| Con Cambie | |
| Birth Name: | Richard Conrad Cambie |
| Birth Place: | Tauranga, New Zealand |
| Fields: | Natural products chemistry |
| Workplaces: | University of Auckland |
| Alma Mater: | Auckland University College University of Oxford |
| Thesis Title: | Fungal polyacetylenes |
| Thesis Url: | https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155934882 |
| Thesis Year: | 1963 |
| Doctoral Students: | Bill Denny[1] |
Richard Conrad "Con" Cambie (born 1931) is a New Zealand natural products chemist known for his research into bioactive compounds.
Born in 1931 in Tauranga, Cambie was educated at Tauranga College.[2] He attended Auckland University College, graduating with an MSc with first-class honours in 1955 and a PhD in 1958.[3] Appointed to the staff of chemistry department at Auckland in 1958,[4] Cambie then studied at the University of Oxford, where he was awarded a DPhil in 1963.[5] He was awarded a DSc, on the basis of publications submitted, in 1964.
He returned to the University of Auckland and, following the retirement of Bob Briggs in 1969, he was appointed to a professorial chair.[6] For 17 years he also served as assistant to the vice-chancellor (student services).[7] On his retirement in 1996 Cambie was granted the title of professor emeritus.[8]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1966,[9] and the following year he was awarded the society's Hector Medal, New Zealand's highest science honour at that time.[10] He is the author or co-author of 430 scientific papers.