Craig Hawker Craig J. Hawker is an Australian-born chemist. His research has focused on the interface between organic and polymer chemistry with emphasis on the design, synthesis, and application of well-defined macromolecular structures in biotechnology , microelectronics and surface science . Hawker holds more than 45 U.S. patents and has co-authored over 300 papers in the areas of nanotechnology , materials science and chemistry . He was listed as one of the Top 100 most cited chemists worldwide over the decade 1992–2002. and again in 2000–2010. Hawker is currently the director of the California Nanosystems Institute and holds a number of other laboratory directorships at the University of California, Santa Barbara .Education Hawker was born in Australia and attended high school in Queensland . It was in high school that he developed his interest in chemistry because, as he put it, "...it really allowed me to develop things with my hands. Chemistry is a very hands-on science.". He studied at the University of Queensland and graduated with a Chemistry degree. He worked with Professor Sir Alan R. Battersby at Cambridge University on his post-graduate studies achieving his PhD in bio-organic chemistry. Hawker then moved to the United States to pursue post-graduate work at Cornell University in 1988.Research history In 1990, Hawker returned to Queensland as a Queen Elizabeth II Research fellow at the University of Queensland. From 2004, he was a research staff member at the IBM Almaden Research Center in California. Hawker is currently the Director of the California NanoSystems Institute , Co-Director of the Materials Research Laboratory and the Alan and Ruth Heeger Professor of Interdisciplinary Science at the University of California , Santa Barbara .Influence and Research Focus In 2012, Hawker won the Centenary Prize from the Royal Society for developing strategies for the design of new polymers which has had a major influence in the area and on those studying polymers. In 2013, Hawker and another colleague invented Olaplex, a successful commercial product designed to 'relinks hair bonds' to help reduce hair breakage. In 2018, Olaplex won a patent infringement action against L'Oreal. In 2015, Hawker was named as an American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow for "...revolutionising materials research through the development of powerful synthetic methods and strategies for molecularly engineering functional macromolecules, inspiring scientists across multiple disciplines." He also serves or has served as editor for journals such as the Journal of Polymer Science and is on the editorial board for a number of journals of Chemistry including the International Journal of Polymeric Materials and the Journal of Polymer Science Part A . In 2017, he was described as "one of the top materials scientists in the world, " In 2018, Hawker and his colleagues developed a "... 3D-printing technique that can produce objects with both rigid and flexible properties will allow scientists to make bioinspired structures in just a single stage ." This could lead to the development of structures with "mechanically and chemically distinct properties". Hawker is currently researching ‘nanostructured materials’ in areas associated with ‘microelectronics and biotechnology’.Awards 2017 Charles G. Overberger International Prize for Excellence in Polymer Research 2016 Belgian Polymer Award 2016 Elected Member of the National Academy of Inventors 2015 Elected as Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2013 ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry, American Chemical Society 2012 Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry 2011 Arthur C. Cope Scholar, American Chemical Society 2010 Fellow of the Royal Society on 20 May 2010 2010 Elected Fellow, American Chemical Society 2010 Polymer Division Fellow, American Chemical Society 2010 Named in Top 100 Most Cited Chemists 2009 PMSE Fellow, American Chemical Society 2008 The inaugural DSM Performance Materials Award, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry 2007 Mark Scholar Award, American Chemical Society 2006 IBM Research Division Award 2005 Dutch Polymer Award, Dutch Chemical Institute 2004 Industrial Scientist Award, American Chemical Society 2003 Co-operative Research Award, American Chemical Society 2002 IBM Corporate Technical Recognition Award 2000 Young Scientists Award, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry 1999 Patent Invention Award, IBM Corporation 1997 Patent Invention Award, IBM Corporation 1995 Innovation Award, IBM Corporation 1992 Rennie Memorial Medal , Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1992 Research Award, Australian Research Council 1991 Treloar Prize, Polymer Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1990 Queen Elizabeth II Research Fellowship, Australian Research Council 1985 1851 Research Scholarship , Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 1985 Overseas Research Scheme Award, Science and Engineering Research Council 1988 Science Fellow, Harkness Fellowships 1985 Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan Award, British Council 1985 Masson Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1985 University Medal, University of Queensland1984 Poole Award, University of Queensland 1984 CSR Chemicals Prize, University of Queensland 1983 Douglas McNaughton Scholarship, University of Queensland 1983 T.G.H. Jones Scholarship, University of Queensland 1982 Edward Taylor Memorial Prize, University of Queensland 1981 Chemistry Prize, University of Queensland
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