Monday, 17 October 2011
Two eminent UWA researchers – Professor Bob Bucat and Winthrop Professor Colin Raston – have featured in front page articles of the national magazine Chemistry in Australia published by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.
The profiles – complete with eye-catching caricatures – are part of the magazine’s ‘Living Luminaries’ of Australian chemistry series being run as part of the International Year of Chemistry.
Professor Bucat is an Honorary Teaching Fellow at the School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences. He is featured on the front cover of the September issue.
Professor Raston is the Director of the Centre for Strategic Nano-Fabrication and was featured in the July issue.
In the articles, the two notable scientists give insights into their remarkable careers.
They explain why they chose a career in chemistry, who were the big influences on their work, what they consider to be their greatest achievement and challenge, and what tips they have for other chemistry professionals.
They also explain which famous historical figures they’d most like to dine with (for Professor Bucat, it’s the former Soviet leader who helped bring about the end of the Cold War, Mikhail Gorbachev; while for Professor Raston, it’s the innovator and artist Leonardo Da Vinci).
(The magazines can be viewed online at the Royal Australian Chemical Institute’s website )
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