Andrew Bruce Holmes

Andrew Holmes AC FRS FAA
Holmes in 2015
Born	Andrew Bruce Holmes (1943-09-05) 5 September 1943 (age 81) Melbourne, Australia
Nationality	Australian and British
Alma mater	University of Melbourne (BSc) University College London (PhD)
Known for	Natural product synthesis, Organic electronics
Awards	Royal Medal (2012) [1] Fellow of the Royal Society[2] Elected Fellow, Foreign Secretary, and then President, Australian Academy of Science[3] Descartes Prize (2003) [1] Honorary Doctorate, Hasselt University, Belgium [1] Honorary Fellow, University College London[1] CSIRO Fellow [1] Member of the Order of Australia[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Organic Chemistry
Institutions	CSIRO University of Melbourne Imperial College London University of Cambridge
Doctoral advisor	Franz Sondheimer
Other academic advisors	Albert Eschenmoser (postdoc)
Doctoral students	Christine Luscombe[4]
Other notable students	Andrew 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).