P006013
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2018-03-20
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Helen Cohn
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2019-12-17
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https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006013b.htm
person
Smerd
Stefan Friedrich
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28 July 1916
20 December 1978
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria
Place of Death
Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Physicist
Stefan Smerd was one of the world's leading solar physicists. He earned an international reputation for his work on thermal processes in the 'quiet' sun and energetic non-thermal processes associated with solar disturbances. After working on the development of radar during WWII he joined the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in 1946 in the Division of Radiophysics, initially working with Joe Pawsey. During the International Geophysical Year (1957/8) he established a world data centre for solar emission. In 1971 he became Director of the CSIRO observatory at Culgoora, New South Wales, and head of the solar radio astronomy group.
1942
1942
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Liverpool, United kingdom
1946
1946
Career event - Appointed to Division of Radiophysics, CSIR
1965
1965
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
1971
1978
Career position - Director, C.S.I.R.O. Solar Observatory at Culgoora, New South Wales
CSIRO Solar Observatory (1967 - 1987)
Director 1971 - 1978
Wikidata
Smerd, Stefan Friedrich (19160728-19781220)
Trove
'Smerd, Stefan Friedrich', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Smerd, Stefan Friedrich
Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation