Fraser Andrew Armstrong is a

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at the

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and a

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Early life and education

Fraser Armstrong was born in Cambridge, England, in 1951. He obtained his

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degree in 1975 followed by a

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in 1978 from the

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Fraser A. Armstrong, H. Allen O. Hill, Nicholas J. Walton: ''Direct electrochemistry of redox proteins.'' In: ''Accounts of Chemical Research.'' 21, 1988, p 407–413, . supervised by Geoff Sykes.

Career and research

After his PhD, Armstrong carried out

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with Peter Kroneck (Konstanz), Ralph Wilkins (New Mexico), Helmut Beinert (Madison), and

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(Oxford). In 1983 he was awarded a

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which he held in Oxford until 1989, when he joined the Chemistry Faculty at the

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. He moved to his present position in 1993. His interests are in biological redox chemistry, in particular the application of dynamic electrochemical techniques in studies of complex electron-transfer and catalytic reactions in proteins (

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), and most recently the mechanisms and exploitation of biological hydrogen cycling. He was the president of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) from 2004 to 2006. With

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he co-edited the book ''Energy... beyond Oil''.

Honours and awards

*1998 European Medal for Biological Inorganic Chemistry *2000 The Royal Society of Chemistry award for Inorganic Biochemistry *2003 Carbon Trust Academic Innovation Award (with Kylie Vincent) *2004 Max-Planck "Frontiers in Biological Chemistry" Award *2006 The Royal Society of Chemistry Medal for Interdisciplinary Chemistry *2008 Elected a

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(FRS) *2010 The

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Joseph Chatt Award. *2012 The Royal Society

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. *2012 The Royal Society of Chemistry Barker Award

References

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