!!James Barber 

[Obituary|https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/194710/professor-james-barber-1940-2020], Imperial College London\\
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!Curriculum vitae

__EDUCATION AND CAREER:__
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*1961 Awarded Technical State Scholarship
*1964 __B.Sc. Hons. Chemistry__ __(Wales)__
*1964 Awarded Nuffield Biological Fellowship
*1965 __M.Sc. in Biophysics, University of East Anglia__
*1967 __Ph.D. in Biophysics, University of East Anglia __
*1967 Awarded the Unilever Biochem. Soc. Eur. Fellowship, 
*1967 - 68 Biophysics Dept., Univ. Leiden, The Netherlands 
*1968 - 74 Lecturer, Imperial College London
*1974 - 79 Reader in Plant Physiology, Imperial College London
*1979 - 90 Professor of Plant Physiology, Imperial College London
*1989 - 91 Dean of the Royal College of Science, Imperial College London
*1989 - 99 Head of the Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College London
*1990-	Director, Centre for Photomolecular Sciences, Imperial College London 
*1990-	Ernst Chain Professor of Biochemistry, Imperial College London
*2009 - present Visiting Professor Politecnico di Totino (Italy)
*2010 - 12 Visiting Nanyang Visiting Professor Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
*2012 - present Canon Visiting  Professor Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
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__HONOURS:__
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*1989	Elected Member of Academia Europaea
*1989 & 2001	Miller Visiting Professorship at Berkeley, UC, USA 
*1992	Honorary Doctorate, University of Stockholm, Sweden
*1995	Selby Fellow, Australian Academy of Science
*2000 	Burroughs Wellcome Fund/Federation of American Soc. for Experimental Biol. Visiting Prof. Award in Basic Medical Sciences, Univ. California, USA
*2002	The Flintoff Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK
*2003 Elected foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
*2005 Elected to the Fellowship of The Royal Society London
*2005               Awarded the Italgas Prize for Energy and Environment
*2006               Awarded Novartis Prize and Medal of The Biochemistry Society
*2007               Awarded Wheland Medal and Prize of the University of Chicago
*2007                Elected President of the International Society for Photosynthesis Research
*2008               Arnon Lecture and Prize ( UC Berkeley )
*2008               Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor to Singapore
*2010               Honorary DSc ,University of East Anglia
*2011               Sir Ernst Chain Distinguished Lecture (London, UK)
*2013               Interdisciplinary Prize and Medal, Royal Society of  Chemistry
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__NAMED LECTURES:__
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*1987	  __C.I.L. Distinguished Lecturer__, Brock University Canada: 
*1995	  __The Ostwald Lecturer__, Max-Planck-Institüt für Biophysik, Frankfurt:
*1995	  __Selby Lecturer__, Australian Academy of Sciences, Canberra
*__Burrough-Wellcome Fund Lecturer__, UC Berkeley, USA   
*2004	  __Stedman Lecture__, Royal Society of Chemistry, University of Swansea. UK.
*2005        __Drummond Lecture__, Queen Mary College London. UK.
*__BSA Distinguished Lecture__ at Brookhaven National Lab., USA, 
*2006        __Italgas Prize Lecture__, Calabria and Torino, Italy.
*2006        __Novartis Medal Lecture__, BioSciences2006, Glasgow. UK. 
*2007        __Wheland Medel Lectures__, University of Chicago, USA.
*2008       __ Daniel Arnon Lecture__, University of California, Berkeley. USA  
*__Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitors Lectures__, Singapore.
*2010        __University G8 Lecture on Energy__, Torino, Italy)
*2011        __Sir Ernst Chain Distinguish Lecture__, Imperial College London, UK.
*2012        __Lectio Maigstralis__,  University of  Torino, Italy.
*2014        RSC Interdisciplinary Prize and Medal Lecture, RSC, London, UK
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In addition numerous Plenary and Symposia Lectures given at International Meetings, frequently as opening speaker (see below for most recent)
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__LECTURES 2010: __
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1st February Lorentz Institute Discussion Meeting, Leiden, The Netherlands. The Artificial Leaf Invited talk “__Natural Photosynthesis and Fuel Supply”
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19th March University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Invited Lecture “__How biology solved its energy problem__”
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18th April 5th EPSO Conference, Finland “__From Photosynthesis to Solar Fuels__”
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20th May   All Energy Conference, Aberdeen, UK. “__Piemonte Region, at the forefront of European Renewable Energies: the Biosolar Lab project__” 
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1st June. University of Torino Retreat, PraCatinal, Peidmonte, UK. “__From Natural to Artificial Photosynthesis to Generate Fuel for the Future__”
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4th June. Molecular Frontiers Symposium  on alternative energy & molecules, Stockholm, Sweden. "__Water splitting: Learning from Nature__"
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15th June. Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N). 2nd Annual Workship on Energy Research, NTU, Singapore. 
