Robert Ackman

Robert George Ackman, OC ( born September 27, 1927 in Dorchester, New Brunswick, † July 16, 2013 in Halifax, Nova Scotia ) was a Canadian chemist and professor at the Technical University of Nova Scotia. Ackman became famous with her operated by basic research in the field of omega-3 fatty acids.

Life and career

After studying organic chemistry at the University of Toronto, from which he graduated in 1950 with a Bachelor of Arts, Ackman received in 1952 a Master of Science from Dalhousie University and a Ph.D. in 1956 from the University of London. From 1950 he worked for the Canadian government in the field of marine science, first as a research assistant and from 1956 to 1979 as a staff chemist. In this capacity, he was appointed in 1972 a member of the Chemical Institute of Canada. This was followed by a call to the Technical University of Nova Scotia, where he worked as a professor at the Institute of Fisheries Technology until his retirement in 1995. During this time, Ackman has published over 550 scientific papers and articles.

Awards

• Officer of the Order of Canada (2001)

Publications (selection )

• Marine biogenic lipids, fats and oils. 2 Bd CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1989, ISBN 0-8493-4889-7, ISBN 0-8493-4890-0.
• Seafood science and technology: proceedings of the International Conference Seafood 2000 celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Canadian Institute of Fisheries Technology of the Technical University of Nova Scotia, May 13-16, 1990, Halifax, Canada. Fishing New Books, London 1992, ISBN 0-85238-173-5.
• ANALYTICAL METHODS - Different tocopherols and the relationship in between Two Methods for Determination of Primary Oxidation Products in Fish Oil. In: Journal of agricultural and food chemistry. Vol 49, No 4 ( 2001), ISSN 0021-8561, pp. 1724.