Emerita Professor

Mary Garson

AM FAA

Mary Garson
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Mary Garson is a world-leading organic chemist. She is an internationally recognised expert in chemistry, biosynthesis, and bioactivity of secondary metabolites from both the marine and terrestrial environments. Best known for her pioneering use of stable/radioactive isotopes to define unusual biosynthetic pathways, she probes complex stereochemistry, ecological interactions, and environmental aspects of marine and plant metabolites. A 2003 special issue of the Journal of Natural Products in honour of Garson celebrated the excellence of her scientific contributions. The marine flatworm Maritigrella marygarsonae is named in her honour.

Fields of research

31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3103 ECOLOGY
    • 310399 Ecology not elsewhere classified
34 CHEMICAL SCIENCES
  • 3404 MEDICINAL AND BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
    • 340401 Biologically Active Molecules
  • 3405 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • 340502 Natural Products Chemistry

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Natural Products
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Bioassay
  • NMR Spectroscopy
  • Marine Ecology
  • Chemistry

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