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<abstract>Martin Bennett is Emeritus Professor and a former Head of the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University in Canberra. He heads the Organotransition Metal Chemistry research group at the University. He is a fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and has been a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science since 1980.</abstract>
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<event>Award - Award for Chemistry and Electrochemistry of Transition Metals, Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom</event>
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<event>Award - Burrows Award, Inorganic Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemistry Institute</event>
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<event>Award - Nyholm Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom</event>
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<event>Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)</event>
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<event>Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society and science in chemistry</event>
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Australian National University (1946 - )
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