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| Born | Christopher David Garner (1941-11-09)9 November 1941 (age 83) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biological Inorganic Chemistry |
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| Thesis | Crystal structures of Group IV metal nitrates (1966) |
| Doctoral advisor | Clive Addison[citation needed] |
| Doctoral students | James Naismith[1] |
Christopher David GarnerFRSCFRS (born 9 November 1941) is a British retired chemist, whose research work was in the growing field ofBiological Inorganic Chemistry. His research primarily focussed on the role oftransition metal elements in biological processes, for which he published over 400 original papers and reviews on the topic.[2] His specific interests lie in the roles ofMolybdenum andTungsten as the metal centres in variousenzyme cofactors based on themolybdopterin molecule.[3]
As well as his research work, Garner has also been a member of theRoyal Society of Chemistry, for which he has been a member of the council for many years and served as President from 2008 to 2010.[4]
Garner was educated atCheadle Hulme Warehousemen & Clerk's Orphans' School[2] and studied for his undergraduate degree at theUniversity of Nottingham, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree withFirst Class Honours in 1963. Under the supervision of Clive Addison[citation needed] subsequently earned his PhD for his work on the"Crystal structures of Group IV metal nitrates" in 1966.[5]
Following his graduation, Garner took up apost-doctoral research fellowship at theCalifornia Institute of Technology for one year, before returning to the UK to take up a post as theICI Research Fellow at theUniversity of Nottingham. He was then subsequently appointed as a lecturer in chemistry at theUniversity of Manchester in 1968, and rose through the ranks to senior lecturer (1978), and finally appointed Professor of Inorganic Chemistry in 1984. Garner was appointed as the Head of the School of Chemistry from 1988 to 1996, and served as a member of theUniversity Court from 1995 to 1999, and as a member of theUniversity Council from 1996 to 1999.[2]
In 1998, Garner took up the post of Professor of Biological Inorganic Chemistry at theUniversity of Nottingham, a post which he held until his retirement in 2010. As such he now holds the post ofprofessor emeritus.[6] From 2011 to 2017 he served as Editor for theRoyal Society journal,Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A.[7]
Garner has also held the following posts in various establishments around the world:[2]
Discussion held during theMETBIO programme resulted in the creation of theSociety of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, for which Garner was the Founding President from 1996 to 1998, and also the creation of its official journal, theJournal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry.
Garner has received numerous awards and honours including:
His nomination for theRoyal Society reads:[9]
Distinguished for his development of the coordination chemistry of the transition elements, leading to an improved understanding of their role in biological systems. Early work made notable contributions to the synthesis and crystallographic characterization of metal nitrate complexes, and to the structural classification of the numerous modes of coordination of the nitrato ligand. This was extended to a study of the role of the molybdenum centre in thenitrate reductase enzymes, and to a pioneering work on the use ofEXAFS atDaresbury to probe the chemical distinction between active and desulpho xanthine oxidase. Elegant syntheses afforded the first examples of complexes containing Fe3MoS4 and Fe3WS4 cubane-like cores. Subsequently,X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) of the Fe/Mo and Fe/V cofactors resulted in the first structural characterization for a vanadium site in an enzyme. Imaginative work on Cu-Mo-S and Cu-V-S clusters, and on the copper and zinc sites in reduced bovinesuperoxide dismutase have provided further important insights. Garner was awarded the Tilden Lectureship in 1985 and is the author or coauthor of some 240 papers.
Garner has been an active member of theRoyal Society of Chemistry for many years, having obtained hisChartered Chemist (CChem) status in 1982, and being appointed as aFellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in the same year. Garner has also held the following roles within the RSC:[2]
Garner is also an Honorary Fellow of theChinese Chemical Society.[10]
Garner was born to Chrystabel and Richard Norman Garner in 1941.[2] Garner has two children Joseph and Katy with his wife, Pamela, whom he met at theUniversity of Nottingham.[citation needed]
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