Career & Professorships

Career

1957

M.Sc. Theoretical Physics, University of Western Australia. Thesis Advisor: Professor R. B. Dingle ‘Studies in Statistical Mechanics.’ Contents:

  1. The Statistical Mechanics of Moving Systems
  2. Nearest Neighbour Lattice Statistics
  3. A Programme for the Mathematical discussion of the Yang-Lee Condensation Phenomenon

1968 – 1969

Research scientist, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda Md.

1960 – 1962

Research Fellow, IBM Corporation, T.J. Watson Centre, NY, USA

1962

Ph.D. University of Maryland, USA (Mathematical Physics), Thesis Advisor: Professor Elliott W. Montroll; ‘Statistical Mechanics of Assemblies of Charged Particles.’

1962 – 1970

Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Queen Elizabeth II Fellow, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, Univ. of N.S.W., Australia

1968-2010

Visiting Professor at numerous universities.

1970-2000

Founder and Head, Dept. Applied Mathematics, Institute of Advanced Studies, ANU.

2000-present

Emeritus Professor (ANU) & Principal research base (Univ. of Florence)

2010-present

Continuing research collaborations at ANU; Florence and Cagliari, Italy; Regensburg, Germany; Lund and Linköping, Sweden

Professorships

2006-2007

University of Florence

2005 (Jan-July)

Humboldt Distinguished Professor, Regensburg, Germany

2004-2005

Italian National Chair in Chemistry based mainly in Florence and Cagliari

2000-present

Visiting Professor, University of Florence

2002 (8 months)

Guest Professor, Malmo University, Sweden

2001 (Dec 4-6)

Speaker, 100th anniversary Nobel Prizes Jubilee Symposium, Friiberghs Herrgard, Orsundsbro, Sweden

2001-present

Professor Emeritus, Australian National University

1999

Chalmers University 150th anniversary Chair of Chemistry

1998-1999

Swedish National Tage Erlander NFR (Basic Sciences) Chair in Chemistry

1997-1999

Visiting Professor University of Paris V1

1996 (12 months)

National Chair in Chemical Engineering, University of Lund, Sweden [TFR (Swedish Res. Council for Engineering Sciences)]

1994

CEA Saclay, (Atomic Energy Commission), and College de France, University of Paris, France)

1991 & 1994 (6 months)

University of Lund, Sweden

1987 (3 months)

Visiting Professor, CEA Saclay, France

Foundation Professor, Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, University of Minnesota and Department of Chemical Engineering, USA

1970-2000

Foundation Professor and Head, Department of Applied Mathematics (Natural Sciences), ANU.

1968-1969

Visiting Scientist, National Institutes of Health USA