Noel S. Hush
Noel Sydney Hush (born December 15, 1924 in Sydney - † March 20, 2019 ) was an Australian chemist ( theoretical chemistry , quantum chemistry ).
Hush studied at the University of Sydney , where he was a Research Fellow from 1946 to 1949. He then went to Great Britain, where he was a lecturer in physical chemistry at the University of Manchester from 1950 to 1954 and first lecturer and then reader in chemistry at the University of Bristol from 1955 to 1971 . He was Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Sydney since 1971 (the first such chair in Australia), where he retired in 1989 . In 1965 he was visiting professor at Florida State University and in 1981 he was in Cambridge .
In the 1960s, Hush developed a quantum mechanical model for electron transfer reactions (Marcus-Hush theory, as an extension of the theory of Rudolph A. Marcus ). He also dealt theoretically with photosynthesis and more recently with molecular electronics .
He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences (2011) and the Australian Academy of Sciences (1977) and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1988) and the Royal Australian Chemical Institute. He is an officer (Commander Officer) of the Order of Australia (1993). In 2007 he received the Welch Award in Chemistry . In 1990 he received the Centenary Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry and in 1994 the Flinders Medal of the Australian Academy of Sciences. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999 and to the National Academy of Sciences in 2011.
From 1984 to 1989 he was a member of the Australian National Committee for Chemistry.
literature
- Who's Who 2012 . 164th edition. A & C Black, London 2011, ISBN 978-1-4081-4229-5 , pp. 1154 .
Web links
- Scientist profile at the University of Sydney
- Kath Kenny, Victoria Hollick: Hush elected to the National Academy of Sciences. University of Sydney , May 5, 2011, archived from the original on January 30, 2017 .
- Annette Alafaci: Hush, Noel Sydney - Biographical entry. In: Encyclopedia of Australian Science. February 7, 2011 (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Hush: An Overview of the First Half-Century of Molecular Electronics. In: Annals New York Academy of Sciences. Volume 1006, 2003, pp. 1-20
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hush, Noel S. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hush, Noel Sydney (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th March 2019 |