David Parker (chemist)

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David Parker FRS FRSC
Born	(1956-07-30) 30 July 1956 (age 68)[2]
Education	Durham Johnston School King Edward VI High School, Stafford
Alma mater	University of Oxford (MA, DPhil)
Awards	Corday-Morgan Prize (1987)
Scientific career
Institutions	Durham University Hong Kong Baptist University
Thesis	Studies in asymmetric catalysis (1980)
Academic advisors	Jean-Marie Lehn, John M Brown
Doctoral students	Elizabeth New[1]
Website	chem.hkbu.edu.hk

David Parker (born 30 July 1956)^[2] FRS FRSC is an English chemist, Chair Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University, and Emeritus Professor at the University of Durham.^[3][4]

David Parker was born in Leadgate, County Durham.^{[citation needed]} He grew up in Durham, England and was educated at Durham Johnston School and briefly at King Edward VI High School, Stafford.^[2] Having gained an Open Exhibition to Christ Church, Oxford, he read Chemistry at the University of Oxford, where he gained a First Class degree in 1978, and a DPhil in 1980,working with John Brown FRS, ^[5] based on mechanistic studies in asymmetric catalysis.^[6][7][8]

In 1980, he was appointed to a NATO Fellowship to work with Jean-Marie Lehn (Nobel Prize, 1987),^[9] and was appointed to a Lectureship in Chemistry at Durham University, beginning in January 1982. He became Chair Professor of Chemistry at Hong Kong Baptist University in September 2022.^[10]

Parker's research investigates the design and synthesis of chiral functional molecules, materials and conjugates and has straddled the traditional disciplines of Physical, Organic and Inorganic Chemistry. Often collaborating with European and UK industry, he has worked on collaborative projects leading to the introduction of imaging^[11][12] and therapeutic agents,^[13] including the antibody conjugate MyloTarg.

Parker gained recognition from the Royal Society of Chemistry, being awarded, among other prizes, the Corday-Morgan Medal (1987),^[14] Ludwig Mond Medal (2011), the Hickinbottom Award (1988),^[15] an Interdisciplinary Award (RSC, 1996),^[16] a Tilden Lectureship (2003)^[17] and the Ludwig Mond Prize and Medal (2011).^[18] In 2002 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)^[19] and gained the ICI Prize in Organic Chemistry in 1991 and the Lecoq de Boisbaudran prize in rare earth science in 2012.^[20] In 2014, he was made an EPSRC RISE Fellow, recognising inspiration in science and engineering.^[21]

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