Biography
'Gerry'
Pattenden is presently a Research Professor of
Organic Chemistry at Nottingham
University. From
1988-2005, he was Jesse Boot Professor and Head of Organic chemistry in the
Department of Chemistry, and
he was Pro Vice-Chancellor (Vice President) for Research at the University
from 1997 to 2003. He researches in the broad area of design and
development of novel organic synthesis methods, addressing the total
synthesis of natural products of biological importance. He currently has a
research group of PhD students and Post-doctoral Fellows, supported by
awards from the EPSRC and the Chemical Industry.
He has published approximately 470 papers and written several review
articles.
His contributions have been recognised by numerous
awards including, recently, the Royal Society of Chemistry Pedler Medal (1994/95), the 1997 Award for Natural
Product Chemistry, the Hugo Müller
Lectureship in 2000 and the Robert Robinson Award of the Royal Society
of Chemistry in 2006. Pattenden was elected
Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS, in 1991. He was President of Perkin Division of the Royal Society of Chemistry
(1995/97), and Scientific Editor for J. Chem. Soc. Perkin
Transactions 1. Pattenden has served on, and
been Chairman of, various Committees of the EPSRC
and the Royal Society. Pattenden acts as a
consultant for a number of industrial companies.
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