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Dame Margaret Anne Brimble ( MacMillan; born 20 August 1961) is a New Zealand chemist. Her research has included investigations of shellfish toxins and means to treat brain injuries.
She went on to study chemistry at the University of Auckland from 1979 to 1983, graduating Bachelor of Science in 1982 and Master of Science with first-class honours in 1983. She was awarded a New Zealand Commonwealth scholarship to undertake a PhD in organic chemistry at the University of Southampton.
Brimble was the first New Zealander to receive the L'Oreal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science, and the second woman to receive the Rutherford medal.
Brimble was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to science in the 2004 New Year Honours. New Year Honours List 2004. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 7 October 2018. In the 2012 New Year Honours, she was promoted to Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, also for services to science. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2018. In the 2019 New Year Honours, she was promoted to Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to science.
In 2014, Brimble received the Science and Innovation Award at the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards.
In 2017, Brimble was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.
In 2023, Brimble received the Ernest Guenther Award in Chemistry of Natural Products
| 2012 | Rutherford Medal | Royal Society of New Zealand | world-leading contributions to the synthesis of bioactive natural products and novel peptides with wide applications across the life sciences industry |
| sustained outstanding research in the field of organic chemistry, notably her impressive research in the field of natural products synthesis and the development of new synthetic methodology. | |||
| pioneering the design, synthesis and clinical development of a small molecule drug candidate that shows promise for significantly reducing the impact of traumatic brain injury. | |||
| outstanding contributions to the synthesis of natural products and their analogues | |||
| Research, Science, Technology & Academia | |||
| contributions to the synthesis of complex natural products, especially shellfish toxins. | |||
| 2003-4 | internationally recognised and successful women scientists | ||
| outstanding contributions in natural product synthesis and development of new synthetic methodology | |||
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