Colin Raston
Colin Llewellyn Raston The University of Western Australia (2003–2012) Professor of Clean Technology, Flinders University (2013– )[1] | |
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Awards | Burrows Award, 1994[2] H G Smith Memorial Medal, 1996[1] Green Chemistry Challenge Award, 2002[2] Leighton Memorial Medal, 2006[2] RACI Living Luminary, 2011[2] South Australia Premier's Professorial Research Fellow in Clean Technology, 2013[1] Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2015[3] Officer of the Order of Australia, 2016[4] |
Colin Llewellyn Raston
Research work
Early career
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Raston undertook his early tertiary studies at
He later received a
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Honours and awards
Raston was recognised for his professional achievements with Fellowships in the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) and the Royal Society of Chemistry.[1] On 13 June 2016, Governor-General, Sir Peter Cosgrove announced that Raston had been made an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, for "distinguished service to science through seminal contributions to the field of chemistry as a researcher and academic, and to professional associations".[4]
Raston served as the Vice President of the RACI in 1995–96, winning the H. G. Smith Memorial Medal that year,[1] and went on to serve as President the following year.[2] He has received several RACI awards, including the Burrows Award in 1994, which is the premier award of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the RACI. In 2002, he was recognised with the Green Chemistry Challenge Award and went on to take the Leighton Memorial Medal,[2] the institute's most prestigious medal given in recognition of eminent services to chemistry in Australia, in 2006. He was named an RACI Living Luminary and in 2013 was appointed as the South Australia Premier's Professorial Research Fellow in Clean Technology.[1] Raston is also the founding co-chair of the RACI Green and Sustainable Chemistry (GASC) National Group.[21]
In 2018, Raston was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA).[22]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Professor Colin Raston". Flinders University. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "Royal Australian Chemical Institute Awards and Office Bearers". Royal Australian Chemical Institute. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ a b c "Improbable Research – The 2015 Ig Nobel Prize Winners". www.improbable.com. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. p. 41. Archived from the original(PDF) on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
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- ^ Eacott, A. (22 May 2015). "Cancer drug more effective after use of vortex fluidic device invented by Australian researcher". abc.net.au. ABC (Australia). Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ^ "Green and Sustainable Group". raci.org.au. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Professor Colin Raston". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 16 June 2018.