Biographical entry Evans, Denis James (1951 - )

Summary

Denis James Evans is Dean of the Research School of Chemistry (RSC) and Professor of Chemistry and Leader of the Liquid States Chemical Physics group at the RSC within the Australian National University. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA), a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI), a member of the American Physical Society and of the Australian Society of Rheology. Evans has received many other honours and awards, has published over 250 scientific works, has been invited to deliver numerous speeches and conference articles and has worked on the editorial board of many top scientific journals.

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1972

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

1975

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the Research School of Physical Sciences at the Australian National University in Canberra

1976 - 1977

Career position - Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Physical Chemistry Laboratory at the University of Oxford, UK

1977 - 1978

Career position - Research Fellow at the School of Chemical Engineering at Cornell University in New York, USA

1978 - 1979

Career position - Research Fellow (joint appointment) in the Computer Centre and Ion Diffusion Unit at the Australian National University

1979 - 1980

Career position - Fullbright Fellow at the National Bureau of Standards in Colorado, USA

1979 - 1982

Career position - Research Fellow in the Ion Diffusion Unit at the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University

1982 - 1989

Career position - Fellow, then Senior Fellow of the Research School of Chemistry

1983

Award - Rennie Medal received from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1987 - 1989

Career position - Deputy Academic Director of the Australian National University Supercomputer Facility

1987 - 2004

Career position - Permanent Visiting Scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States Department of Commerce in Boulder, USA

1988

Award - Bronze Medallion received from the Australian Rheological Society

1989 -

Career position - Consultant Royal Dutch Shell in Thornton, UK

1989 -

Award - Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI)

1989 -

Career position - Professor of Chemistry and Leader of the Liquid States Chemical Physics group at the Research School of Chemistry

1989 - 1992

Career position - Academic Director of the Australian National University Supercomputer Facility

1990

Career position - Frederick White Prize received from the Australian Academy of Science

1990

Award - Frederick White Prize received from the Australian Academy of Science

1990 - 1994

Career position - Acting Dean of the Research School of Chemistry for various periods

1994 -

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

1998 -

Career position - Dean of the Research School of Chemistry

2000

Award - H.G. Smith Memorial Medal received from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute

2003

Award - Centenary Medal received from the Australian Government

2004

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

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Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Evans Denis James', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476332. Details