David Weatherburn

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David Weatherburn
Alma mater University of Sydney
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
Institutions Purdue University, Victoria University of Wellington, University of Queensland
Thesis The extraction of quaternary salts from water into aprotic solvents.  (1968)

David Charles Weatherburn is an Australian-trained, New Zealand chemistry academic.

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Academic career

After a MSc [1] and PhD [2] at the University of Sydney in Australia, he did a Postdoc at Purdue University and a brief period at University of Queensland, he joined Victoria University of Wellington in the early 1970s and remained there until his official retirement in 2009. [3] His specialism was coordination chemistry and spectroscopy, but he had a popular sideline in science shows. [3]

In 2011 he was given a Meritorious Service Award by the Tertiary Education Union. [4]

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References

  1. "University of Sydney Library /All Locations". Opac.library.usyd.edu.au:80. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. "University of Sydney Library /All Locations". Opac.library.usyd.edu.au:80. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 http://www.victoria.ac.nz/scps/about/attachments/ChemHist_second-edition_lowres.pdf
  4. "Award recipients and alumni – TEU". Teu.ac.nz. 19 February 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.