Susan Elizabeth GibsonOBEFRSC(née Thomas, 11 March 1960)[2]is a British research chemist, Professor and Chair in Chemistry and Director of the Graduate School at Imperial College London.[3]Gibson is an expert inchemical synthesisandcatalysis.
Sue Gibson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Susan Elizabeth Thomas 11 March 1960 |
| Education | Darwen Vale High School |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge(BA) University of Oxford(DPhil) |
| Spouse | |
| Awards | Rosalind Franklin Award(2003) Meldola Medal and Prize(1989) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | ETH Zürich Imperial College London University of Warwick King's College London |
| Thesis | Transition metal promoted oxidation and reduction reactions |
| Doctoral advisor | Stephen G. Davies[1] |
| Website | imperial |
Education
editGibson was educated atDarwen Vale High School[citation needed]and theUniversity of Cambridgeas an undergraduate student ofSidney Sussex College, Cambridge,[4]where she studied theNatural Sciences Tripos.She completed postgraduate study at theUniversity of Oxfordas a student ofNew College, Oxfordwhere she obtained aDoctor of Philosophydegree in Chemistry in 1984 for research supervised byStephen G. Davies.[1]
Career and research
editAfter her PhD, Gibson spent a year at theETH Zürichas apost-doctoral researcher.[3]Her early research focused on usingtransition metalchemistry and its applications in organic synthesis.[citation needed]
The Gibson Group's work contributed to areas such as, carbonylation, enzymatic resolution, ligand design, amino acid and peptide synthesis, medicinal chemistry, macrocycle synthesis, asymmetric induction, dendrimer construction, linker technology and multi-component catalysis.
She began her research career at theUniversity of Warwickin 1985 and moved toImperial College Londonin 1990. Between 1998 and 2003 she held the Daniell Chair of Chemistry atKing's College London,before returning toImperial College Londonwhere she has been the Chair in Chemistry and Director of the Graduate School since November 2013. She was President of the Organic Division of theRoyal Society of Chemistrybetween 2007 and 2010 and chaired the organisation's awards committee from 2011 to 2014.
Publications
editSue is the main author on over 140 publications, including a text book that has been translated into French and German.[5][6]
- Synthesis of (+)- and (-)-Gossonorol and Cyclisation to Boivinianin B[7]
- Synthesis of enantioenriched secondary and tertiary alcohols via tricarbonylchromium(0) complexes of benzyl allyl ethers[8]
- Cyclisation of bisphosphonate substituted enynes[9]
- Substitution of a benzylic hydrogen by nucleophiles on a chromium tricarbonyl complex of a benzyl ether[10]
Honours and awards
edit- 1990,Meldola Medalawarded from theRoyal Society of Chemistry(RSC)[11]
- 1993,ZenecaAward for Organic Chemistry fromAstraZeneca[citation needed]
- 1997, Hickinbottom Fellowship from theRoyal Society of Chemistry[12]
- 1999,NovartisChemistry Lectureship[citation needed]
- 2003, Inaugural winner of theRosalind Franklin Award.She used the award to fund a series of UK lectureships for internationally renowned female chemists.[13]
- 2013, Gibson was appointed an Officer of the Most ExcellentOrder of the British Empire(OBE) for services to Chemistry and Science Education in the2013 New Year Honours[14]
References
edit- ^abGibson, Susan Elizabeth (1984).Transition metal promoted oxidation and reduction reactions.ora.ox.ac.uk(DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.OCLC499841275.EThOSuk.bl.ethos.351488.
- ^Anon (2017)."Gibson, Prof. Susan Elizabeth".Who's Who(onlineOxford University Pressed.). Oxford: A & C Black.doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.4000527.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ab"Professor Sue Gibson".Imperial College London.Retrieved9 March2017.
- ^"40 years of women at Sidney".Sidney Sussex College.Retrieved9 March2017.
- ^"Scopus preview - Scopus - Author details (Thomas, Susan Elizabeth)".www.scopus.com.Retrieved2 January2020.
- ^"Scopus preview - Scopus - Author details (Gibson, Susan E.)".www.scopus.com.Retrieved2 January2020.
- ^Abecassis, Keren; Gibson, Susan E. (2010). "Synthesis of (+)- and (-)-Gossonorol and Cyclisation to Boivinianin B".European Journal of Organic Chemistry.2010(15): 2938–2944.doi:10.1002/ejoc.201000391.ISSN1434-193X.
- ^Abecassis, Keren; Gibson, Susan E.; Martin-Fontecha, Mar (2009). "Synthesis of Enantioenriched Secondary and Tertiary Alcohols via Tricarbonylchromium(0) Complexes of Benzyl Allyl Ethers".European Journal of Organic Chemistry.2009(10): 1606–1611.doi:10.1002/ejoc.200900007.ISSN1434-193X.
- ^Gibson, Susan E.; Haycock, Peter R.; Miyazaki, Ayako (2009). "Cyclisation of bisphosphonate substituted enynes".Tetrahedron.65(36): 7498–7503.doi:10.1016/j.tet.2009.07.007.ISSN0040-4020.
- ^Martin-Fontecha, Mar; Abecassis, Keren; Gibson, Susan E. (2009). "Substitution of a benzylic hydrogen by nucleophiles on a chromium tricarbonyl complex of a benzyl ether".Tetrahedron Letters.50(26): 3690–3692.doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.03.156.ISSN0040-4039.
- ^"RSC Awards Archive - Meldola Medal and Prize".www.rsc.org.Retrieved2 January2020.
- ^"RSC Hickinbottom Award Previous Winners".www.rsc.org.Retrieved2 January2020.
- ^"175 Faces of Chemistry".Royal Society of Chemistry.Archived fromthe originalon 17 June 2020.Retrieved9 March2017.
- ^Anon (2013)."New Year Honours: higher education".The Guardian.