Biography

Professor Anthony G.M. Barrett is currently the Sir Derek Barton Professor of Synthesis, Glaxo Professor of Organic Chemistry, Director of the Wolfson Centre for Organic Chemistry in Medical Science and Head of Synthetic Organic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London (IC).  His group is carrying out research on the total synthesis of bioactive natural products, cancer medicinal chemistry, heterocyclic compounds, organometallic compounds, diamondoid hydrocarbons and porphyrazine imaging agents. The team is additionally investigating the use of catalysis in organic synthesis with focus on alkaline earth mediated hydroaminations and related transformations.

Tony Barrett obtained his BSc (1973) and Ph.D. (1975) with Professor Sir Derek H.R. Barton at Imperial College and immediately afterward he joined the faculty there. After ten years of research in the USA as full professor in Northwestern and Colorado State Universities (1983-1992), he returned to his current positions at IC. Dr. Barrett has received numerous awards for his contributions to research from the Royal Society of Chemistry (1980 Meldola Medal, 1982 Harrison Medal, 1986 Corday-Morgan Medal, 1994 Tilden Lectureship, 1997 Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 2004 Pedlar Lectureship, 2005 Simonsen Lectureship); Imperial College (1981 Armstrong Medal); the American Chemical Society (1986 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award); the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation (1987 Teacher-Scholar Award); the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (1989 Fellowship); Glaxo Wellcome (2000 Award for Innovative Chemistry); the Specialised Organic Sector Association (2000 Innovation Award); the Royal Society (2002 Royal Society-Wolfson Research Merit Award).  He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1999 and Acadamy of Medical Sciences in 2003. Dr. Barrett has co-authored over 364 publications and 24 patents.

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