David Garner

Christopher David Garner FRSC FRS (born 9 November 1941) is a British retired chemist, whose research work was in the growing field of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. His research primarily focussed on the role of transition metal elements in biological processes, for which he published over 400 original papers and reviews on the topic. His specific interests lie in the roles of Molybdenum and Tungsten as the metal centres in various enzyme cofactors based on the molybdopterin molecule.

As well as his research work, Garner has also been a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, for which he has been a member of the council for many years and served as president from 2008 to 2010.

Academic career Garner was educated at Cheadle Hulme Warehousemen & Clerk's Orphans' School

Career

Following his graduation, Garner took up a post-doctoral research fellowship at the California Institute of Technology for one year, before returning to the UK to take up a post as the ICI Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham. He was then subsequently appointed as a lecturer in chemistry at the University of Manchester in 1968, and rose through the ranks to senior lecturer (1978), and finally appointed Professor of Inorganic Chemistry in 1984. Garner was appointed as the Head of the School of Chemistry from 1988 to 1996, and served as a member of the University Court from 1995 to 1999, and as a member of the University Council from 1996 to 1999. From 2011 to 2017 he served as Editor for the Royal Society journal, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A.

Garner has also held the following posts in various establishments around the world:

Discussion held during the METBIO programme resulted in the creation of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, for which Garner was the founding president from 1996 to 1998, and also the creation of its official journal, the Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry.

Awards and honours Garner has received numerous awards and honours including:

Tilden Medal and Lectureship (1985) Fellowship of the Royal Society (1997)

Royal Society of Chemistry Garner has been an active member of the Royal Society of Chemistry for many years, having obtained his Chartered Chemist (CChem) status in 1982, and being appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in the same year. Garner has also held the following roles within the RSC:

Personal life Garner was born to Chrystabel and Richard Norman Garner in 1941. Garner has two children Joseph and Katy with his wife, Pamela, whom he met at the University of Nottingham.