CV for Nigel perry

Tertiary Education: 

Ph.D., Chemistry; University of Otago, 1984.
B.Sc., 1st. Class Honours, Chemistry; University of Bristol, 1977
Distinctions/Honours: 

2000-2002: Leader of FRST "Biotechnology from Secondary metabolism" programme.
1994-2000: Leader of FRST "Bioactive Natural Products" programme.
1994: New Zealand Science & Technology Medal for the       recognition of excellence in science and technology.
1994: Award under the New Zealand/USA Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement, for travel to the US National Cancer Institute.
Employment Record:

 1991 on:  Research Leader, Crop & Food Research.
1993 on:  Honorary Fellow, Dept. of Chemistry, U. Otago.
1989-90: Senior Scientist, Dept. of Chemistry, U. Canterbury.
1989-90:  Assist. Lecturer, Dept. of Chemistry, U. Canterbury.
1984-88:  Post Doc. Fellow, Dept. of Chemistry, U. Canterbury.
1980-83:  Senior Demonstrator, Dept. of Chemistry, U. Otago.
1977-79:  Flavour Chemist, Spillers Ltd., Cambridge, England.

My career has been devoted to understanding the structure and function of natural products, and developing agrochemical and medicinal applications, including synthetic analogues. This has involved running multidisciplinary projects collaborating with biologists. I am currently the leading expert on natural products from New Zealand plants, and have contributed articles and book chapters for the general public. I contribute to the New Zealand science community through co-supervision of PhD and MSc students at the University of Otago, plus refereeing for the Royal Society of New Zealand's ISAT fund. My international science contributions include being on the advisory board of Planta Medica, and regular refereeing for other journals, including J. Natural Products and J. Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

Recent patents:

1. Davidson, M. M., Teulon, D. A. J. and Perry, N. B. (2005) Insect behaviour modifying compounds. PCT International.
2. Denny, W.A., Copp, B.R., Pearce, A.N., Berridge, M.V., Harper, J.L., Perry, N.B., Larsen, L. and Godfrey, C.A. Preparation of naphthothiazine derivatives as anti-inflammatory agents. PCT Int. Appl.: (2006)
3. Perry, N.B., van Klink, J.W., Larsen, L., Weavers, R.T. Preparation of acylhydroxy-cyclohexenedione antibacterial compounds.  PCT Int. Appl.: (2003)

Publications (2003 - present)
Journal articles (selected out of a total of 30 for 2003 - present)

1. Svenson, J., Smallfield, B. M., Joyce, N. I., Sansom, C. E. and Perry, N. B. (accepted) Betalains in Red and Yellow Varieties of the Andean Tuber Crop Ulluco (Ullucus tuberosus).  J. Agric. Food  Chem.
2. Davidson, M. M., Perry, N. B., Larsen, L., Green, V. C., Butler, R. C. and Teulon, D. A. J. (accepted) 4-Pyridyl Carbonyl Compounds as Thrips Lures: Effectiveness for Western Flower Thrips in Y-Tube Bioassays.  J. Agric. Food Chem.
3. Woollard, J. McK. R., Perry, N. B., Weavers, R. T. and van Klink, J. W. (2008). Bullatenone, 1,3-dione and sesquiterpene chemotypes of Lophomyrtus species. Phytochemistry, 69, 1313-1318.
4. Perry, N. B., Burgess, E. J., Foster, L. M., Gerard, P. J., Toyota, M. and Asakawa, Y. (2008) Insect Antifeedant Sesquiterpene Acetals from the Liverwort Lepidolaena clavigera. 2. Structures, Artefacts and Activity. J. Nat. Prod., 71, 258-261.
5. Sansom, C. E., Larsen, L., Perry, N. B., Berridge, M. V., Chia, E. W., Harper, J. L. and Webb, V. L. (2007) An Antiproliferative Bis-prenylated Quinone from the New Zealand Brown Alga Perithalia capillaris. J. Nat. Prod., 70, 2042-2044.
6. Durling, N. E., Catchpole, O. J., Grey, J. B., Webby, R. F., Mitchell, K. A., Foo, L. Y. and Perry, N. B. (2007) Extraction of phenolics and essential oil from dried sage (Salvia officinalis) using ethanol-water mixtures. Food Chemistry, 101, 1434-1441.
7. Larsen, L., Lorimer, S. D. and Perry, N. B. (2007) Contrasting chemistry of fruits and leaves of two Pseudowintera species: sesquiterpene dialdehyde cinnamates and prenylated flavonoids. Biochem. Syst. Ecol., 35, 286-292.
8. Pearce, A. N., Chia, E. W., Berridge, M. V., Clark, G. R., Harper, J. L., Larsen, L., Maas, E. W., Page, M. J., Perry, N. B., Webb, V. L. and Copp, B. R. (2007) Anti-inflammatory Thiazine Alkaloids Isolated from the New Zealand Ascidian Aplidium sp.: Inhibitors of the Neutrophil Respiratory Burst in Gouty Arthritis. J. Nat. Prod., 70, 936-940.
9. Teulon, D. A. J., Davidson, M. M., Hedderley, D. I., James, D. E., Fletcher, C. D., Larsen, L., Green, V. C. and Perry, N. B. (2007) 4-Pyridyl Carbonyl and Related Compounds as Thrips Lures: Effectiveness for Onion Thrips and New Zealand Flower Thrips in Field Experiments. J. Agric. Food  Chem., 55, 6198-6205.

c) Book chapters

1. Perry, N. B. (2007) Plant extracts. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 21-Sep, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/TheBush/UsesOfTheBush/PlantExtracts/en
2. Perry, N. B., Wills, R. B. H. and Stuart, D. L. (2004) Factors affecting Echinacea quality: agronomy and processing. In Echinacea. The genus Echinacea (Ed, Miller, S. C.) CRC Press, Boca Raton, FLA, pp. 111-126.
3. Perry, N. B. (2004) Lifeline: chemicals from plants. In Going native. Making use of New Zealand plants(Eds, Spellerberg, I. and Given, D.) Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, pp. 28-36.