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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-01-08 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006174b.htm person Blair David Gerald FAA AACR2 26 November 1946 Place of Birth Lymington, Hampshire, United Kingdom Physicist David Blair is an experimental physicist whose pioneering work in precision measurement science includes microwave cavity electro mechanics, the invention of the first ultra-precise sapphire clock, and the study of three mode interactions that underpinned the detection of gravitational waves. He led the establishment of the Australian International Gravitational Research Centre in Western Australia which helped enable the detection of gravitational waves. Blair was appointed Winthrop Professor of Physics at the University of Western Australia in 1998. 1950 1950 Life event - Migrated to Australia with his family 1976 1979 Award - Queen Elizabeth Research Fellowship 1979 1980 Career position - Research Associate, University of Western Australia 1985 1986 Career position - President, Guildford Association 1990 Career position - Director, Australian International Gravitational Research Centre, University of Western Australia 1992 1992 Award - NASA Group Achievement Award 1992 2001 Career position - Member, International Committee for General Relativity and Gravitation 1995 1995 Award - Walter Boas Medal, Australian Institute of Physics 1998 Career position - Member, International Committee for the Grossmann Meetings 1998 Career position - Winthrop Professor of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Western Australia 1998 Career position - Member, Gravity Wave International Committee 1999 Career position - Member, Gravity Discovery Centre Foundation 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to the community through the development of the Southern Cross Cosmos Centre 2003 2003 Award - Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 2005 2005 Award - ANZAAS Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 2005 2005 Award - Eureka Prize for the Public Understanding of Science, for the establishment of the Gravity Discovery Centre 2007 2007 Award - Western Australian Premier's Science Award for Scientist of the Year 2013 2013 Award - Fellow, American Physical Society 2018 2018 Award - Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 2018 2018 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 2018 2018 Award - Inducted into Western Australian Science Hall of Fame, Western Australian Premier's Science Awards 2020 2020 Award - Prime Minister's Prize for Science (jointly with David McClelland, Susan Scott and Peter Veitch), Commonwealth of Australia 2024 2024 Award - Harley Wood Lecturer, Astronomical Society of Australia Walter Boas Medal, Australian Institute of Physics (1984 - )

Awarded the Medal 1995

 Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia (1924 - )

Awarded the Medal 2018

 The University of Western Australia (1911 - )

Winthrop Professor of Physics 1998 -

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Elected Fellow 2018

 Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1991 - 2015)

Received the Award 2003

 ANZAAS Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (1965 - )

Awarded the Medal 2005

 Prime Minister's Prize for Science, Commonwealth of Australia (2000 - )

Awarded the Prize (jointly) 2020

 Astronomical Society of Australia (1966 - )

Harley Wood Lecturer 2024

 'Blair, David Gerald', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Blair, David Gerald 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: Prime Minister's Prizes for Science 2020 [citations] Prime Minister's Prizes for Science 2020 [citations] Canberra Department of Industry, Science and Resources 2020 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