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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005725b.htm person Elix John Alan AACR2 1941 Organic chemist Lichen systematist Jack Elix is a chemist and lichen systematist of international reputation who led the revival of lichen studies in Australia. He played a key role in bringing chemotaxonomy into general use in lichen systematics, his greatest contribution in this regard being his refining and standardising the application of high-performance liquid chromatography (hplc) to lichens. His skill as a lichen systematist came from a vast experience in collecting, determining and documenting lichens together with an unparalleled grasp of the structure, metabolic pathways and taxonomic significance of lichen compounds. He has published over 450 new species and collected more than 50,000 specimens from across Australia and its dependent islands: these are lodged in the Australian National Herbarium. His research centred on the families Parmeliaceae, Australia's most diverse and ecologically significant group of lichens, and Physiaceae. As a result of his work these families have been studied on a world wide basis. Elix made significant contributions to the lichen volumes of Flora of Australia. In 2014 he published A catalogue of standardized chromatographic data and biosynthetic relationships for lichen substances, an indispensable resource for all lichenologists. 1966 1966 Career position - CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Cambridge 1967 2002 Career position - Lecturer (later Professor) in chemistry, Australian National University 2002 2002 Life event - Retired 2004 2004 Award - Acharius Medal, International Association for Lichenology 2015 2015 Award - Nancy T. Burbidge Medal, Australasian Systematic Botany Society Australian National University (1946 - )

Lecturer (later Professor) in Chemistry 1967 - 2002

 Australian National Herbarium (1984 - )

Elix lodged >50,000 specimens in the Herbarium

 Nancy T. Burbidge Medal, Australasian Systematic Botany Society (2001 - )

Awarded the Medal 2015

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 'Elix, John Alan (Jack)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Elix, John Alan (Jack) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Lichenological publications of Jack Elix: 1969-2000 McCarthy, P. M.; Culberson, W. L.; Egan, R. S.; and Esslinger, T. L. Lichenological publications of Jack Elix: 1969-2000 2002 Bibliotheca lichenologica 78 411-29 Journal Article: John Alan ("Jack") Elix: nominee for the 2015 Nancy T. Burbidge Medal McCarthy, Patrick M. John Alan ("Jack") Elix: nominee for the 2015 Nancy T. Burbidge Medal 2015 Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 165 34-6