Biographical entry Melrose, Donald Blair (1940 - )

Summary

Donald Melrose is Director of the Special Research Centre in Astrophysics and Professor of Physics (theoretical) at the University of Sydney. His research interests include plasma processes in astrophysics and geophysics, quantum electrodynamics and nonlinear plasma processes. Melrose has published widely in all three fields. Prior to his University of Sydney appointments Melrose worked at numerous international institutes including the University of Maryland's Department of Physics and Astronomy.

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1958

Education - Undergraduate studies started at the University of Western Australia

1959 - 1962

Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Tasmania

1962

Award - Rhodes Scholar for Tasmania

1965

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Oxford University, UK

1965 - 1966

Career position - Research Fellow in Physics at the University of Sussex, UK

1966 - 1968

Career position - Research Associate in Physics at Belfer Graduate School of Sciences, Yeshiva University, New York, USA

1968 - 1969

Career position - Research Fellow in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Maryland, USA

1968 - 1984

Career position - Member of the American Astronomical Society

1969 - 1978

Career position - Reader in Theoretical Physics at Australian National University

1979 -

Career position - Professor of (theoretical) Physics at the University of Sydney

1979 - 1984

Career position - Member then Chairman (from 1980) of the National Committee for Astronomy

1985 - 1988

Career position - Inaugural Chairman of the Sydney Association for Astrophysics

1986

Award - Walter Boas Medal received from the Australian Institute of Physics

1986

Award - Pawsey Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science

1987

Award - Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science

1990 -

Career position - Honorary Research Fellow at the Australia Telescope National Facility

1991 -

Career position - Director of the Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics (Special Research Centre in Astrophysics) at University of Sydney

1994 -

Career position - Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Australia Telescope National Facility

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Melrose, D. B. and Minnett, H. C., 'Jack Hobart Piddington 1910-1997', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 12, no. 2, 1998, pp. 229-246. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9981220229.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Melrose, D B', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-569819. Details