Simon Campbell
| Sir Simon Campbell | |
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| Born | Simon Fraser Campbell March 27, 1941 |
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| Alma mater | University of Birmingham (BSc, PhD) |
| Thesis | Elimination processes in polyfluorocycloalkanes (1966) |
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Sir Simon Fraser Campbell, CBE, FRS, FMedSci (born 27 March 1941) is a British chemist.[1]
Education
Campbell obtained from the University of Birmingham a first Class BSc degree in Chemistry in 1962, a PhD degree in 1965, and an honorary DSc degree in 2004.
Career
He was President of the Royal Society of Chemistry from 2004 to 2006.[1]
He has led innovative research, discovering some of the world's best-selling prescription drugs. He was visiting lecturer at Universidade de São Paulo.[citation needed] He was a medicinal chemist for Pfizer.[3] He was visiting professor at University of Leeds, and on the advisory board of University of Kent, and University of Bristol.[4]
Awards and honours
Campbell was knighted in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to chemistry,[5][6] having previously been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
References
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- ↑ 2015 New Year Honours List
- Articles with unsourced statements from January 2015
- 1941 births
- British chemists
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Birmingham
- Presidents of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Knights Bachelor
- Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences
