Professor Mark Rizzacasa obtained a BSc Honours degree in 1986 and a PhD in 1990 under the guidance of Professor Melvyn V. Sargent at the University of Western Australia. He then moved on to the USA and spent 2 years as a postdoctoral fellow in Professor Robert E. Ireland's research group at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. In early 1993, he then returned to Australia to begin an appointment as lecturer in the School of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne and was promoted to senior lecturer in 1997 , Associate Professor and Reader in 2003 and full Professor in 2008. Professor Rizzacasa was awarded the Royal Australian Chemical Institute Rennie Memorial Medal in 1997. This medal is given annually to a member of the RACI under 35 years of age who has made a significant contribution to chemistry over the last 10 years. In addition, professor Rizzacasa was awarded the 2005 Organic Reactions Lectureship. His interests include the total synthesis of bioactive natural products and the development of synthetic methodologies.

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