Barry Potter#
Potter - AE 2022 Brief CV F.pdf
EDUCATION
- School: 1965 - 1972 Hove County Grammar School
- University: Oxford University; Worcester College (1973 – 1977); Wolfson College (1977 – 1981)
- 1977 BA Honours degree in Chemistry, 1st Class – Part I (1976); Part II (1977). Supplementary subjects: Chemical Pharmacology; Molecular Biophysics; History and Philosophy of Science. Part II thesis title: The chemical modification of papain and the mechanism of action of fumarase
- 1980 MA
- 1981 DPhil - title: An investigation of enzyme mechanisms using substrate analogues (supervisor: G Lowe FRS)
- 1993 DSc Oxford University
SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES
- 1973 - 1977 Open Exhibition in Natural Sciences, Worcester College, Oxford
- 1977 The Part II Thesis Prize in Organic Chemistry, Oxford University
- 1977 Worcester College Society Prize (best performance in science subjects honour schools)
- 1978 - 1980 Graduate Scholarship, Wolfson College, Oxford
- 1980 - 1981 Junior Research Fellowship, Wolfson College, Oxford
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- 1977 - 1979 SRC Research Studentship, The Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Oxford
- 1979 - 1981 SRC Postdoctoral Research Assistantship, The Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Oxford
- 1980 - 1981 Junior Research Fellowship, Wolfson College, Oxford
- 1981 - 1984 Royal Society European Exchange Fellow at the Max-Planck-Institut für Experimentelle Medizin, Göttingen, FRG
- 1983 - 1984 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Göttingen, FRG
- 1984 - 1990 Lecturer in Biological Chemistry, Leicester University
- 1987 - 1990 Lister Institute Research Fellow, Leicester University
- 1990 - 1995 Lister Institute Research Professor of Medicinal & Biological Chemistry, University of Bath
- 1990 - 2015 Professor of Medicinal and Biological Chemistry, University of Bath (established chair)
- 2006 - 2015 Visiting Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Oxford
- 2006 - 2015 Associate Member, Dept of Pharmacology, University of Oxford
- 1990 - 2015 Professor of Medicinal and Biological Chemistry & Head of Medicinal Chemistry Section, Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, University of Bath
- 2015 - 2018 Visiting Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Bath
- 2015 - Professor of Medicinal & Biological Chemistry, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford
- 2016 - Fellow, University College, Oxford
- 2021 - Emeritus Professor of Medicinal & Biological Chemistry, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford
MAJOR PRIZES
- 2007/8 Royal Society of Chemistry George and Christine Sosnovsky Award & Medal in Cancer Therapy
- 2007 Royal Society of Chemistry UCB-Celltech Industrially Sponsored Award & Medal for Chemical Biology
- 2009 Royal Society of Chemistry Biological & Medicinal Chemistry Section, Malcolm Campbell Memorial Prize & Medal
- 2009 GlaxoSmithKline International Achievement Award
- 2010 Royal Society of Chemistry Interdisciplinary Prize & Medal
- 2012 European Life Science Awards “Investigator of the Year”
- 2015/16 Royal Society of Chemistry-BMCS Endowed Medicinal Chemistry Lectureship
- 2018 Tu You-you Award for Natural Product Chemistry
PROFESSIONAL FELLOWSHIPS & MEMBERSHIPS
- 1990 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC, Member since 1981); Chartered Chemist CChem
- 1985 Member of the Biochemical Society
- 1995 Member of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine
- 2004 Chartered Scientist CSci
- 2005 Member of the American Association for Cancer Research
- 2008 Member of the American Chemical Society
- 2008 Fellow of the Institute of Directors (FIoD, Member since 2000)
- 2008 Fellow of the Society of Biology (FRSB, formerly FIBiol); Chartered Biologist CBiol
- 2014 Member International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
HONOURS
- 2008 Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2009 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (by Trustee invitation)
- 2009 Member of Academia Europaea
- 2022 DSc honoris causa University of Bath
- 2022 HonFBPhS Honorary Fellowship of the British Pharmacological Society
LECTURESHIPS
- 1993 Walsh Memorial Lecturer (University of Dundee)
- 2000 Prestige Lectureship (University of Bradford)
- 2007/8 RSC George and Christine Sosnovsky Endowed Lectureship
- 2010/11 RSC Interdisciplinary Prize Endowed Lectureship
- 2015/16 Royal Society of Chemistry-BMCS Endowed Lectureship
DIRECTORSHIPS
- 1997 - 2004 Board Director, Sterix Ltd
- 2004 - 2009 Non-Executive Director, Sterix Ltd
