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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003045b.htm person Snyder Allan Whitenack FAA FRS FTSE AACR2 23 November 1940 Place of Birth United States of America Allan Snyder is Director of the Centre for the Mind at the Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering; Foundation Head of the Optical Sciences Centre and Professor of Optical Physics and Vision Research at the Australian National University in Canberra. His research covers the area of global mental processing. 1081 1983 Career position - Associate Editor, Journal of the Optical Society of America 1960 1961 Career position - Communications engineer at Peter Kiewett and Sons 1961 1963 Career position - Research Assistant at the Ionospheric Research Laboratory of the Pennsylvania State University, USA 1963 1963 Education - BS (electrical Engineering), Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A. 1963 1967 Career position - Senior Research Scientist in the Sylvania Applied Research Laboratory (General Telephone and Telegraph Laboratories) in Boston, USA 1965 1965 Education - SM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A. 1967 1967 Education - Master of Science (MSc), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 1967 1968 Career position - Consultant to the American General Telephone and Telegraph Company 1968 1970 Career position - Consultant to Post Office Research Department of Great Britain 1969 1969 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University College, London 1969 1970 Career position - Consultant to Standard Telecommunications Laboratory 1969 1971 Career position - Senior Research Fellow in the Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, and Applied Physics at Yale University Medical School 1971 1979 Career position - Senior Research Fellow, then Senior Fellow and Professorial Fellow in Applied Mathematics at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University 1972 Career position - Consultant to the Advanced Techniques Laboratory of the Australian Post Office 1974 1974 Award - Edgeworth David Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales 1974 1974 Award - Royal Society of Victoria Medal for Excellence in Scientific Research 1977 1977 Award - John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship 1978 Career position - Chair of Optical Physics and Visual Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Australian National University 1980 Award - Fellow, Optical Society of America 1980 1983 Career position - Head of the Department of Applied Mathematics at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University 1985 1985 Award - Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal, Australian Academy of Science 1985 1985 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1987 Career position - Head of the Optical Sciences Centre at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Australian National University 1987 1987 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) 1990 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) 1991 1991 Award - K. L. Sutherland Memorial Medal, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 1992 1995 Career position - Founding Director, Australian Photonics CRC 1995 1995 Award - CSIRO Medal 1996 1996 Award - Harrie Massey Medal and Prize, Australian Institute of Physics and Institute of Physics, United Kingdom 1997 1997 Award - Australia Prize (in the field of Telecomminications) (joint), Australian Government 1997 2006 Career position - Distinguished Professor and Peter Karmel Chair of Science and the Mind, Australian National University 1997 2006 Career position - Foundation Director of the Centre for the Mind, Australian National University 1998 Career position - Foundation Fellow, National Vision Research Institute 1999 Career position - Director, Centre for the Mind, University of Sydney 1999 Career position - 150th Anniversary Chair of Science and the Mind, University of Sydney 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for outstanding research in the physical and biological fields 2001 2001 Award - Marconi International prize Australian Photonics CRC (1992 - 2006)

Director 1992 - 1995

 Edgeworth David Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (1948 - )

Awarded the Medal 1974

 Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal, Australian National Research Council and Australian Academy of Science (1935 - )

Awarded the Medal 1985

 Harrie Massey Medal and Prize, Australian Institute of Physics (1990 - )

Awarded the Medal 1996

 Australian National University (1946 - )

Distinguished Professor and Peter Karmel Chair of Science and the Mind 1997 - 2006; Foundation Director, Centre for the Mind 1997 - 2006

 Australia Prize, Commonwealth of Australia (1990 - 1999)

Awarded the Prize (in the field of Telecommunications) 1997

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Elected Fellow 1985

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Elected Fellow 1987

 Royal Society of Victoria Medal for Excellence in Scientific Research (1959 - )

Awarded the Medal 1974

 K. L. Sutherland Memorial Medal (1982 - )

Awarded the Medal 1991

 Snyder, Allan Whitenack (19401123-)

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 'Snyder, Allan Whitenack', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Snyder, Allan Whitenack Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Australian Academy of Science The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Canberra Australian Academy of Science 2019 Resource: 1997 Australia Prize: Professor Allan Snyder (Australia) 1997 Australia Prize: Professor Allan Snyder (Australia) Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Article: Allan Snyder Allan Snyder The Tall Poppy Campaign Resource: Recipients [of the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science, 2000 - 2017] Recipients [of the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science, 2000 - 2017] Department of Industry, Innovation and Science 2017 Resource: Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal Australian Academy of Science Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal Canberra Australian Academy of Science 2023 Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 2019 Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor Who's who in Australia 2019 55th Southbank, Vic. AAP Directories 2018