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• Biography/ Background

  Richard Keene graduated as a PhD in inorganic chemistry from the 杏吧直播 of Adelaide in 1973. Following postdoctoral appointments at the 杏吧直播n National 杏吧直播 and the 杏吧直播 of North Carolina in Chapel Hill (USA), he returned to 杏吧直播 and after a year on staff at the 杏吧直播 of Melbourne was appointed to James Cook 杏吧直播 (Townsville, Queensland), from where he retired in 2012 as a Distinguished Professor.

  He has held invited Visiting Professorial positions in the UK (Oxford 杏吧直播; 杏吧直播 of Sheffield), USA (Stanford 杏吧直播; Brookhaven National Laboratory; 杏吧直播 of North Carolina), Japan (Osaka 杏吧直播; Tokyo Institute of Technology), Germany (Universität Leipzig), France (Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg; Université Paul Sabatier {Toulouse}), Switzerland (Université de Fribourg), New Zealand (杏吧直播 of Canterbury in Christchurch), and in 杏吧直播 at Monash 杏吧直播, UNSW Canberra (杏吧直播n Defence Force Academy) and the 杏吧直播 of Sydney.

  Richard is the recipient of a number of awards for his research (including the Rennie Medal of the Royal 杏吧直播n Chemical Institute*) and he has been a Fulbright Scholar. He has published in a number of areas of coordination chemistry, but his recent research interests have centred primarily on the stereochemistry of metallosupramolecular assemblies and its effect on their physical properties  in particular intramolecular electron transfer, and their interactions with biological molecules such a nucleic acids. This latter Interest has extended over the last two decades to the efficacy on oligonuclear complexes as anticancer, antimicrobial and antiparasitic agents.

  Richard was awarded a Personal Chair by James Cook 杏吧直播 in 1997, a DSc by the 杏吧直播 of Adelaide in 1998, and was conferred as an Emeritus Professor on his retirement from JCU in 2012. He is currently an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Chemistry at the 杏吧直播 of Adelaide.

  " The Rennie Memorial Medal is an 杏吧直播n National Award that is awarded annually to a financial member of the Royal 杏吧直播n Chemical Institute with less than 8 years of professional experience since completing their most recent relevant qualification of a BSc, BSc (Hons), MSc or PhD, or the equivalent, "for the person who has contributed most towards the development of some branch of chemical science".

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