John Barnard Bremner

Background

Bremner, John Barnard was born on April 16, 1943 in Perth, Australia. Son of John Andrew and Gwendoline Florence (Hunt) Bremner.

Education

Bachelor of Science with honors, U. Western Australia, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National U., 1968; diploma in chemical pharmacology, U. Edinburgh, 1975.

Career

Research fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1968; lecturer, U. Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 1968-1973; senior lecturer, U. Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 1974-1980; reader, U. Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 1981-1991; head of Department, University Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 1989, 90-91; professor organic chemistry, U. Wollongong, Australia, since 1991; head department chemistry, U. Wollongong, Australia, since 1994. Adjunct visiting associate professor Pennsylvania State University, State College, 1979-1980. Visiting fellow Australian National U., Canberra, 1983-1984.

Consultant Tasmanian Alkoloids Proprietary Ltd., Westbury, Australia, 1986-1988, Port Arthur (Australia) History Site Management Authority, 1990.

Achievements

• John Barnard Bremner has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Secretary Scots Church, Uniting Church in Australia, Hobart, 1982-1986. Fellow Royal Australian Chemical Institute (president Tasmanian branch 1981-1982), Royal Society Chemistry. Member American Chemical Society, European Photochemistry Association, Network for the Chemistry of Biologically Important Natural Products.

Interests

• Avocations: bushwalking, stamp collecting.

Connections

Married Susan Louise Crawley, December 13, 1965. Children: James Andrew, Michael John.

Father:

John Andrew Bremner

Mother:

Gwendoline Florence (Hunt) Bremner

Spouse:

Susan Louise Crawley

child:

James Andrew Bremner

child:

Michael John Bremner