Career & Professorships
Career
This section outlines Professor Barry Ninham’s academic appointments and visiting professorships across international institutions.
1957
M.Sc. Theoretical Physics, University of Western Australia. Thesis Advisor: Professor R. B. Dingle ‘Studies in Statistical Mechanics.’ Contents:- The Statistical Mechanics of Moving Systems
- Nearest Neighbour Lattice Statistics
- 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
Learn more about Professor Ninham’s research and contributions in the Breakthroughs section.
Professorships
2006 - 2007
University of Florence
2005 (Jan - Jul)
Humboldt Distinguished Professor, Regensburg, Germany
2004 - 2005
Italian National Chair in Chemistry based mainly in Florence and Cagliari
2002 (8 months)
Guest Professor, Malmö University, Sweden
2001 - present
Professor Emeritus, Australian National University
2000 - present
Visiting Professor, University of Florence
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 VI
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, USA1970 - 2000
Foundation Professor and Head, Department of Applied Mathematics (Natural Sciences), ANU.
1968 - 1969
Visiting Scientist, National Institutes of Health USA
