Robin Wayne Carrell
Robin Wayne Carrell | |
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Born | New Zealand |
5 April 1936
Alma mater | University of Otago University of Canterbury Lincoln College University of Cambridge |
Thesis | The unstable haemoglobins (1967) |
Doctoral advisor | Hermann Lehmann |
Influenced | Christine Coe Winterbourn[1] |
Robin Wayne Carrell (born 5 April 1936) is a New Zealand-born medical researcher.
Born in 1936,[2] Carrell was educated at Christchurch Boys' High School from 1949 to 1953.[3] He graduated MB ChB from the University of Otago in 1959,[4] and B.Sc. (Hons) in chemistry and biochemistry from the University of Canterbury and Lincoln College in 1965.[2][5] He completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge in 1967 and in 1968 he was appointed head of clinical biochemistry at Christchurch Hospital,[6] the department later becoming part of the University of Otago Christchurch School of Medicine. As a spin-off from his research he co-founded biotechnology company Canterbury Scientific in 1985.[7] He returned to Cambridge the following year as professor of haematology, retiring in 2003, but as professor emeritus he has continued his research at Cambridge.[6] He retired from the board of directors of Canterbury Scientific in 2012.[8]
In 1986 he won the Hector Medal, at the time the highest award in New Zealand science.[9] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1980,[10] a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1987,[11] and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2002.[12]
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