Leonard Francis Lindoy, FAA, (born 1937) is an Australian chemist with interests in macrocyclic chemistry and metallo-

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, and an

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Inorganic Chemistry Inorganic chemistry deals with chemical synthesis, synthesis and behavior of inorganic compound, inorganic and organometallic chemistry, organometallic compounds. This field covers chemical compounds that are not carbon-based, which are the subj ...

at the

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and

James Cook University James Cook University (JCU) is a public university in North Queensland, Australia. The second oldest university in Queensland, JCU is a teaching and research institution. The university's main campuses are located in the tropical cities of Cair ...

. He moved to the University of Sydney in 1996 to take up the departmental

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in inorganic chemistry vacated by Hans Freeman.

Honours and recognition

Lindoy has been recognised for his professional achievements with Fellowships in the

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(RACI), the

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(RSC), the Royal Society of New South Wales (RSN) and in 1993, the

Australian Academy of Science The Australian Academy of Science was founded in 1954 by a group of distinguished Australians, including Australian Fellows of the Royal Society of London. The first president was Sir Mark Oliphant. The academy is modelled after the Royal Soci ...

(FAA). In 1995, Lindoy received both the H G Smith Memorial Medal and the Burrows Award, the premier award of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the RACI. Lindoy's contributions were also recognised by the

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in 2001 with a

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for "service to Australian society and science in inorganic chemistry". In 2005, he was awarded an RACI Distinguished Fellowship and he went on to receive the 2008 Leighton Memorial Medal which is "the RACI's most prestigious medal and is awarded in recognition of eminent services to chemistry in Australia in the broadest sense." In 2009, he received both the Australian Academy of Science's Craig Medal and a

(RSC) Centenary Lectureship and Medal. Lindoy was appointed an

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in the 2025 King's Birthday Honours for "distinguished service to chemical sciences as a researcher, to tertiary education, and in leadership roles".

Significant publications

References

Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science Academic staff of the University of Sydney 20th-century Australian chemists 1937 births Living people 21st-century Australian chemists Academic staff of James Cook University Officers of the Order of Australia University of New South Wales alumni {{Chemist-stub