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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-02-24 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003621b.htm person Thompson Colin John FAA AACR2 5 April 1941 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Mathematician Colin Thompson was Professor of Mathematics at the University of Melbourne from 1972 to 1999. His research interests include statistical mechanics, phase transitions, dynamical systems, and chaos. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and a past President of ANZIAM. 1962 1962 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of New South Wales 1962 1964 Career position - Teaching Fellow, Applied Mathematics Department, University of New South Wales 1964 1964 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of New South Wales 1964 1965 Career position - Research Associate, Physics Department, University of California San Diego, U.S.A. 1965 1966 Career position - Research Associate, Mathematics Department, The Rockefeller University, New York City, U.S.A. 1965 1968 Award - Queen Elizabeth II Fellow, Applied Mathematics Department, University of New South Wales 1968 1969 Career position - Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 1969 1972 Career position - Associate Professor of Mathematics and Physics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A. 1972 1999 Career position - Professor of Mathematics, University of Melbourne 1980 1981 Career position - President, ANZIAM (Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics) 1995 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1999 Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne ANZIAM (Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics) (1974 - )

Chairman, Division of Mathematics 1980 - 1981

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Elected Fellow 1995

 The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Professor of Mathematics 1972 -

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