Person

Deacon, Glen (1936 - )

Born
1936
Unley, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Inorganic chemist

Summary

Glen Deacon is internationally recognised for his research in inorganic and organic chemistry in the fields of main group elements, rare earths, precious metals (including platinum anti-cancer compounds), small cyano anions, new materials and corrosion inhibitors. He joined Monash University as a lecturer in 1966 and was appointed to a personal Chair in Chemistry in 1994. Deacon has been a visiting fellow in a number of Australian and overseas universities and a frequent speaker at international conferences. In 2012 his research group discovered the SO3 elimination synthesis of organometallic compounds which was named the Deacon reaction.

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Chronology

1966 - 1971
Career position - Lecturer in Chemistry, Monash University
1971 - 1975
Career position - Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, Monash University
1972
Education - DSc, University of Adelaide
1975 - 1994
Career position - Reader in Chemistry, Monash University
1991
Career position - Visiting Lectureship, University of Western Australia
1994 - 2002
Career position - Personal Chair in Chemistry, Monash University
2002 - 2004
Career position - Member, Committee of Experts, Australian Research Council
2002 - 2012
Career position - Professor of Chemistry, Monash University
2006
Award - Terrae Rarae Prize for Rare Earth Chemistry
2007
Award - Burrows Award for Inorganic Chemistry, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

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Journal Articles

  • Junk, Peter C.; and Koutsantonis, George, 'Special issue dedicated to Professor Glen Deacon', Australian journal of chemistry, 75 (8/9) (2022), 493-4. https://doi.org/10.1071/CHv75n9_FO. Details
  • Thomas, Nick, 'Monash's Glen B. Deacon', Chemistry in Australia, 2018 (April) (2018), 20-4. Details

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