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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-10-30 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2026-03-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007526b.htm person Hodgkin Jonathon Howard AACR2 12 September 1938 Place of Birth Kuala Lumpur, Malaya [later], Malaysia Polymer chemist Jonathan Hodgkin's early work was as a natural products chemist involving the characterisation and synthesis of alkaloids. He became interested in polymer chemistry when employed by the Polymer Corporation in Canada in 1965 where he developed thermally stable elastomers foe automotive applications. At the Stanford Research Institute, from 1966, he worked with Boeing and NASA on thermally stable polyimides for aerospace applications. At CSIRO, from 1971, he was a key member of the polymer banknote project and was seconded to the Bank to manage the technology transfer. From 1988 until his retired in 2003 he managed a group in CSIRO that developed matrix resins for advanced composites. This involved working closely with Boeing, BAE Systems and the Australian company Quickstep.

While at CSIRO Jonathan ran a polymer analysis group which carried out many less major commercial polymer analysis and development projects for the Australian industry. A number of these led to appearing as expert witness in legal proceedings.

His key publications include:

J H Hodgkin, G P Simon and R J Varley, Thermoplastic toughening of epoxy resins: A critical review Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 1998, 9, 3-10

B-G Min, J H Hodgkin and Z H Stachurski, Reaction mechanisms, microstructure, and fracture properties of thermoplastic polysulfone-modified epoxy resin, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 1993, 50, 1065-1073

R J Varley, J H Hodgkin and G P Simon, Toughening of a trifunctional epoxy system part VI. Structure property relationships of the thermoplastic toughened system, Polymer, 2001, 42, 3847-3858

B Dao, J Hodgkin, J Krstina, J Mardel amd W Tian, Accelerated aging versus realistic aging in aerospace composite materials. II. Chemistry of thermal aging in a structural composite. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2006, 1023, 3221-3232

1959 1959 Education - Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Organic Chemistry, University of Western Australia 1963 1963 Education - Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry, Australian National University 1963 1964 Career position - National Research Council of Canada, Post-Doctoral Fellowship. Nova Scotia 1965 1965 Career position - Research Chemist, Polymer Corporation, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada 1966 1966 Career position - Contract Research Scientist, Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California, USA 1971 1971 Career position - Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry, Fishermans Bend, Victoria, Australia 1979 1979 Award - Fellow, Royal Australia Chemical Institute (FRACI) 1980 1981 Career position - Secondment to ICI Australia polymer research group 1982 1983 Career position - Secondment to Reserve Bank of Australia, Note Printing Branch, Craigieburn, Victoria to manage the polymer banknote technology transfer 1982 1987 Career position - Executive Editorial Board, High Performance Polymers 1995 1995 Award - Fellow, Institute of Physics (UK) 2011 2011 Career event - Retired from CSIRO 'Hodgkin, Jonathon Howard', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hodgkin, Jonathon Howard Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Geoff Hawthorne, CSIRO polymer chemist Hodgkin, J. H.; Morton, T. C.; and Spurling, T. H. Geoff Hawthorne, CSIRO polymer chemist 2017 Chemistry in Australia 2017 March 32-3 Book: The plastic banknote: from concept to reality Solomon, David; Spurling, Tom The plastic banknote: from concept to reality Collingwood, Vic. CSIRO Publishing 2014