Stephen G. Davies
Encyclopedia
Stephen Graham "Steve" Davies (born February 24, 1950) is a British
chemist
and the Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford
.
in 1973 from New College, Oxford
and his D.Phil.
in 1975 under the supervision of Gordon H. Whitham. He 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 CNRS at Gif-sur-Yvette
as Attaché de Recherche working with Hugh Felkin
.
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 as sole investor. The company was later sold to Evotec, valued at £316m. In 1996, he became Professor of Chemistry and in 2006, Waynflete Professor of Chemistry.
Davies is founder and editor-in-chief for Tetrahedron: Asymmetry.
who was to become a foremost human geneticist. They have one son.
United Kingdom
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chemist
Chemist
A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
and the Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
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Career
Davies obtained his BABachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in 1973 from New College, Oxford
New College, Oxford
New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.- Overview :The College's official name, College of St Mary, is the same as that of the older Oriel College; hence, it has been referred to as the "New College of St Mary", and is now almost always...
and his D.Phil.
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
in 1975 under the supervision of Gordon H. Whitham. He subsequently held an ICI
Imperial Chemical Industries
Imperial Chemical Industries was a British chemical company, taken over by AkzoNobel, a Dutch conglomerate, one of the largest chemical producers in the world. In its heyday, ICI was the largest manufacturing company in the British Empire, and commonly regarded as a "bellwether of the British...
Postdoctoral Fellowship working with Malcolm Green
Malcolm Green (chemist)
Malcolm Green also known as M. L. H. Green is a British Emeritus Professor of Inorganic Chemistry.Born in Eastleigh, Hampshire, he received his BSc degree from Acton Technical College in 1956 and his PhD from Imperial College of Science and Technology in 1959 under the supervision of Professor...
(1975-1977) and a NATO Fellowship working with Derek Barton (1977-1978) before joining the CNRS at Gif-sur-Yvette
Gif-sur-Yvette
Gif-sur-Yvette is a commune in the south-western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Geography:The town is crossed by and named after the Yvette river.The total area is and is green spaces and woods.-Place names:...
as Attaché de Recherche working with Hugh Felkin
Hugh Felkin
Hugh Felkin was a research chemist in France from 1950 to 1990 and a member of the British Royal Society for Chemistry.In 1967, he proposed a model to predict the stereochemical outcome of the addition of nucleophiles to carbonylic compounds...
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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 as sole investor. The company was later sold to Evotec, valued at £316m. In 1996, he became Professor of Chemistry and in 2006, Waynflete Professor of Chemistry.
Davies is founder and editor-in-chief for Tetrahedron: Asymmetry.
Awards
- Hickinbottom Fellowship (1984)
- PfizerPfizerPfizer, Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical corporation. The company is based in New York City, New York with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut, United States...
Award for Chemistry (1985 and 1988) - Royal Society of ChemistryRoyal Society of ChemistryThe Royal Society of Chemistry is a learned society in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences." It was formed in 1980 from the merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the Faraday Society and the Society for Analytical Chemistry with a new...
Award for Organometallic Chemistry (1987) - Royal Society of Chemistry Bader Award (1989)
- Royal Society of Chemistry Tilden Lecture Award (1997/98)
Personal life
Davies was the son of Gordon W. J. Davies and June M. Murphy. In 1973 he married Kay E. PartridgeKay Davies
Dame Kay Elizabeth Davies, DBE, FRS is a British human geneticist.She is the Dr Lee's Professor of Anatomy at Oxford University and a fellow of Hertford College...
who was to become a foremost human geneticist. They have one son.