Elix Books, 1996
Elix may refer to: * Əlix, a village in the municipality of Quturğan in the Qusar Rayon of Azerbaijan * John Alan Elix (born 1941) (Elix), an Australian lichenologist See also * Helix (other) A helix is a spiral-like space curve. Helix may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Helix (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Liseberg in Gothenburg, Sweden Print * ''The Helix'' (magazine), an Australian teen science bimonthly * ...

John Alan Elix
John Alan (Jack) Elix (born 1941) emeritus professor in chemistry at the Australian National University, is an organic chemist who has contributed in many fields: lichenology, lichen chemotaxonomy, plant physiology and biodiversity and natural product chemistry. He has authored 2282 species names, and 67 genera in the field of mycology. Education His first degree, B.Sc., and his Ph.D were both in organic chemistry from the University of Adelaide. This was followed by post-doctoral years at the University of Cambridge and then a D.Sc. in natural products chemistry from the Australian National University. Career Elix spent a post doctoral year in 1966 at Cambridge, returning to Australia in 1967 to a lectureship in chemistry at the Australian National University, ANU. He retired as professor of chemistry in 2002, becoming professor emeritus. By 1975 he had already published several papers on the organic chemistry of lichens, and ultimately leading to work on the evolution, ...
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