Philip D. Magnus
Philip Douglas Magnus (* 1943 in London ) is a British chemist ( organic chemistry ).
He studied at Imperial College London , where he received his bachelor's degree in 1965 and his doctorate three years later with Derek HR Barton . From 1981 to 1989 he was Distinguished Professor at Indiana University and from 1989 RP Doherty Junior Welsh Regents Professor of Chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin .
In his scientific work, he is particularly concerned with the total synthesis of natural products, including terpenoids , alkaloids and ketolids . This included, for example, the synthesis of galantamine , which is important for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, as well as codeine , silvestrol (a cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agent similar to taxol ), cortistatin A (an anti- angiogenesis agent originally found in sponges ) and platensimycin (a Antibiotic).
Philip Douglas Magnus received the Corday Morgan Medal in 1978 and the Robert Robinson Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1996 and the Novartis Research Award in 1998. Since 1985 he has been a Fellow of the Royal Society . In 1982 he was awarded a higher research doctorate (D.Sc.) by the University of London.
Web links
- Magnus Group
- Biography, publications and academic family tree of Philip D. Magnus at academictree.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ American Men and Women of Science, Thomson Gale 2004.
- ^ Biographical data, publications and academic family tree of Philip D. Magnus at academictree.org, accessed on January 1, 2019.
- ^ The Royal Society: Philip Magnus .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Magnus, Philip D. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Magnus, Philip Douglas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British chemist (organic chemistry) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |