About
Richard J. Payne graduated from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand in 2002. His final year project was supervised by Professor Andrew Abell and involved the synthesis and protein conjugation studies of vitamin K analogues. In 2003 he was awarded a Gates Scholarship to undertake his PhD at the Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge (Downing College) under the supervision of Professor Chris Abell. His PhD research entailed the design, synthesis and evaluation of inhibitors of enzymes on, and downstream of the shikimate pathway. After a short postdoctoral tenure at the University of Cambridge (Feb-June 2006), Richard moved to The Scripps Research Institute under the auspices of a Lindemann Postdoctoral Fellowship and the guidance of Professor Chi-Huey Wong. Here, he was involved in the development of new methods for the synthesis of glycopeptides and glycoproteins. In 2008 he moved to the University of Sydney where he is currently a Professor in Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology within the School of Chemistry.
Education and employment
2002 | Bachelor of Science (Hons) (Chemistry) | University of Canterbury, New Zealand
2003-2006 | PhD (Organic & Medicinal Chemistry) | University of Cambridge, UK
2006 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | University of Cambridge, UK
2006-2008 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA
2008-2010 | Lecturer | The University of Sydney, Australia
2011-2012 | Senior Lecturer | The University of Sydney, Australia
2013-2015 | Associate Professor | The University of Sydney, Australia
2015-present | Professor of Organic Chemistry & Chemical Biology | The University of Sydney, Australia
AWARDS, PRIZES AND HONOURS
2001 | Hayden Prize in Chemistry
2001 | C. E. Fenwick Prize in Chemistry
2002 | Foundation for Research, Science and Technology – Bright Futures Award
2002 | Warwick Cook Memorial Scholarship
2002 | Canterbury Doctoral Scholarship
2003 | Gates Scholarship (Study towards a PhD at the University of Cambridge)
2006 | Lindemann Fellowship
2008 | Royal Australian Chemical Institute Biota Medal for Medicinal Chemistry
2010 | New South Wales Young Tall Poppy Award
2011 | Royal Australian Chemical Institute 2011 Rennie Memorial Medal
2012 | Royal Australian Chemical Institute Organic Division Athel Beckwith lectureship
2013 | Business Events Sydney Future Leader
2013 | Tregear Award in Peptide Science
2014 | Australian Research Council Future Fellowship
2014 | Australian Academy of Science Le Fèvre Memorial Prize
2014 | The Royal Society of NSW Edgeworth David Medal
2015 | MedChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship
2015 | The Leo Dintenfass Memorial Award for Excellence in Research
2015 | Chemical Society of Japan Distinguished Lectureship Award
2016 | The Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year
2017 | Vice Chancellors Award for Research Excellence
2018 | Faculty of Science Teaching and Learning Award for Outstanding Higher Degree Supervision
2018 | A. J. Birch Medal (Royal Australian Chemical Institute)
2019 | IUPAC Periodic Table of Younger Chemists Award – Selenium
2019 | HG Smith Memorial Award
2020 | Liversidge Lectureship
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