Lew Mander has widely explored the synthesis and chemistry of the gibberellin class of diterpenes over a 20-year period at the Australian National University.
13 Facts About Lew Mander
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Lew Mander retired in 2002 but remained active at the ANU until 2014.
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Lew Mander completed a BSc degree at the University of Auckland, New Zealand in 1960, followed by an MSc degree in 1961 from the same institution.
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Lew Mander then moved to Australia in 1962 to undertake a PhD degree at the University of Sydney before committing to an initial postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan.
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Lew Mander then moved to Caltech in 1965 for an additional two years.
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Lew Mander returned to Australia in 1966 to become a lecturer in organic chemistry at the University of Adelaide.
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Lew Mander was promoted to Senior Lecturer in organic chemistry in 1970, where he remained until 1975.
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Lew Mander was a distinguished Alumnus Professor at the University of Auckland in 1992 and an Eminent Scientist of RIKEN at Wako, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan from 1995 to 1996.
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Lew Mander retired in 2002 but retained the title of Professor Emeritus at the Australian National University.
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Notable students of Lew Mander's include Jacqueline Whalley, professor at Auckland University of Technology.
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Lew Mander died at home in Canberra, Australia on 8 February 2020, at age 80.
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Lew Mander further developed his interest in this chemical group to include an understanding of their role in plant development.
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Amongst his many scholarly activities, Mander contributed a chapter on 'Stereoselective Synthesis' to the classic text 'Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds' by Professors Ernest L Eliel and Samuel H Wilen.