Biographical entry Barber, Michael Newton (1947 - )

Summary

Michael Barber is Executive Director of Science Planning at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) and a past Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) of the University of Western Australia. Before his move to science administration, Barber was an accomplished physicist and mathematician who lectured and researched at the Australian National University, the University of New South Wales and at the Universities of Washington and California in the USA. His present research interests include statistical mechanics, material science and computational mathematics.

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1965 - 1968

Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of New South Wales

1969 - 1972

Career position - CSIRO Overseas Pre-doctoral Fellow at Cornell University

1969 - 1972

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Cornell University, USA

1972 - 1974

Career position - Queen Elizabeth II Fellow in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University in Canberra

1974 - 1980

Career position - Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at the University of New South Wales

1979 - 1980

Career position - Visiting Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Washington, USA (six months)

1981 - 1984

Career position - Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of New South Wales

1982 - 1983

Career position - Visiting Research Scientist at the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of California, USA (six months)

1984 - 1994

Career position - Professor of Mathematics at the Australian National University

1985 - 1988

Career position - Head of the Department of Mathematics at the Australian National University

1987

Career position - Visiting Research Scientist at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, USA

1988 - 1990

Career position - Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Science at the Australian National University

1990 - 1994

Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Science at the Australian National University

1992 -

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

1994 -

Career position - Director of the Western Australian New Materials and Technology Centre

1994 -

Career position - Director of Technology & Innovation Management Pty. Ltd.

1994 - c. 2000

Career position - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) at the University of Western Australia

c. 2000 -

Career position - Executive Director of Science Planning at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

2001 - 2005

Career position - Secretary of Science Policy of the Australian Academy of Science

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Online Resources

• 'Barber, Michael N', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-458546. Details
• Ward, C., 'Michael Newton Barber', in CSIROpedia, 2011, http://csiropedia.csiro.au/display/CSIROpedia/Allan%2C+Frances+Elizabeth. Details