About the Author
John Bremner was born in Perth, Western Australia,
and after completion of his undergraduate studies at the
University of Western Australia, he undertook a Ph.D. at
the Australian National University. After a further year
at Harvard University as a Research Fellow, he returned
to Australia to take up a Lectureship in Chemistry at
the University of Tasmania. Later, on sabbatical leave,
he completed a Diploma in Chemical Pharmacology at
the University of Edinburgh. In 1991, he was appointed
as Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of
Wollongong in NSW, Australia. He retired in 2007 and is
now an Emeritus Professor of the University of Wollongong. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical
Institute and received a Distinguished Fellow Award of
the RACI in 2011. In 2001, he received the Adrien Albert
Award in medicinal chemistry. He is also a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Chemistry.
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