Graeme Moad

Graeme Moad AC FAA FTSE FRS (born 25 June 1952) is an Australian polymer chemist.

Graeme Moad

AC FAA FTSE FRS
Born (1952-06-25) 25 June 1952[1]
Orange, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Adelaide
Known forpolymer design and synthesis
AwardsAC (2022)
Scientific career
Fieldspolymer chemistry
InstitutionsCSIRO

Education and career

Moad received a Bachelor of Science in 1974 and a Ph.D. in 1977, both from the University of Adelaide. He followed this with postdoctoral research at Pennsylvania State University.

In 1979 he joined the CSIRO in Melbourne; CSIRO is Australia's largest scientific research organisation. He has made substantial contributions to the theory of free radical polymerization, and he was co-author with David Solomon of the definitive reference book: The Chemistry of Radical Polymerization (Moad & Solomon, 2006). With fellow CSIRO polymer chemists Ezio Rizzardo and San Thang he is a co-developer of the RAFT process.

Honours and awards

In 2012 Moad received the Battaerd-Jordan Polymer Medal,[2][3] and was also elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.[4] In 2020 he was awarded their David Craig Medal and Lecture.[5]

In 2014, he shared the ATSE Clunies-Ross Award with San Thang and Ezio Rizzardo.[3] He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering in 2021.[6] Moad was appointed Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in the 2022 Australia Day Honours for "eminent service to science, particularly polymer design and synthesis and radical polymerization, education through mentoring, and to professional scientific organisations".[7] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2023.[8]

References
  1. Ward, Colin (30 March 2012). "Graeme Moad". CSIROpedia. CSIRO.
  2. "Dr Graeme Moad: leading CSIRO's polymer research". CSIRO. Archived from the original on 6 July 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  3. Bridie Smith (25 September 2014). "CSIRO scientists Graeme Moad, San Thang and Ezio Rizzardo named as Nobel prize contenders". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  4. Dr Graeme Moad, www.science.org.au
  5. "2020 awardees". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  6. "Dr Graeme Moad FTSE FAA". Australian Academy of Technology & Engineering. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  7. "Australia Day 2022 Honours List". Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment Co. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  8. "Graeme Moad". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
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