Geoffrey Brind Jameson FRSNZ [1] is a structural chemist and biologist at Massey University in Palmerston North, New Zealand. Jameson completed a PhD at the University of Canterbury in 1977. [2] He is the director of the Centre for Structural Biology, and a crystallographer, using X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy to determine the structure of materials.
Jameson was the 2011 recipient of the Marsden Medal from the New Zealand Association of Scientists. [3]
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Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Jameson graduated with a PhD from the University of Canterbury in 1971. He then spent nearly 20 years overseas in Switzerland and at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, before joining Massey University in 1994. Professor Jameson is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and Director of the Centre for Structural Biology at Massey University.
The New Zealand Association of Scientists Marsden Medal for 2011 is awarded to Professor Geoffrey B. Jameson in recognition of his sustained record of leadership and service to New Zealand science and his outstanding contribution to the chemical sciences.
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