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'''Stephen Graham "Steve" Davies''' (born February 24, 1950) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[chemist]]<ref name="ww">{{Cite book | title = The International Who's Who 2004 | first = Elizabeth | last = Sleeman | publisher = Routledge | year = 2003 | page = 398 | isbn = 1-85743-217-7}}</ref> and the [[Waynflete Professor of Chemistry]] at the [[University of Oxford]].
'''Stephen Graham Davies''' (born 24 February 1950) is a British [[chemist]]<ref name="ww">{{Cite book | title = The International Who's Who 2004 | first = Elizabeth | last = Sleeman | publisher = Routledge | year = 2003 | page = [https://archive.org/details/internationalwho2004ond/page/398 398] | isbn = 1-85743-217-7 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/internationalwho2004ond/page/398 }}</ref> and was, until his retirement, the [[Waynflete Professor of Chemistry]] at the [[University of Oxford]].


== Career ==
== Education ==


Davies obtained his [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1973 from [[New College, Oxford]] and his [[Doctor of Philosophy|D.Phil.]] in 1975 under the supervision of Gordon H. Whitham. He subsequently held an [[Imperial Chemical Industries|ICI]] Postdoctoral Fellowship working with [[Malcolm Green (chemist)|Malcolm Green]] (1975-1977) and a [[NATO]] Fellowship working with [[Derek Barton]] (1977-1978) before joining the [[CNRS]] at [[Gif-sur-Yvette]] as Attaché de Recherche working with [[Hugh Felkin]].<ref name="Ref_a">{{cite web | url = http://davies.chem.ox.ac.uk/group_steve.html | title = About Steve Davies | accessdate = 2012-06-24 }}</ref>
Davies obtained his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1973 from [[New College, Oxford]], and his [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in 1975<ref name=PhD-453187>{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|publisher=University of Oxford|url=http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/OXVU1:LSCOP_OX:oxfaleph019878945|title=Studies on Epoxides|first= Stephen Graham|last=Davies|date=1975|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.453187}}|website=bodleian.ox.ac.uk}}</ref> under the supervision of Gordon H. Whitham.


==Career and research==
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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.<ref name="int">{{cite web | url = http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/centres/entrepreneurship/Documents/Steve_Davies.pdf | format = PDF | title = Interview with Steve Davies | publisher = Saïd Business School | accessdate = 2012-06-24}}</ref> He also founded Oxford Diversity Ltd (a combinatorial chemistry company).<ref name="rsc">{{cite web|url = http://www.rsc.org/images/Steve%20Davies_tcm18-119380.pdf | format = PDF|title=Chemistry’s millionaire|publisher = Royal Society of Chemistry|accessdate = 2012-06-24}}</ref> These two companies were combined to form Oxford Asymmetry International Plc in 1999 which was sold to Evotec in 2000, valued at £316m.<ref name="Griffiths2000">{{Cite news | url = http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/oxford-asymmetry-agrees-to-german-merger-worth-pound316m-711974.html | title = Oxford Asymmetry agrees to German merger worth £316m | first = Katherine | last = Griffiths | newspaper = The Independent | date = 2000-08-01 | accessdate = 2009-06-17}}</ref><ref name="oion">{{cite web | url = http://www.oion.co.uk/success/evotec.html | title = Success Stories | publisher = Oxford Investment Opportunity network | accessdate = 2012-06-24}}</ref> In 2003 he founded VASTox (Value Added
After his PhD, Davies subsequently held an [[Imperial Chemical Industries|ICI]] Postdoctoral Fellowship working with [[Malcolm Green (chemist)|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]].<ref name="Ref_a">{{cite web | url = http://davies.chem.ox.ac.uk/group_steve.html | title = About Steve Davies | access-date = 2012-06-24 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100531191156/http://davies.chem.ox.ac.uk/group_steve.html | archive-date = 2010-05-31 }}</ref>
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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.<ref name="rsc" /> VASTox then changed its name to Summit.<ref name="sum">{{cite web | url = http://www.summitplc.com/board-of-directors.aspx | title = Board of Directors | accessdate = 2012-06-24}}</ref> In 2009 the zebrafish screening operations was aquiered by Evotec for £0.5 Million.<ref name="evo">{{cite web | url = http://www.evotec.com/archive/en/Press-releases/2009/Evotec-Acquires-Zebrafish-Screening-Operations-of-Summit-Corporation/1514/1 | title = Evotec Acquires Zebrafish Screening Operations of Summit Corporation | accessdate= 2012-06-24 }}</ref> In 1996, he became Professor of Chemistry<ref name="int" /> and in 2006, [[Waynflete Professor of Chemistry]].


