Thomas Keneally on the website of the movement. He is also a keen supporter of rugby league football, in particular the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles club of the NRL. In 2004, he gave the sixth annual Tom Brock Lecture. He made an appearance in the 2007 rugby league drama film "The Final Winter". In March 2009, the Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, gave an autographed copy of Keneally's biography "Lincoln" to President Barack Obama as a state gift. Keneally's nephew Ben is married to former Premier of New South Wales and Sky News Australia newscaster Kristina Keneally. Keneally wrote the Booker Prize-winning
Corinna S. Schindler that can replace the current precious metal reagents, which are expensive and can be harmful to the environment. The catalyst used is iron (III) chloride. A catalyst is a species that speeds up the kinetics of a reaction by lowering its activation energy and is recovered at the end of the reaction. Catalysts are used to improve reaction yields and decrease reaction times. Schindler’s research group also focuses on the biological activity of natural products and their analogs for medicinal purposes. For her contributions to science, Schindler has been the recipient of many research awards. These include: Corinna S. Schindler