Alan MacDiarmid - Other

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MacDiarmid also travelled around the world for speaking engagements that impressed upon listeners the value of globalising the effort of innovation in the 21st century. In one of his last courses, in 2001, MacDiarmid elected to lead a small seminar of incoming freshmen about his research activities. Overall, his name is on over 600 published papers and 20 patents. MacDiarmid was also active as a naturist and nudist, and considered himself a sun-worshipper and keen waterskier.