Biographical entry Baddeley, Adrian John (1955 - )

Summary

Adrian John Baddeley is one of Australia's top statisticians whose research interests include stochastic geometry, spatial statistics and stereology. He is presently Professor of Statistics in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Western Australia. In 2004 Baddeley was awarded the Pitman Medal by the Statistical Society of Australia in recognition of his outstanding achievement in, and contribution to, the discipline of Statistics.

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1973 - 1976

Education - Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA (Hons)) completed at the Australian National University in Canberra

1977 - 1980

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

1979 - 1982

Career position - Research Fellow of Trinity College at Cambridge

1981

Career position - Visiting Professor in the Department of Statistics at Yale University, USA

1982

Career position - Lecturer in Mathematical Tripos Part III at the University of Cambridge

1982 - 1985

Career position - Lecturer in Statistics at the University of Bath, UK

1983 - 1985

Career position - Chair of the Committee on Geometrical Statistics for the International Society for Stereology

1985 - 1988

Career position - Research Scientist then Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Mathematics and Statistics in Sydney

1988 - 1994

Career position - Research Group Leader at the Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1989

Career position - Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Washington, USA

1991 - 1996

Career position - Adjunct Professor (Bijzonder Hoogleraar) in the Applications of Mathematics within the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands

1995

Award - Australian Mathematical Society Medal received

1995 - 1998

Career position - Council member of the Australian Mathematical Society

1995 - 1998

Career position - Member of the Academic Council of the University of Western Australia

c. 1996

Career position - Professor of Statistics at the University of Western Australia

1996 - 1999

Career position - Australasian Vice-President of the International Society for Stereology

1998 - 2000

Career position - Head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Western Australia

2000 -

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

2001

Award - Centenary Medal received from the Australian Government

2004

Award - Pitman Medal received from the Statistical Society of Australia

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• National Library of Australia, 'Baddeley, Adrian', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1242338. Details