Martin Gerhardt Banwell (born 24 November 1954) is an organic chemist specialising in biotransformations and natural product synthesis.
[1] His research interests involve the enzymatic preparation of organic molecules as synthons or building blocks for complex natural products.
His father, who worked for the United Nations as a consulting geophysicist, was most enthusiastic about Chinese culture and taught himself Mandarin.
Banwell has also previously been a guest at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland.
Currently Prof. Banwell is a Foreign Visiting Researcher at Hiroshima University, an Asia-Pacific Representative, Advisory Board to the International Society for Heterocyclic Chemistry, a Chemistry Consultant for CSIRO Molecular Science and Member, Australian Research Council College of Experts.