Alan Davison
British chemist
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Alan Davison FRS[1] (24 March 1936 — 14 November 2015) was a British inorganic chemist known for his work on transition metals, and a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[2]
Born24 March 1936
Died14 November 2015 (aged 79)
Almamater
- Swansea University (BSc)
- Imperial College London (PhD)
Alan Davison | |
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| Born | 24 March 1936 |
| Died | 14 November 2015 (aged 79) |
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| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
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| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | Studies on the chemistry of transition metal carbonyls (1962) |
| Doctoral advisor | Geoffrey Wilkinson |
Education
He earned a B.Sc. from Swansea University in 1959, and Ph.D. from Imperial College London in 1962,[3] supervised by Nobel Laureate Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson.[4]
Career and research
Davison discovered the radioactive heart imaging agent Cardiolite, Technetium (99mTc) sestamibi.[5]
Awards and honours
He was recipient of the following:[4]
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow (1967)[6]
- Paul C. Aebersold Award for Outstanding Achievement in Basic Science Applied to Nuclear Medicine (1993)[7]
- Ernest H. Swift Lectureship at the California Institute of Technology (1999)[6]
- Fellow of the Royal Society of London (2000)[1]
- American Chemical Society Award for Creative Invention (2006)[6]
- Gabbay Award (2006)[8]
- Carothers Award for outstanding contributions and advances in industrial applications of Chemistry (2006)[6]
- George Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award (2009)[9]
Personal life
In popular culture
In an episode of Friday Night Dinner, family patriarch and chemistry enthusiast Martin Goodman mishears the name "Alison" as "Alan Davison".[citation needed]