The 607^th meeting of the Sydney University Chemical Society will be held on Wednesday 13^th April in Le Fèvre Lecture Theatre 2 of the Chemistry Building on the campus of The University of Sydney. The speaker will be Prof. Tom Davis from the University of New South Wales, who is the 2005 RACI HG Smith Medallist and who will present a lecture entitled:

Building an academic research career
in the chemical sciences at UNSW:
The first 12 years

Prof. Tom Davis

Australian Professorial Fellow
Director
Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD)
School of Chemical Engineering & Industrial Chemistry University of New South Wales

I joined UNSW in December 1992 after a short industrial career in the UK. In this talk I shall discuss the research (and the personalities) that helped me build up a research group from a zero activity base, through a small academic research group to what is now a thriving research centre.I will discuss some of the scientific projects and collaborations that helped produce the publications for which I was honoured to receive the H.G.Smith Medal. In addition to the chemistry and science behind our success, I will also talk about the importance of a team work culture to our current creativity and output.

Wednesday 13^th April at 5:30pm

Le Fèvre Lecture Theatre 2

Refreshments from 5:00pm