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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.<ref name="int">{{cite web | url = http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/centres/entrepreneurship/Documents/Steve_Davies.pdf | title = Interview with Steve Davies | publisher = Saïd Business School | access-date = 2012-06-24 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref> He also founded Oxford Diversity Ltd (a combinatorial chemistry company).<ref name="rsc">{{cite web|url = http://www.rsc.org/images/Steve%20Davies_tcm18-119380.pdf |title=Chemistry's millionaire|publisher = Royal Society of Chemistry|access-date = 2012-06-24}}</ref> These two companies were combined to form Oxford Asymmetry International Plc in 1999 which was sold to Evotec in 2000, valued at £316m.<ref name="Griffiths2000">{{Cite news | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/oxford-asymmetry-agrees-to-german-merger-worth-pound316m-711974.html | title = Oxford Asymmetry agrees to German merger worth £316m | first = Katherine | last = Griffiths | newspaper = The Independent | date = 2000-08-01 | access-date = 2009-06-17}}</ref><ref name="oion">{{cite web | url = http://www.oion.co.uk/success/evotec.html | title = Success Stories | publisher = Oxford Investment Opportunity network | access-date = 2012-06-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130307145159/http://www.oion.co.uk/success/evotec.html | archive-date = 2013-03-07 | url-status = dead }}</ref> In 2003 he founded VASTox (Value Added
Davies is founder and editor-in-chief for [http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/937/description#description/ Tetrahedron: Asymmetry].
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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.<ref name="rsc" /> VASTox then changed its name to Summit.<ref name="sum">{{cite web | url = http://www.summitplc.com/board-of-directors.aspx | title = Board of Directors | access-date = 2012-06-24 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120706040226/http://www.summitplc.com/board-of-directors.aspx | archive-date = 2012-07-06 }}</ref> In 2009 the zebrafish screening operations was acquired by Evotec for £0.5 Million.<ref name="evo">{{cite web | url = http://www.evotec.com/archive/en/Press-releases/2009/Evotec-Acquires-Zebrafish-Screening-Operations-of-Summit-Corporation/1514/1 | title = Evotec Acquires Zebrafish Screening Operations of Summit Corporation | access-date = 2012-06-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101228123646/http://www.evotec.com/archive/en/Press-releases/2009/Evotec-Acquires-Zebrafish-Screening-Operations-of-Summit-Corporation/1514/1 | archive-date = 2010-12-28 | url-status = dead }}</ref> In 1996, he became Professor of Chemistry<ref name="int" /> and in 2006, [[Waynflete Professor of Chemistry]].


Davies is founder and editor-in-chief for the journal ''Tetrahedron: Asymmetry''.{{cn|date=October 2022}}
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Davies along with Malcolm Green and Michael Mingos have compiled a set of rules that summarize where [[Addition to pi ligands|nucleophilic additions]] will occur on pi ligands.

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Davies along with Malcolm Green and Michael Mingos have compiled a [[Green–Davies–Mingos rules|set of rules]] that summarize where [[Addition to pi ligands|nucleophilic additions]] will occur on pi ligands.


