Mark Wainwright

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Mark Wainwright
Born (1943-10-20) 20 October 1943 (age 79)
Adelaide
OccupationHonorary Visiting Professor
Employer University of New South Wales

Mark Sebastian Wainwright is an Australian chemical engineer and emeritus professor of the University of New South Wales, and institutional leader within the Australian academic and technological sectors. He served as seventh vice chancellor and president of the UNSW from 2004 to 2006. In 2004 he was appointed a member of the Order of Australia for services to chemical engineering as a researcher and academic, and to tertiary education. In 2007 he was awarded an honorary doctorate of science by the University of New South Wales. He was born 20 Oct.,1943. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Education

Wainwright obtained BAppSc degrees in Applied Chemistry and in Applied Science from the University of Adelaide/South Australia Institute of Technology in 1966 and 1967, respectively. His postgraduate degrees include MAppSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Adelaide in 1969, [5] PhD in Chemical Engineering from McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) in 1974, [6] and a DSc by research from the University of South Australia in 2003. [7]

Career

Wainwright began a teaching career as a tutor demonstrator while being a part-time graduate student at SAIT (1967–1969), [8] and McMaster University. [9] Once a doctor in 1974, he became a faculty member at the University of New South Wales, where he remained continuously until his retirement from the institution in 2006. His career at UNSW included successive positions as lecturer in industrial chemistry at the School of Chemical Technology (1977–1980), associate professor (1981–1988), professor/departmental head of chemical engineering (1989–1991), dean of the faculty of engineering (1991–2000), pro-vice-chancellor (1998–2000), deputy vice chancellor, vice chancellor, and president (2004–2006).

His research fields have included studies on applied catalysis, reaction engineering, mineral processing, adsorption processes in pollution abatement and gas and liquid chromatography. [7] His research papers are often cited by reference books on organic reaction catalysis, [10] solid catalysts, [11] and heterogeneous catalysis. [12]

As an institutional leader, he Chaired of the National Computational Infrastructure Advisory Board from 2007 to 2015. [13]

Membership

Wainwright's activities in higher education span more than 40 years. Positions he held include: [3]

Works

Some of Wainwright's most cited scientific articles are: [26]

Awards

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