Biographical entry Anderson, John Robert (1928 - 2007)

Summary

John Anderson was Honorary Fellow of Chemistry at Monash University in the late 1990s and a former Chief of the Division of Material Sciences at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) from 1970 to 1978. His areas of interest were in catalysis, surface science, materials science and fuel chemistry.

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1952 - 1955

Award - Royal Dutch/Shell Fellow

1955

Award - Ramsay Memorial Fellow for Great Britain

1964 - 1969

Career position - Professor of Chemistry at Flinders University in South Australia

1967 - 1969

Career position - Chairman of the School of Physics at Flinders University

1970 - 1986

Career position - Chief of the Division of Tribophysics/Material Sciences at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

1972

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

1979 - 1980

Career position - Acting Director of the CSIRO Institute of Physical Science

1987 - 1993

Career position - Professor of Chemistry at the University of Monash in Victoria

c. 1994 -

Career position - Honorary Fellow of Chemistry at the University of Monash

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Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Anderson, J R', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-944389. Details