Person
Hearn, Milton Thomas William
AM FTSE FRACI
- Occupation
- Biochemist
Summary
Milton Hearn is a biochemist whose research centres on seeking more environmentally sustainable industrial chemical processes. As Director of the Centre for Green Chemistry at Monash University Hearn has led research aimed at reducing waste generated during manufacturing and finding natural rather than synthetic or petrochemical sources of industrial chemicals. Processes have been developed to extract from natural waste materials chemicals commonly used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and other consumer products. Hearn has registered 32 patents and published over 550 scientific papers.
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Chronology
- 1969 - 1971
- Career position - NRC Fellow, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- 1971 - 1977
- Career position - Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
- 1977 - 1981
- Career position - Senior Research Scientist, University of Otago Medical School. Dunedin, New Zealand
- 1980
- Award - Senior Organon Award, Endocrine Society of Australia and New Zealand Society for Endocrinology
- 1981 - 1983
- Career position - Senior Research Fellow, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, and Senior Research Associate, University of Melbourne
- 1983 - 1985
- Career position - Principal Research Fellow, National Health and Medical Research Council
- 1985 - 2019
- Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1986 - 2002
- Career position - Professor of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, Monash University
- 1990
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
- 1995 - 1999
- Career position - Australian Representative, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
- 1997 - 2002
- Career position - Director, Centre for Bioprocess Technology, Monash University
- 1998
- Career position - Distinguished Professor, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- 1999
- Award - H. G. Smith Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1999 - 2002
- Career position - Member, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
- 1999 - 2003
- Career position - Chair, Commission for Biotechnology, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal For service to Australian society in biotechnology
- 2002 -
- Career position - Director, Centre for Green Chemistry, Monash University
- 2003 -
- Award - Fellow, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
- 2003
- Award - Applied Research Award and Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 2005
- Award - Analytical Chemistry Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 2007
- Award - R. K. Murphy Medal, Industrial Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 2010 -
- Award - Fellow, Royal Society of Victoria
- 2010
- Award - Green Chemistry Challenge Award, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 2012
- Award - Leighton Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 2015
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to science through major contributions to advances in chemical manufacturing.
- 2015
- Award - American Chemical Society Award in Chromatography
- 2019 -
- Award - Distinguished Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
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See also
- Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia [Australia Day 2015: A-L], Governor General's Office, Canberra, 2015, https://web.archive.org.au/awa/20190510165629mp_/https:/www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2015/Media%20Notes%20-%20AM%20(A-L).pdf. Details
- Anon, '2019 RACI national award winners', Chemistry in Australia, 2020 (Jan/Feb) (2020), 26-31. Details
- 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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Created: 26 June 2019, Last modified: 2 November 2023