Person
McKenzie, Hugh Albert (1923 - 2008)
FRACI
- Born
- 5 March 1923
New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 2008
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Biochemist
Summary
Hugh McKenzie was a Professorial Fellow and later Faculty Chairman at the John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR)from 1963 to 1988. Prior to this he worked at a number of Australia's leading research organisations and held many short-term visiting scientist posts overseas. Having retired from JCSMR McKenzie spent the next 15 years teaching at the School of Chemistry of the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra. His research, which included a number of international collaborations, focused on protein chemistry, particularly the interaction of water with proteins. McKenzie's publications several much-cited review papers and he was one of six Editors of the Oxford dictionary of biochemistry and molecular biology (1997).
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Chronology
- 1944
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1945 - 1948
- Career position - Research Officer at CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)/CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Food Preservation and Transport
- 1945 - 1948
- Career position - Researcher (part-time) in the Chemistry Department at Sydney Technical College
- 1946
- Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1948 - 1949
- Career position - Visiting Fellow at the Frick Chemical Laboratory at Princeton University, USA
- 1950 - 1959
- Career position - Head of the Physical Chemical Unit within the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Sydney
- 1957
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1959 - 1963
- Career position - Senior Fellow in Physical Biochemistry at the John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR), Australian National University
- 1963 -
- Career position - Professorial Fellow and Leader of the Protein Chemistry Group, John Curtin School of Medical Research
- 1976
- Career position - Faculty Chairman, John Curtin School of Medical Research
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Jeffrey, Peter, 'Hugh A. McKenzie FRACI CChem FRCS (1923 - 2008)', Chemistry in Australia, 2019 (March) (2009), 26-7. Details
- McKenzie, H. A., 'Obituary: Francis Patrick John Dwyer', Australian Journal of Science, 25 (11) (1962), 215-216. Details
Resources
- 'McKenzie, Hugh Albert (1923-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476170. Details
Resource Sections
- 'McKenzie, Hugh Albert', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001737p.htm. Details
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Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 6 October 2023
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