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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" /> |
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" /> |
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Davies is commonly referred to as "Chops" by his students on account of his large sideburns. |
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Revision as of 21:45, 26 May 2020
Steve Davies | |
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| Born | Stephen Graham Davies 24 February 1950 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA, DPhil) |
| Spouse | |
| Awards | Hickinbottom Award[when?] |
| 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 the Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford.
Education
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
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 Tetrahedron: Asymmetry.
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
- 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
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]
Davies is commonly referred to as "Chops" by his students on account of his large sideburns.
References
- ^ 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 2010-05-31. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
- ^ a b "Interview with Steve Davies" (PDF). Saïd Business School. Retrieved 2012-06-24.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Chemistry's millionaire" (PDF). Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
- ^ Griffiths, Katherine (2000-08-01). "Oxford Asymmetry agrees to German merger worth £316m". The Independent. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ "Success Stories". Oxford Investment Opportunity network. Archived from the original on 2013-03-07. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Archived from the original on 2012-07-06. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
- ^ "Evotec Acquires Zebrafish Screening Operations of Summit Corporation". Archived from the original on 2010-12-28. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
- ^ "Steve G Davies". Oxford Cardiovascular Science. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
- ^ "Organometallic Chemistry Award Winners". RSC. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ "Bader Award Winners". RSC. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ "Tilden Lectureships Winners". RSC. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ a b "Stephen Davies: Ececutive Profile & Biography". business week. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
- ^ "Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry 2011 Winner". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
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