Andrew D. Hamilton
| Andrew David Hamilton | |
|---|---|
| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford | |
| Term | 1 October 2009 – 30 September 2016 |
| Predecessor | John Hood |
| Provost of Yale University | |
| Term | 1 October 2004 – 1 October 2008 |
| Predecessor | Susan Hockfield |
| Born | 3 November 1952 |
| Residence | Oxford |
| Spouse | Jennifer |
| Children | Alastair, Claire and Malcolm |
Andrew David Hamilton (born 3 November 1952) is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
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[edit] Early life
He was a pupil at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford and studied chemistry at the University of Exeter. After studying for a master’s degree at the University of British Columbia he received his PhD from St John's College, Cambridge in 1980 (supervisor: Professor Sir Alan R. Battersby FRS)[1] and then spent a post-doctoral period at the Université Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg.[2]
[edit] Career
In 1981 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University then in 1988 as Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh. In 1997 he moved to Yale as Benjamin Silliman Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University. Hamilton's research has spanned porphyrin, supramolecular, medicinal, bioorganic chemistry and chemical biology. His lab is most noted for the design of barbiturate hosts, farnesyl tranferase inhibitors, protein surface binders, and helix mimetics.[3][4] In 2004 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.[5]
He also served as Provost of the Yale University from October 2004 to October 2008 after his predecessor, Susan Hockfield was appointed the 16th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He had previously served as Deputy Provost for Science and Technology for one year under Hockfield, and as chairman of the department of chemistry at Yale.
On 3 June 2008, Oxford University announced Andrew Hamilton's nomination for the post of Vice-Chancellor. On 16 June, it was confirmed that he would succeed Dr John Hood and assume the post for a period of seven years on 1 October 2009.[6] He is an Honorary Fellow of Kellogg College.
[edit] Private Life
Hamilton lives in Oxford with his wife Jennifer. He has three children, all of whom have attended Yale: Alastair, Claire, and Malcolm.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Battersby, A.; Hamilton, A.; McDonald, E.; Mombelli, L.; Wong, O. (1980). "Biosynthesis of porphyrins and related macrocycles. Part 13. Structure of the protoporphyrin isomer derived from coproporphyrinogen IV by the action of beef-liver coproporphyrinogenase: Synthesis of protoporphyrin XIII". Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions 1 6: 1283–1289. PMID 7190574.
- ^ "Professor Andrew Hamilton". The Europaeum. http://www.europaeum.org/europaeum/?q=node/923. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
- ^ "Andrew D. Hamilton". Department of Chemistry - Yale University. http://www.chem.yale.edu/faculty/hamilton.html. Retrieved 2006-10-26.
- ^ Estroff, L. A.; Hamilton, A. D. (2004). "Water Gelation by Small Organic Molecules". Chemical Reviews 104 (3): 1201–1218. doi:10.1021/cr0302049. PMID 15008620.
- ^ "Professor Andrew Hamilton". The Europaeum. http://www.europaeum.org/europaeum/?q=node/923. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
- ^ "Declaration of approval of appointment of Vice-Chancellor". Oxford University Gazette. 2008-06-20. http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/2007-8/weekly/200608/acts.htm#6Ref. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
[edit] References
- "Profile for Andrew D. Hamilton". Department of Chemistry — Yale University. http://ursula.chem.yale.edu/~hamgrp/Andy%20Profile.pdf.
- "Provost of Yale nominated as next Vice-Chancellor". University of Oxford Press Office. 2008-06-03. http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2008/080603.html. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- "Professor Andrew Hamilton confirmed as next Vice-Chancellor". University of Oxford Press Office. 2008-06-16. http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2008/080616a.html. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
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