Martin Banwell | |
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Born | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | 24 November 1954
Citizenship | Australian, New Zealander |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Organic Chemist |
Institutions | ANU Research School of Chemistry |
Thesis | Studies of Some Strained-Ring Systems: Tricyclo-Octanes (1979) |
Martin Gerhardt Banwell (born 24 November 1954) is an organic chemist specialising in biotransformations and natural product synthesis.[1]
His research interests involve the enzymatic preparation of organic molecules as synthons or building blocks for complex natural products. This technology/methodology is then applied to the synthesis of complex marine natural products from the Great Barrier Reef.[citation needed]