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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004013b.htm person Milburn Gerard James FAA FRS AACR2 2 May 1958 Place of Birth Queensland, Australia Physicist Gerard James Milburn is Professor of Physics and Federation Fellow at the University of Queensland and Deputy Director of the Centre for Quantum Computer Technology. Throughout his long career Milburn has developed an international reputation which has resulted in many invited lectures and conference presentations. His research interests are broad and include quantum optics, atom optics, laser physics and chaos in classical and quantum systems. Milburn has authored close to 200 referred articles and several books. He has also been heavily involved with many professional bodies and a few of his many contributions are listed in the chronology section. 1980 1980 Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), Griffith University in Brisbane 1983 1983 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Waikato, New Zealand 1983 1984 Career position - Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the Department of Physics at Imperial College in London October 1984 May 1985 Career position - Royal Society Research Fellow in the Department of Physics at Imperial College (eight months) 1985 1988 Career position - Lecturer in Theoretical Physics, University of Queensland 1988 1994 Career position - Reader in Theoretical Physics, University of Queensland 1995 Career position - Professor in Theoretical Physics, University of Queensland 1997 2000 Career position - Head of the Department of Physics and Director of the Centre for Laser Science, University of Queensland 1999 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 2000 2010 Career position - Deputy Director of the Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, University of Queensland 2001 2001 Award - Moyal Medal, Department of Mathematics, Macquarie University, New South Wales 2002 2003 Career position - Chairman, National Committee for Spectroscopy, Australian Academy of Science 2003 2003 Career position - Chair of the National Committee for Physics, Australian Academy of Science 2003 2003 Award - Walter Boas Medal, Australian Institute of Physics 2003 2013 Award - ARC Federation Fellow, University of Queensland 2005 Award - Fellow, American Physical Society 2007 2011 Career position - Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 2011 2017 Career position - Director and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems 2017 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) Walter Boas Medal, Australian Institute of Physics (1984 - )

Awarded the Medal 2003

 The University of Queensland (1910 - )

Professor of Theoretical Physics 1995 - ; Head, Department of Physics and Director, Centre for Laser Science 1997 - 2000

 Moyal Medal, Macquarie University (2000 - )

Awarded the Medal 2001

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Elected Fellow 1999; Chairman, National Committee for Spectroscopy 2002 - 2003; Chair, National Committee for Physics 2003

 Milburn, G J (19580502-)

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 'Milburn, Gerard James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Milburn, Gerard James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation