Dai (David) Rees#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1570 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1994 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Dai (David) Rees passed away June 10, 2021.
Positions Held
- 1994 - 1999 President of the European Science Foundation
- 1987 - 1996 Chief executive of the Medical Research Council
- 1982 - 1987 Director of the National Institute for Medical Research
- 1970 - 1982 Principal Scientist Unilever Research, Colworth Laboratory
- 1962 - 1970 Lecturer in chemistry at the University of Edinburgh
- 1961 - 1962 Assistant lecturer in chemistry at the University of Edinburgh
Fields of Scholarship
- Carbohydrate conformation and structure
Honours and Awards
- 1970 Carbohydrate Chemistry Award by the Chemical Society
- 1970 Colworth Medal by the Biochemical Society
- 1981 Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1981
- 1984 Delivered the Royal Society's Philips Lecture
- 1986 Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
- 1989 Fellow, King's College London
- 1989 Honorary Doctor of Science (Edinburgh)
- 1993 Knighted
- 2010 One of the 58 founding fellows of the Learned Society of Wales
