History of the NMRDG
History of the NMRDG
1964 – 2012
The full list of Chairs, with their then affiliations, comprises -
1.1964-65 Norman Sheppard, University of East Anglia - Sheppard.pdf
2.1965-66 Rex Richards, Oxford University - Richards.pdf, with Vice-Chairman David Whiffen
3.1966-69 John Elvidge, Battersea College of Technology, later University of Surrey - Elvidge.pdf with Vice-Chairman David Whiffen.
4.1969-72 Les Sutcliffe, University of Liverpool - Sutcliffe.pdf
5.1972-75 Ed Randall, Queen Mary College, University of London - Randall.pdf
6.1975-78 Jim Feeney, National Institute of Medical Research, Mill Hill, London - Feeney.pdf
7.1978-81 Robin Harris, University of East Anglia – Harris.pdf
8.1981-83 Jim Emsley, University of Southampton – Emsley.pdf
9.1983-85 Derek Shaw, Varian Associates
10.1985-87 Geoff Hawkes, Queen Mary College, University of London
11.1987-89 Duncan Gillies, Royal Holloway College, University of London
12.1989-91 Oliver Howarth, University of Warwick - Howarth.pdf
13.1991-93 David Davies, Birkbeck College, University of London - Davies.pdf
14.1993-95 John Lindon, Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham - Lindon.pdf
15.1995-97 Ken Packer, University of Nottingham – Packer.pdf
16.1997-99 Jeremy Nicholson, Birkbeck College/Imperial College, University of London - Nicholson.pdf
17.1999-2001 Jeremy Everett, Pfizer, Sandwich
18.2001-03 David Neuhaus MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Cambridge - Neuhaus.pdf
19.2003-06 Duncan Farrant, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage - Farrant.pdf
20.2006-09 Tim Claridge, Oxford University - Claridge.pdf
21.2009-11 Mike Williamson, University of Sheffield - williamson.pdf
22.2011-2013 James Keeler, University of Cambridge
23.2013-2015 Gareth Morris, University of Manchester - Morris.pdf
24.2015-2018 Sharon Ashbrook, University of St. Andrews
25.2018-2022 Simon Ducket, University of York
26.2022- Melanie Britton, University of Birmingham
Many of these ex-chairs have provided for this web site short reminiscences of their period in office.
Chairs of the NMRDG