THEO MURPHY (AUSTRALIA) HIGH FLYERS THINK TANK

Preventative health: Science and technology in the prevention and early detection of disease

University of Sydney (Eastern Avenue Complex), Thursday 6 November 2008

Session 1: Introductory session
Chair: Professor Philip Kuchel FAA

Philip Kuchel has been a professor of biochemistry at the University of Sydney since 1980. He has published over 300 scientific papers and, amongst several books, he has co-edited Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Biochemistry. In 2001 he received an inaugural Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research Higher Degree Supervision.

Phil's research is classified as physical biochemistry. It involves biochemical analyses as well as mathematical and physical descriptions of macromolecular and cellular systems. His main technological focus is nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. He has been president of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Australian Society for Biophysics, and inter alia chair of the Academy's Europe Exchange Committee, National Committee for Biomedical Sciences and Nuffield Fellowships Committee.