Margaret Harding
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Margaret Harding | |
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 At an ANU event in 2018 | |
| Born | 14 December 1960 Sydney, Australia |
| Education | University of Sydney |
| Occupation(s) | Chemist, educator |
Margaret Harding (born 14 December 1960) is an Australian chemist and educator who is currently Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the Australian National University (ANU). She is an expert in medicinal and biomolecular chemistry, with special research interests in the areas of antifreeze proteins and ligand-DNA interactions.
Born 14 December 1960 in Sydney,[1] Harding completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Sydney in 1982. She received a PhD in 1986 under M. J. Crossley and S. Sternhell, with a thesis titled A Study of Tautomerism and Atropisomerism in 5,10,15,20-Tetra-Arylporphyrins,[2][3] and a DSc in 2002, also from the University of Sydney. On completing her PhD, Harding held postdoctoral positions at the Université Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France and the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.[citation needed]
