John Alan Elix | |
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Born | 1941
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Fields | Organic chemistry lichenology taxonomy, plant physiology |
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Doctoral students | Simone Henrica J.J. Louwhoff |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Elix |
John Alan (Jack) Elix (born 1941) [1] emeritus professor in chemistry at the Australian National University, [2] [3] is an organic chemist who has contributed in many fields: lichenology, lichen chemotaxonomy, plant physiology [2] and biodiversity and natural product chemistry. [3] He has authored 2282 species names, [4] and 67 genera [5] in the field of mycology.
The standard author abbreviation Elix is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [6]
His first degree, B.Sc., and his Ph.D were both in organic chemistry from the University of Adelaide. This was followed by post-doctoral years at the University of Cambridge and then a D.Sc. in natural products chemistry from the Australian National University. [7]
Elix spent a post doctoral year in 1966 at Cambridge, returning to Australia in 1967 to a lectureship in chemistry at the ANU. [1] He retired as professor of chemistry in 2002, [1] becoming professor emeritus. [3]
By 1975 he had already published several papers on the organic chemistry of lichens, [8] [9] [10] and ultimately leading to work on the evolution, taxonomy and phylogeny of lichens. [11] [12] [13] For his work on lichens, Elix was awarded the Acharius Medal in 2004 and the Nancy T Burbidge Medal in 2015. [1] He is a prolific author (or coauthor) of new fungal and lichen species, having formally described about 1147 as of December 2017. [14]
He was honoured in 1997, when lichenologist Helge Thorsten Lumbsch published Elixiaceae which is a family of fungi in the order Umbilicariales. It contains two genera, Meridianelia, and the type genus, Elixia, which is named after John Alan Elix. [15]
He was also honoured again in 2004, with Melanelixia, which is a genus of foliose lichens in the family Parmeliaceae, [16] and in 2016 with Astrothelium elixii, a rare bark-dwelling Bolivian lichen. [17]
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John Alan Elix | |
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Born | 1941
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Awards |
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Academic career | |
Fields | Organic chemistry lichenology taxonomy, plant physiology |
Institutions |
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Doctoral students | Simone Henrica J.J. Louwhoff |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Elix |
John Alan (Jack) Elix (born 1941) [1] emeritus professor in chemistry at the Australian National University, [2] [3] is an organic chemist who has contributed in many fields: lichenology, lichen chemotaxonomy, plant physiology [2] and biodiversity and natural product chemistry. [3] He has authored 2282 species names, [4] and 67 genera [5] in the field of mycology.
The standard author abbreviation Elix is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [6]
His first degree, B.Sc., and his Ph.D were both in organic chemistry from the University of Adelaide. This was followed by post-doctoral years at the University of Cambridge and then a D.Sc. in natural products chemistry from the Australian National University. [7]
Elix spent a post doctoral year in 1966 at Cambridge, returning to Australia in 1967 to a lectureship in chemistry at the ANU. [1] He retired as professor of chemistry in 2002, [1] becoming professor emeritus. [3]
By 1975 he had already published several papers on the organic chemistry of lichens, [8] [9] [10] and ultimately leading to work on the evolution, taxonomy and phylogeny of lichens. [11] [12] [13] For his work on lichens, Elix was awarded the Acharius Medal in 2004 and the Nancy T Burbidge Medal in 2015. [1] He is a prolific author (or coauthor) of new fungal and lichen species, having formally described about 1147 as of December 2017. [14]
He was honoured in 1997, when lichenologist Helge Thorsten Lumbsch published Elixiaceae which is a family of fungi in the order Umbilicariales. It contains two genera, Meridianelia, and the type genus, Elixia, which is named after John Alan Elix. [15]
He was also honoured again in 2004, with Melanelixia, which is a genus of foliose lichens in the family Parmeliaceae, [16] and in 2016 with Astrothelium elixii, a rare bark-dwelling Bolivian lichen. [17]
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