Con Cambie
New Zealand chemist
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Richard Conrad "Con" Cambie (born 1931) is a New Zealand natural products chemist known for his research into bioactive compounds.
1931 (age 94–95)
Con Cambie | |
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| Born | Richard Conrad Cambie 1931 (age 94–95) Tauranga, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | Auckland University College University of Oxford |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Natural products chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Auckland |
| Thesis | Fungal polyacetylenes (1963) |
| Doctoral students | Bill Denny (medical researcher)[1] |
Born in 1931 in Tauranga, Cambie was educated at Tauranga College.[2] He attended Auckland University College, graduating with an MSc with first-class honours in 1955 and a PhD in 1958.[3] Appointed to the staff of chemistry department at Auckland in 1958,[4] Cambie then studied at the University of Oxford, where he was awarded a DPhil in 1963.[5] He was awarded a DSc, on the basis of publications submitted, in 1964.
He returned to the University of Auckland and, following the retirement of Bob Briggs in 1969, he was appointed to a professorial chair.[6] For 17 years he also served as assistant to the vice-chancellor (student services).[7] On his retirement in 1996 Cambie was granted the title of professor emeritus.[8]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1966,[9] and the following year he was awarded the society's Hector Medal, New Zealand's highest science honour at that time.[10] He is the author or co-author of 430 scientific papers.
Selected works
- Cambie, Richard Conrad; Ash, Julian (1993). Fijian medicinal plants. Auckland, New Zealand: University of Auckland. OCLC 221431418.
- Cambie, Richard Conrad; Brewis, Alexandra Avril (1997). Anti-fertility plants of the Pacific. CSIRO. OCLC 245936371.
- Cambie, Richard Conrad; Davis, B.R. (1983). A century of chemistry at the University of Auckland. Auckland, New Zealand: Percival Publishing. OCLC 151664658.
