Biographical entry Milburn, Gerard James (1958 - )

Summary

Gerard James Milburn is Professor of Physics and Federation Fellow at the University of Queensland and Deputy Director of the Centre for Quantum Computer Technology. Throughout his long career Milburn has developed an international reputation which has resulted in many invited lectures and conference presentations. His research interests are broad and include quantum optics, atom optics, laser physics and chaos in classical and quantum systems. Milburn has authored close to 200 referred articles and several books. He has also been heavily involved with many professional bodies and a few of his many contributions are listed in the chronology section.

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1980

Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at Griffith University in Brisbane

1983

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Waikato, New Zealand

1983 - 1984

Career position - Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the Department of Physics at Imperial College in London

October 1984 - May 1985

Career position - Royal Society Research Fellow in the Department of Physics at Imperial College (eight months)

1985 - 1988

Career position - Lecturer in Theoretical Physics at the University of Queensland

1988 - 1994

Career position - Reader in Theoretical Physics at the University of Queensland

1995 - 1996

Career position - Professor in Theoretical Physics and Associate Head of the Department of Physics at the University of Queensland

1997 - c. 2000

Career position - Head of the Department of Physics and Director of the Centre for Laser Science at the University of Queensland

1999 -

Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

2000 -

Career position - Deputy Director of the Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, University of Queensland

2001

Award - Moyal Medal received from Macquarie University, New South Wales

2002 - 2003

Career position - Chairman of the National Committee for Spectroscopy, Australian Academy of Science

2003

Career position - Chair of the National Committee for Physics, Australian Academy of Science

2003

Award - Boas Medal received from the Australian Institute of Physics

August 2003 -

Career position - Professor of Physics and Federation Fellow at the University of Queensland

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• National Library of Australia, 'Milburn, G J', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-496057. Details