“__Solar Fuels from Natural and Artificial Photosynthesis__”
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20th July. 2nd Conference of Polish Society of Experimental Plant Biology, Krakow, Poland. “__Structure of Photosystem II and its implications__”
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29th August. 2nd International Symposium on Solar Fuels and Solar Cells, Dalian, China. “__Can we build an Artificial Leaf for Solar Fuel production?__”
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15th September. EUROBIOTECH 2010 Krakow, Poland. “__Can we build an Artificial Leaf for Solar Fuel production?__”
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23rd September. 28th Annual Convention of Biotechnologists, Aachen, Germany Planery Lecture. “__Can we build an Artificial Leaf for Solar Fuel production?__”
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12th 10th Nordic Photosynthesis Congress, Tartu, Esonia.  “__Photosystem Two Structure: Successes and Challenges__”
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24th October  BIOEN Workshop on Molecular Mechanisms of Photosynthesis: Structure and Dynamics,Sao Paulo, Brazil
“__Photosynthetic water splitting and the structure of PSII__”
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4th November. Festival della Scienza (FdS), 2010 Edition, Genova, Italy. "__Building an Artificial Leaf to Capture and Store Solar Energy__"
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24th November. University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. Invited Lecture "__Can we build an artificial leaf to converts solar energy into fuel?__" 
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__LECTURES 2011:__
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7th April. Energethica  Conference, Torino, Italy. Planery Lecture  “__From natural to artificial photosynthesis  for solar fuels__”  
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13th April. University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Invited Lecture “__How biology solved its energy problem__”
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25th May. Repsol Research Centre, Madrid, Spain. Presentation “__What is Artificial Photosynthesis__”
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5th July. Challenges in Renewable Energy (ISACS4), MIT, Boston, USA. Invited Lecture "__Revealing how Nature uses sunlight to split water__" 
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24th July. Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability, Baku, Azerbaijan. Opening Lecture “__From natural to artificial photosynthesis__”  
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28th August. EBSA Course on Solar Energy -  Biological and Biomimetic Solutions, at the Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of  Sciences, Szeged, Hungary. "__From Natural to Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuel Production__”
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7th September. Nanyang Technological University, Biology Department, Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability  “__From natural to artificial photosynthesis__”  
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20th Septembber. Accademia delle Scienze di Torino. Torino, Italy. Convegno internazionale: Chimica e sostenibilita: Problema Energetico. Plenary Lecture “__From Natural to Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuel Production__”
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8th October. European Imperial College Alumni invited talk, Brussels, Belgium. “__Can we build an artificial leaf to convert solar energy into fuel?__”
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31st October 17th IUPAD International Biophysics Congress, Beijing, China. Invited Symposium Lecture  'Revealing how Nature uses sunlight to split water' 
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4th November. International Workshop on Photosystem II, Chengdu, China. “__Photosystem II of Acaryochloris marina: Variation on a Theme__”
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23rd November. Sir Ernst Chain Distinguish Lecture, Imperial College London, UK. “__The Big Bang of Evolution and The Engine of Life__”
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7th December. 3rd GlobalTech Workshop on Energy Research for Global Sustainability. Bombay Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India. Invited Plenary Lecture "__Can we build an Artificial Leaf to efficiently convert Solar Energy into Fuel?__"
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__LECTURES 2012:__
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12th January.  Symposium on New Approaches to Emerging Energy Systems, Royal Society of Chemistry and British High Commission, NTU, Singapore Opening Lecture “__From Natural to Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuel Production__”
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3rd February.  Max Plank Institute for Plasma Physics Munich, Germany. Invited Lecture  “__From Natural to Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuel Production__”
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15th February. University College London, UK. Invited Lecture. "__Revealing how Nature uses sunlight to split water__" 
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8th March..  Institute of Chemical Research at Catalonia, Spain. Invited Lecture. “__From Natural to Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuel Production__”
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18th April. European Energy Conference 2012, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Invited Plenary Lecture  “F__rom Natural to Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuel Production__”
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25th April. Seacourt Ltd sponsored meeting on sustainability at the House of Commons, London, UK. “__From Natural to Artificial Photosynthesisfor Solar Fuel Production__”
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27th April. ESF-Eurocore meeting CNR Bologna, Italy. Opening Lecture “__Where are we with solar fuel research?__”
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3rd May.. Royal Society Discussion Meeting, Kavli Centre, UK “__Structure and Dynamics of the Thylakoid Membrane__”
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17th May.  Royal Society of Chemistry policy meeting. Burligham House, LondonOpening Lecture. “__What are Solar Fuels and why do we need them__”
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24th May. “Ecosystems Smart Actions” ,University of Torino, Ital, Lectio Maigstralis, “__Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels__”
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3rd June. 77th Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology. The Biology of Plants, Cold Spring Harbor, USA. Plenary Lecture. “__Photosysten II: The water slitting enzyme of  photosynthesis__”
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11th &12th June. Second International Workshop on Natural and Artificial Photosynthesis, Bioenergetics  and Sustainability. Institute of Advanced Studies, NTU, Singapore. Opening presentation “__The question of population and energy__” and Scientific  Lecture 
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8th to 13th July. Photosynthesis Gordon Conference, Davidson College, Davidson, NC. Opening lecture “__Photosystem II structure: success and challenges__”
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8th October Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,  Chemistry Committee. “__From Natural to Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuel Production__”
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__LECTURES 2013:__
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10th October Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow “__From Natural to Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuel Production__”
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__PUBLIC AWARENESS OF SCIENCE:__ 
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Several interviews on radio and television and the production of two programmes for the BBC/Open University. 
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*1987    “Harvesting the Sun”
*1994	“Engine of Life”
*1989-2000	Scientific judge of scripts for Public Awareness of Science through TV drama (PAWS) competition
*2006       Various TV interviews in Italy as the 2005 Italgas Prize winner and also in Russia in connection with the special international meeting on photosynthesis held in my honour. 
*2008-10    TV interviews in Baku, Azerbaijan,  Italy and Singapore as a result of key note lectures 
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__PUBLICATIONS:__
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Over 600  research and review papers.  H-index 72