Stephen G. Davies
Steve Davies | |
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| Born | Stephen Graham Davies 24 February 1950 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA, DPhil) |
| Known for | Green–Davies–Mingos rules |
| Spouse | |
| Awards | Perkin Prize (2011) Tilden Prize (1997) Bader Award (1989) Hickinbottom Award (1984) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Oxford Centre national de la recherche scientifique |
| Thesis | Studies on epoxides (1975) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gordon H. Whitham |
| Doctoral students | Sue Gibson[1] |
| Website | davies |
Stephen Graham Davies (born 24 February 1950) is a British chemist[2] and was, until his retirement, the Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford.
Education
[edit]Davies obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1973 from New College, Oxford, and his Doctor of Philosophy in 1975[3] under the supervision of Gordon H. Whitham.
Career and research
[edit]After his PhD, Davies subsequently held an ICI Postdoctoral Fellowship working with Malcolm Green (1975-1977) and a NATO Fellowship working with Derek Barton (1977-1978) before joining the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) at Gif-sur-Yvette as Attaché de Recherche working with Hugh Felkin.[4]
In 1980 he returned to Oxford to take up a University Lectureship in Chemistry. Whilst remaining an active academic, in 1991 he founded Oxford Asymmetry Ltd (an asymmetric synthesis company) as sole investor.[5] He also founded Oxford Diversity Ltd (a combinatorial chemistry company).[6] These two companies were combined to form Oxford Asymmetry International Plc in 1999 which was sold to Evotec in 2000, valued at £316m.[7][8] In 2003 he founded VASTox (Value Added Screening Technology Oxford) a zebrafish screening company. It floated on AIM in 2004 and has since acquired Dainolabs (zebrafish) and Dextra (a carbohydrate chemistry company) as well as the assets of MNL Pharma.[6] VASTox then changed its name to Summit.[9] In 2009 the zebrafish screening operations was acquired by Evotec for £0.5 Million.[10] In 1996, he became Professor of Chemistry[5] and in 2006, Waynflete Professor of Chemistry.
Davies is founder and editor-in-chief for the journal Tetrahedron: Asymmetry.[citation needed]
Davies along with Malcolm Green and Michael Mingos have compiled a set of rules that summarize where nucleophilic additions will occur on pi ligands.
Awards
[edit]- Royal Society of Chemistry Hickinbottom Award (1984)[11]
- Pfizer Award for Chemistry (1985 and 1988)[2]
- Royal Society of Chemistry Award for Organometallic Chemistry (1987)[12]
- Royal Society of Chemistry Bader Award (1989)[2][13]
- Royal Society of Chemistry Tilden Lecture Award (1997/98)[14]
- Royal Society of Chemistry Award in Stereochemistry (1997)[15]
- Prize Lectureship of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (1998)[15]
- Royal Society of Chemistry Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry (2011)[16]
Personal life
[edit]Davies is the son of Gordon W. J. Davies and June M. Murphy.[citation needed] In 1973 he married Kay E. Partridge who was to become a foremost human geneticist. They have one son.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gibson, Susan E. (1984). Transition metal promoted oxidation and reduction reactions. ora.ox.ac.uk (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC 499841275. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.351488.
- ^ a b c d Sleeman, Elizabeth (2003). The International Who's Who 2004. Routledge. p. 398. ISBN 1-85743-217-7.
- ^ Davies, Stephen Graham (1975). Studies on Epoxides. bodleian.ox.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Oxford. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.453187.
- ^ "About Steve Davies". Archived from the original on 31 May 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ a b "Interview with Steve Davies" (PDF). Saïd Business School. Retrieved 24 June 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Chemistry's millionaire" (PDF). Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ Griffiths, Katherine (1 August 2000). "Oxford Asymmetry agrees to German merger worth £316m". The Independent. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
- ^ "Success Stories". Oxford Investment Opportunity network. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Archived from the original on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ "Evotec Acquires Zebrafish Screening Operations of Summit Corporation". Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ "Steve G Davies". Oxford Cardiovascular Science. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ "Organometallic Chemistry Award Winners". RSC. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
- ^ "Bader Award Winners". RSC. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
- ^ "Tilden Lectureships Winners". RSC. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
- ^ a b "Stephen Davies: Ececutive Profile & Biography". business week. Retrieved 24 June 2012.[dead link]
- ^ "Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry 2011 Winner". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
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