Fraser Armstrong (professor)

Fraser Andrew Armstrong FRS is a professor of chemistry at the University of Oxford^[2] and a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford.^[3][4][5][6]

Fraser Armstrong FRS
Born	Fraser Andrew Armstrong Cambridge
Alma mater	University of Leeds (BSc, PhD)
Awards	Davy Medal (2012) Royal Society University Research Fellowship (1983–1989)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	University of Oxford University of California, Irvine
Thesis	Kinetic studies on some redox and substitution processes in aqueous media : Part one: Further studies with molybdenum (V); Part two: Reactions of ferredoxins (1978)
Doctoral students	Judy Hirst[1]
Other notable students	Sophie E. Jackson
Website	armstrong.chem.ox.ac.uk

Early life and education

Fraser Armstrong was born in Cambridge, England, in 1951. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in 1975 followed by a PhD in 1978 from the University of Leeds^[7][8] supervised by Geoff Sykes.^[9]

Career and research

After his PhD, Armstrong carried out postdoctoral research with Peter Kroneck (Konstanz), Ralph Wilkins (New Mexico), Helmut Beinert (Madison), and Allen Hill (Oxford).^{[citation needed]}

In 1983 he was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship which he held in Oxford until 1989, when he joined the Chemistry Faculty at the University of California, Irvine. He moved to his present position in 1993. His interests are in biological redox chemistry, in particular the application of dynamic electrochemical techniques in studies of complex electron-transfer and catalytic reactions in proteins (protein film voltammetry), and most recently the mechanisms and exploitation of biological hydrogen cycling. He was the president of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) from 2004 to 2006. With Katherine Blundell he co-edited the book Energy... beyond Oil.^[6]

Honours and awards

• 1998 European Medal for Biological Inorganic Chemistry^{[citation needed]}
• 2000 The Royal Society of Chemistry award for Inorganic Biochemistry^{[citation needed]}
• 2003 Carbon Trust Academic Innovation Award (with Kylie Vincent)^{[citation needed]}
• 2004 Max-Planck "Frontiers in Biological Chemistry" Award^{[citation needed]}
• 2006 The Royal Society of Chemistry Medal for Interdisciplinary Chemistry^{[citation needed]}
• 2008 Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
• 2010 The Royal Society of Chemistry Joseph Chatt Award.^[10]
• 2012 The Royal Society Davy Medal.^[11]
• 2012 The Royal Society of Chemistry Barker Award