Andrew Bruce Holmes

Andrew Holmes
Holmes in 2015
Born
Andrew Bruce Holmes

(1943-09-05) 5 September 1943 (age 81)
Melbourne, Australia
NationalityAustralian and British
Alma mater
Known forNatural product synthesis, Organic electronics
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsOrganic Chemistry
InstitutionsCSIRO
University of Melbourne
Imperial College London
University of Cambridge
Doctoral advisorFranz Sondheimer
Other academic advisorsAlbert Eschenmoser (postdoc)
Doctoral studentsChristine Luscombe[4]
Other notable studentsAndrew Ian Cooper (postdoc)[5]

Andrew Bruce Holmes AC FRS FAA FInstP (born 5 September 1943) is an Australian and British senior research chemist and professor at the Bio21 Institute, Melbourne, Australia, and the past President of the Australian Academy of Science. His research interests lie in the synthesis of biologically-active natural products (spanning therapeutic materials to new biotechnological probes) and optoelectronic polymers (with applications to electroluminescent flexible displays and organic solar cells).

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  2. ^ Anon (2000). "Professor Andrew Holmes AM FRS". royalsociety.org.
  3. ^ "Andrew Holmes". Australian Academy of Science – Andrew Holmes. Australian Academy of Science. n.d. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ^ Luscombe, Christine (2004). Surface modifications using supercritical carbon dioxide. cam.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 890159456. EThOS 615893.
  5. ^ Mang, Stephan; Cooper, Andrew I.; Colclough, M. Eamon; Chauhan, Naren; Holmes, Andrew B. (2000). "Copolymerization of CO2 and 1,2-Cyclohexene Oxide Using a CO2-Soluble Chromium Porphyrin Catalyst". Macromolecules. 33 (2): 303–308. Bibcode:2000MaMol..33..303M. doi:10.1021/ma991162m.