Stephen G. Davies
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[edit] Professor Stephen George Davies
Prof S. G. Davies received his B. A. in 1973 from New College, University of Oxford and D. Phil (supervised by Dr. Gordon Whitham) in 1975, also at the University of Oxford.
He subsequently held an ICI Postdoctoral Fellowship (1975-1977 with Prof. Malcolm Green) and a NATO Fellowship (1977-1978 with Prof. Sir Derek Barton) before joining the CNRS at Gif-sur-Yvette collaborating with Dr. Hugh Felkin.
He returned to Oxford in 1980 to a University Lectureship and then Professorship, as well as a Fellowship of New College. He has since published over 375 research papers, and has been the recipient of a variety of awards for his contribution to organic synthesis, including the Hickinbottom Fellowship (1984), the Pfizer Award for Chemistry (1985, 1988), the Royal Society of Chemistry Award for Organometallic Chemistry (1987), the Royal Society of Chemistry Bader Award (1989), the Tilden Lecture Award (1996) , the Royal Society of Chemistry Award in Stereochemistry (1997), and the Prize Lectureship of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (1998).
He is also a member of the Executive Editorial Board for Tetrahedron publications, and Founder and Editor in Chief for Tetrahedron: Asymmetry.
The group is currently managed by the firm hands of Dr Paul "Scouse" Roberts and Dr Angela Russell. The group is known for its extremely diligent approach to organic synthesis and its exhausting work ethic.
Previous celebrated members of the group include:
Prof T Donohoe[1] Prof S Gibson[2] Prof J Williams[3] Dr S Bull[4] Dr A Smith[5]
All of whom now have their own research groups in prestigious universities around the UK.
Steve has a massive..
entrepreneurial streak, making several millions of pounds by floating star-up pharmaceutical companies. His legendary catchphrase: “All that good stuff” has echoes of Sir Alan Sugar of “Apprentice” fame.
Vastox (affectionately known as fat cow) is his latest speculation.
To say Steve likes wine is an understatement. Steve has one of the largest collections of fine wine in the UK. Much of Steve’s wine lives in St John’s College and New College wine cellars.
