Simon Campbell


Sir Simon Fraser Campbell, is a British chemist.

Education

Campbell obtained from the University of Birmingham a first Class BSc degree in Chemistry in 1962, a PhD degree in 1965, and an honorary DSc degree in 2004.

Career

He was President of the Royal Society of Chemistry from 2004 to 2006.
He has led innovative research, discovering some of the world's best-selling prescription drugs.
He was visiting lecturer at Universidade de São Paulo.
He was a medicinal chemist for Pfizer.
He was visiting professor at University of Leeds, and on the advisory board of University of Kent, and University of Bristol.

Awards and honours

Campbell was knighted in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to chemistry, having previously been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.