western Australia
- 2005
- Award - Professorial Fellowship, Australian Research Council
- 2005 - 2009
- Career position - Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences, University of Western Australia
- 2006
- Award - Leighton Memorial Award, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 2007 - 2009
- Career position - Member, College of Experts, Australian Research Council
- 2007 - 2012
- Career position - Inaugural Director, Centre for Strategic Nano-Fabrication, University of Western Australia
- 2008 -
- Career position - Nanoscience Expert, Nano-technology Advisory group, National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme, Australian Department of Health
- 2010
- Award - Professorial Fellowship, Australian Research Council
- 2011
- Award - Named Living Luminary of Australian Chemistry, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 2013 -
- Career position - Professor of Chemistry, Flinders University
- 2013 - 2016
- Career position - South Australian Premier's Professorial Fellow in Clean Technology, School of Chemistry and Physical Sciences, Flinders University
- 2014
- Career position - Lead inventor Vortex Fluidic Device (machine that unravels proteins, implications for cancer treatment, manufacture of pharmaceuticals, production of biofuels and food processing)
- 2015
- Award - IgNobel Prize in Chemistry (shared)
- 2016
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to science through seminal contributions to the field of chemistry as a researcher and academic, and to professional associations
- 2018 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 2018
- Award - Applied Research Award, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
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Created: 13 March 2018, Last modified: 3 July 2018