Person
Piper, James Austin (Jim) (1947 - 2023)
AM
- Born
- 1 January 1947
Oamaru, New Zealand - Died
- 2023
- Occupation
- Physicist and University Administrator
Summary
Jim Piper was a physicist recognised internationally for his research into lasers, photonics and optics. This work included investigations of high precision ultra violet laser micromachining of polymers and applications in micro fabrication physics. Piper was one of the first to establish a laser research program in Australia. He retired in 2013 as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Macquarie University.
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Chronology
- 1968
- Education - BSc (hons), University of Otago, New Zealand
- 1971
- Education - PhD, University of Otago, New Zealand
- 1971 - 1975
- Career position - Research Fellow, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford
- 1975
- Life event - Settled in Australia
- 1975 - 1983
- Career position - Lecturer (later Associate Professor) in Physics, Macquarie University
- 1982
- Award - Pawsey Medal, Australian Academy of Science
- 1984
- Award - Walter Boas Medal, Australian Institute of Physics
- 1984 - 1985
- Career position - President, Australian Optical Society
- 1984 - 2013
- Career position - Professor of Physics, Macquarie University
- 1988 - 1996
- Career position - Director, ARC Special Research Centre for Lasers and Applications
- 1991 - 1994
- Career position - Deputy Chair, ARC Research Training and Careers Committee
- 1994 -
- Award - Fellow, Optical Society of America
- 1996
- Career position - General Chair, 20th International Quantum electronics Conference, Sydney
- 1997
- Career position - Head, School of Mathematics, Physics, Computing and Electronics, Macquarie University
- 1997
- Award - Australian Optical Society Medal
- 1998 - 2000
- Career position - Council Member, Australian Research Council
- 1998 - 2000
- Career position - Chair, ARC Committee for International and National Co-operation
- 1998 - 2002
- Career position - Dean, Division of Information and Communication Sciences, Macquarie University
- 2003 - 2013
- Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Macquarie University
- 2005
- Career position - Chair, Deputy Vice-Chancellor's (Research) Committee, Australian Vice-Chancellor's Committee
- 2006
- Award - DSc honoris causa, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland
- 2006 - 2013
- Career position - Director, Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, Macquarie University
- 2007 - 2013
- Career position - Board Member, HEARing CRC
- 2008 - 2010
- Career position - Chair, Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grants (LIEF) Scientific Advisory Committee, Australian Research Council
- 2010 - 2012
- Career position - Board Member, Environmental Biotechnology CRC
- 2010 - 2013
- Career position - Member, Advisory Board, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility
- 2014
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to tertiary education, particularly through research in applied laser physics
- 2016 -
- Award - Life Member, Australian Optical Society
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See also
- Who's who in Australia 2012 (Melbourne: Crown Content Pty Ltd, 2012), 2430 pp. Details
- Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia [Queen's Birthday 2014 M-Z], Governor General's Office, Canberra, 2014. http://old.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/qb/qb2014/Media%20Notes%20-%20AM%20(M-Z).pdf. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 28 January 2020, Last modified: 23 February 2024