CRAIG VISITING PROFESSORSHIP   The aim of the David Craig Visiting Professorship is to honour a founding father of the School, Professor David P Craig, MSc Sydney PhD London, FRIC, FRACI, FAA, FRS, and to provide an attractive mechanism for inviting and funding high-profile internationally recognised chemists who are of interest to research groups within the School, to provide a mentoring and teaching platform to various research groups. The Craig Professor will often be a mid-career researcher who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in his/her generation and who may not previously have had the opportunity to spend time in the School. The lecture program for the Craig Professor will include the Craig Lecture (normally presented earlier in the visit, and suitable for a general chemistry audience) and a mini-course of approximately 4-6 lectures or research seminars of a more specialized nature. There is generally two social functions, the Craig Dinner and a less formal barbecue. The awards are normally allocated on an annual basis and the duration is approximately three to four weeks spent in the School. ..oOo.. CRAIG PROFESSORS 1996 - present 1996 Professor David Buckingham FRS 10-30 March   University of Cambridge, UK   The Hydrogen Bond 20 March 1996   1997 Professor Walter Steurer 10-28 March   Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich   Quasicrystals 1984-1996. Where are we now? 19 March 1997   1998 Professor Christopher J Moody 12 Aug-15 Sept   University of Exeter, UK   Organic Chemistry: 20 August 1998   The Practice of Wealth Creation   1999 Professor Henry Schaefer III 29 Nov-10 Dec   Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, University of Georgia, USA   Molecular Anions: A Wealth of Important, Uncharacterized Systems 1 December 1999   2000 Professor Peter Maitlis FRS 7-27 February   The University of Sheffield, UK   The Revolution in English Universities, 1980-2000: Out with the Old; Long Live the New 17 February 2000   2001 Professor Dame Julia Higgins FRS 29 Oct-9 Nov   (also 2001/2002 RACI Solomon Lecturer)   Imperial College, London   Polymer Blends - Mixing, Demixing and Compatibilisation 6 November 2001   2003 Dr Chris Abell February-March 03   University Chemical Laboratory, Cambridge   "Enzymology"   2003       Professor Victor Snieckus May-June 2003   Queens University, Department of Chemistry   "The centrality of Chemistry in Modern Scientific Pursuits"   2004 Professor Peter Stang June - July 2004   The University of Utah, Department of Chemistry   "Nanoscale Molecular Architecture: Design and Self-Assembly of Metallocyclic Polygons & Polyhedra via Co-ordination". 18 June   2005 Professor Alfred W (Bill) Rutherford   Research Director CNRS and Head of Section, Bioenergetics CEA, France   Photosystem II structure-function: the EPR years. 23 November 2005   2006 Professor Ken Jordan 10th - 30th November 2006   University of Pittsburg, PA, USA   Excess Electrons and Protons in Water: a Cluster Perspective..   2007 Professor Steven Boxer 7th - 13th November 2007   Stanford University, CA, USA   Imaging and Reaction Dynamics in Model Membranes: Soft Nanoscience.   2008 Professor Colin Bain 11th November 2008   Durham University, UK   Light: the world's most unlikely construction material.   2009 Professor Joel Bernstein 20th October, 2009   Ben-Gurion University, Negev, Israel   Chemistry in the Courtroom.   2011 Professor Thomas B. Rauchfuss 13th December, 2011   University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne   Understanding how Nature Works with H2 The Hydrogenase Mechanisms.   2012 Professor Chang Ming Li 2nd August, 2012   Nanyang Technical University   Surface functionalisation, the chemistry arts at nanoscales.   2013 Professor Christopher Lowe 26th August, 2013   Institute for Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge   Healthcare: Opportunities, challenges and prospects.   2015 Professor Chris Vanderwal 30th September 2015   University of California   Evolution of Synthesis Strategies for Polyhalogenated Natural Products.   2017 Professor Peter R. Schreiner 21st March 2017   Institute of Organic Chemistry, Justus-Liebig University   Tunneling Control of Chemical Reactions.   2019 Professor Mark Lautens 14th March 2019   Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto   Science and Advocacy: Important Bedfellows.