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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2026-01-20 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-01-22 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007949b.htm person Hambley Trevor William FAA AACR2 1955 Inorganic chemist Trevor Hambley is an inorganic chemist noted for his research on medicinal inorganic chemistry. His research emphasises platinum anticancer drugs, hypoxia selective cobalt complexes, and metal-based anti-inflammatory compounds. Results of his research have been published in over 470 refereed papers. Hambley is Emeritus Professor in the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney, where he taught for many years.

"Trevor has established an outstanding career in bioinorganic chemistry, crystallography and molecular mechanics research. His crystallographic research has been coupled with molecular mechanics and other calculations to bring about new insights into the understanding of how metal-ligand bond lengths and ligand conformations modulate chemical and physical properties of coordination complexes. Multidisciplinary research on metal anti-cancer drugs has traversed chemical, biochemical and cell biological studies in order to both design new drugs with greater efficacy and understand the activities of existing drugs. His pioneering bioinorganic chemistry research has led to his election as President of the Society for Biological Inorganic Chemistry." [from https://www.science.org.au/profile/trevor-hambley 2026.01.20]

1982 1982 Education - PhD, University of Adelaide 1989 1989 Award - Edgeworth David Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales 2008 2010 Career position - President, Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry 2011 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 2018 Award - Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales 2020? Career position - Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, University of Sydney Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )

Fellow 2018 -

 Edgeworth David Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (1948 - )

Awarded the Medal 1989

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 2011 -

 'Hambley, Trevor William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hambley, Trevor William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Molecular modelling of inorganic compounds Comba, Peter and Hambley, Trevor W. Molecular modelling of inorganic compounds 2nd Weinheim: New York Wiley 2001 Journal Article: Transporter and protease mediated delivery of platinum complexes for precision oncology Hambley, Trevor W. Transporter and protease mediated delivery of platinum complexes for precision oncology 2019 Journal of biological inorganic chemistry 24 4 457-66 Book: The essentials of organic chemistry: a supplementary text on fundamental aspects of organic chemistry George, Adrian V., Field, Leslie D. and Hambley, Trevor W. The essentials of organic chemistry: a supplementary text on fundamental aspects of organic chemistry Sydney Prentice-Hall Australia 1996 Journal Article: Hans Charles Freeman 1919 - 2008 Hambley, Trevor W.; and Rae, Ian D. Hans Charles Freeman 1919 - 2008 2022 Historical Records of Australian Science 33 2 180-90 Journal Article: Hans Freeman 1929 - 2008 Hambley, Trevor Hans Freeman 1929 - 2008 2009 Journal of biological inorganic chemistry 14 327-8 Journal Article: Hans C. Freeman Hambley, Trevor Hans C. Freeman 1995 Australian Journal of Chemistry 48 697-9 Resource: The Academy's Fellows [Fellows elected between 2011 and 2015] Australian Academy of Science The Academy's Fellows [Fellows elected between 2011 and 2015] Canberra Australian Academy of Science 2025