David Parker (chemist)

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David Parker
FRS FRSC
Professor David Parker in Hong Kong.jpg
Born (1956-07-30) 30 July 1956 (age 68) [1]
Education Durham Johnston School
King Edward VI High School, Stafford
Alma mater University of Oxford (MA, DPhil)
Awards Corday-Morgan Prize (1987)
Scientific career
Institutions Durham University
Hong Kong Baptist University
Thesis Studies in asymmetric catalysis  (1980)
Academic advisors Jean-Marie Lehn, John M Brown
Doctoral students Elizabeth New [2]
Website chem.hkbu.edu.hk

David Parker (born 30 July 1956) [1] FRS FRSC is an English chemist, Chair Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University, and Emeritus Professor at the University of Durham. [3] [4]

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Early life and education

David Parker was born in Leadgate, County Durham.[ citation needed ] He grew up in Durham, England and was educated at Durham Johnston School and briefly at King Edward VI High School, Stafford. [1] Having gained an Open Exhibition to Christ Church, Oxford, he read Chemistry at the University of Oxford, where he gained a First Class degree in 1978, and a DPhil in 1980,working with John Brown FRS, [5] based on mechanistic studies in asymmetric catalysis. [6] [7] [8]

Career and research

In 1980, he was appointed to a NATO Fellowship to work with Jean-Marie Lehn (Nobel Prize, 1987), [9] and was appointed to a Lectureship in Chemistry at Durham University, beginning in January 1982. He became Chair Professor of Chemistry at Hong Kong Baptist University in September 2022. [10]

Parker's research investigates the design and synthesis of chiral functional molecules, materials and conjugates and has straddled the traditional disciplines of Physical, Organic and Inorganic Chemistry. Often collaborating with European and UK industry, he has worked on collaborative projects leading to the introduction of imaging [11] [12] and therapeutic agents, [13] including the antibody conjugate MyloTarg.

Awards and honours

Parker gained recognition from the Royal Society of Chemistry, being awarded, among other prizes, the Corday-Morgan Medal (1987), [14] Ludwig Mond Medal (2011), the Hickinbottom Award (1988), [15] an Interdisciplinary Award (RSC, 1996), [16] a Tilden Lectureship (2003) [17] and the Ludwig Mond Prize and Medal (2011). [18] In 2002 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) [19] and gained the ICI Prize in Organic Chemistry in 1991 and the Lecoq de Boisbaudran prize in rare earth science in 2012. [20] In 2014, he was made an EPSRC RISE Fellow, recognising inspiration in science and engineering. [21]

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  2. ↑ New, Elizabeth Joy (2009). Understanding the cellular behaviour of the luminescent lanthanide complexes (PhD thesis). Durham University. OCLC   757073288. EThOS   uk.bl.ethos.503234.
  3. ↑ "David Parker (0000-0001-5281-5146) – ORCID | Connecting Research and Researchers". orcid.org. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Prof. D Parker – Durham University". Durham University. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Parker, David (1980). Studies in Asymmetric Catalysis. jisc.ac.uk (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. EThOS   uk.bl.ethos.279472.
  6. ↑ Brown, John M.; Parker, David (January 1980). "Intermediates in the asymmetric hydrogenation of unsaturated carboxylic acid derivatives". Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications (8): 342–344. doi:10.1039/c39800000342.
  7. ↑ Achiwa, Kazuo; A. Chaloner, Penny; Parker, David (29 September 1981). "The mechanism of asymmetric hydrogenation catalysed by rhodium complexes of chiral pyrrolidinobiphosphines". Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 218 (2): 249–260. doi:10.1016/S0022-328X(00)86107-0.
  8. ↑ Brown, John M.; Parker, David (1 May 2002). "Mechanism of asymmetric homogeneous hydrogenation. Rhodium-catalyzed reductions with deuterium and hydrogen deuteride". Organometallics. 1 (7): 950–956. doi:10.1021/om00067a010.
  9. ↑ Parker, D. (23 April 2012). "Interview with David Parker". Chemical Communications. 48 (40): 4797. doi:10.1039/c2cc90093a. PMID   22491244.
  10. ↑ Yiu, William (29 May 2023). "39 top overseas academics recruited under Hong Kong talent scheme, but some say shortage of lab resources, high property costs a deterrent". South China Morning Post . Retrieved 29 May 2023.
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  12. ↑ Luca, Elena De; Harvey, Peter; Chalmers, Kirsten H.; Mishra, Anurag; Senanayake, P. Kanthi; Wilson, J. Ian; Botta, Mauro; Fekete, Marianna; Blamire, Andrew M. (17 August 2013). "Characterisation and evaluation of paramagnetic fluorine labelled glycol chitosan conjugates for 19F and 1H magnetic resonance imaging" (PDF). Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 19 (2): 215–227. doi:10.1007/s00775-013-1028-y. ISSN   0949-8257. PMID   23955558. S2CID   1529929.
  13. ↑ Law, Ga-Lai; Pal, Robert; Palsson, Lars O.; Parker, David; Wong, Ka-Leung (24 November 2009). "Responsive and reactive terbium complexes with an azaxanthone sensitiser and one naphthyl group: applications in ratiometric oxygen sensing in vitro and in regioselective cell killing". Chemical Communications (47): 7321–7323. doi:10.1039/b920222f. PMID   20024215.
  14. ↑ "RSC Corday-Morgan Prize Previous Winners". rsc.org. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  15. ↑ "RSC Hickinbottom Award Previous Winners". rsc.org. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  16. ↑ "RSC Interdisciplinary Prize Previous Winners". www.rsc.org. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  17. ↑ "RSC Tilden Prize Previous Winners". rsc.org. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  18. ↑ "Ludwig Mond 2011 Award Winner". rsc.org. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  19. ↑ "David Parker". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  20. ↑ "Lecoq de Boisbaudran Award | icfe". icfe8.uniud.it. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  21. ↑ "RISE Awards Announced – EPSRC website". epsrc.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2015.

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