===Awards===
===Awards===


* Hickinbottom Fellowship (1984)<ref name="ocs">{{cite web | url = http://www.cardioscience.ox.ac.uk/bhf-centre-of-research-excellence/researcher-profiles/stephen-graham-davies | title = Steve G Davies | publisher = Oxford Cardiovascular Science | accessdate = 2012-06-24}}</ref>
* [[Royal Society of Chemistry]] [[Hickinbottom Award]] (1984)<ref name="ocs">{{cite web | url = http://www.cardioscience.ox.ac.uk/bhf-centre-of-research-excellence/researcher-profiles/stephen-graham-davies | title = Steve G Davies | publisher = Oxford Cardiovascular Science | access-date = 2012-06-24}}</ref>
* [[Pfizer]] Award for Chemistry (1985 and 1988)<ref name="ww" />
* [[Pfizer]] Award for Chemistry (1985 and 1988)<ref name="ww" />
* [[Royal Society of Chemistry]] Award for Organometallic Chemistry (1987)<ref name="Ref_b">{{cite web | url = http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/OrganometallicChemistryAward/PreviousWinners.asp | title = Organometallic Chemistry Award Winners | publisher = RSC | accessdate = 2009-06-17 }}</ref>
* Royal Society of Chemistry Award for Organometallic Chemistry (1987)<ref name="Ref_b">{{cite web | url = http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/OrganometallicChemistryAward/PreviousWinners.asp | title = Organometallic Chemistry Award Winners | publisher = RSC | access-date = 2009-06-17 }}</ref>
* Royal Society of Chemistry Bader Award (1989)<ref name="ww" /><ref name="Ref_c">{{cite web | url = http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/BaderAward/PreviousWinners.asp | title = Bader Award Winners | publisher = RSC | accessdate = 2009-06-17}}</ref>
* Royal Society of Chemistry [[Bader Award]] (1989)<ref name="ww" /><ref name="Ref_c">{{cite web | url = http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/BaderAward/PreviousWinners.asp | title = Bader Award Winners | publisher = RSC | access-date = 2009-06-17}}</ref>
* Royal Society of Chemistry Tilden Lecture Award (1997/98)<ref name="Ref_d">{{cite web | url = http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/TildenPrizes/PreviousWinners.asp | title = Tilden Lectureships Winners | publisher = RSC | accessdate = 2009-06-17}}</ref>
* Royal Society of Chemistry [[Tilden Prize|Tilden Lecture Award]] (1997/98)<ref name="Ref_d">{{cite web | url = http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/TildenPrizes/PreviousWinners.asp | title = Tilden Lectureships Winners | publisher = RSC | access-date = 2009-06-17}}</ref>
* Royal Society of Chemistry Award in Stereochemistry in 1997<ref name="bnw">{{cite web | url = http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=11710109 | title = Stephen Davies: Ececutive Profile & Biography | publisher = business week | accessdate = 2012-06-24}}</ref>
* Royal Society of Chemistry Award in Stereochemistry (1997)<ref name="bnw">{{cite web | url = http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=11710109 | title = Stephen Davies: Ececutive Profile & Biography | publisher = business week | access-date = 2012-06-24}}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
* Prize Lectureship of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan in 1998<ref name="bnw" />
* Prize Lectureship of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (1998)<ref name="bnw" />
* Royal Society of Chemistry [[Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry]] (2011)<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/PerkinPrize/2011winner.asp|title=Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry 2011 Winner|publisher= Royal Society of Chemistry|access-date = 25 November 2014}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
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Davies is the son of Gordon W. J. Davies and June M. Murphy.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} In 1973 he married [[Kay Davies|Kay E. Partridge]] who was to become a foremost human geneticist. They have one son.<ref name="ww" />


==See also==
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Davies is the son of Gordon W. J. Davies and June M. Murphy. In 1973 he married [[Kay Davies|Kay E. Partridge]] who was to become a foremost human geneticist. They have one son.<ref name="ww" />
*[[Weinreb ketone synthesis]]


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For other people with the same name, see Stephen Davies (disambiguation).

Steve Davies
Born
Stephen Graham Davies

(1950-02-24) 24 February 1950 (age 74)
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (BA, DPhil)
Known forGreen–Davies–Mingos rules
Spouse
​
(m. 1973⁠–⁠2000)​
AwardsPerkin Prize (2011)
Tilden Prize (1997)
Bader Award (1989)
Hickinbottom Award (1984)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
ThesisStudies on epoxides (1975)
Doctoral advisorGordon H. Whitham
Doctoral studentsSue Gibson[1]
Websitedavies.chem.ox.ac.uk/home.aspx

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]

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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d Sleeman, Elizabeth (2003). The International Who's Who 2004. Routledge. p. 398. ISBN 1-85743-217-7.
  3. ^ Davies, Stephen Graham (1975). Studies on Epoxides. bodleian.ox.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Oxford. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.453187.
  4. ^ "About Steve Davies". Archived from the original on 31 May 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Interview with Steve Davies" (PDF). Saïd Business School. Retrieved 24 June 2012.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ a b "Chemistry's millionaire" (PDF). Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  7. ^ Griffiths, Katherine (1 August 2000). "Oxford Asymmetry agrees to German merger worth £316m". The Independent. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  8. ^ "Success Stories". Oxford Investment Opportunity network. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Board of Directors". Archived from the original on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  10. ^ "Evotec Acquires Zebrafish Screening Operations of Summit Corporation". Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  11. ^ "Steve G Davies". Oxford Cardiovascular Science. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  12. ^ "Organometallic Chemistry Award Winners". RSC. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  13. ^ "Bader Award Winners". RSC. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  14. ^ "Tilden Lectureships Winners". RSC. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  15. ^ a b "Stephen Davies: Ececutive Profile & Biography". business week. Retrieved 24 June 2012.[dead link]
  16. ^ "Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry 2011 Winner". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
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