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Dewar, Robert Leith (1944 - )

FAA, FAPS, FAIP
 
Physicist
Born: 1 March 1944  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Robert Leith Dewar is Professor of Physics at the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering at the Australian National University (ANU). He is also Coordinator of the ANU Centre for Theoretical Physics and Convenor of the Australian Research Council Complex Open Systems Research Network. Before starting at the ANU, Dewar spent several years studying and working at Princeton University in the USA after completing his undergraduate studies at the University of Melbourne.

Career Highlights
URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://wwwrsphysse.anu.edu.au/~rld105/Dewar_Docs/index.php

Chronology
1964Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1967Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Science
1970Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Princeton University, USA
1970 - 1971Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Theoretical Physics at the University of Maryland, USA
1971 - 1973Research Associate of the Plasma Physics Laboratory at Princeton University
1974 - 1976Research Fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra
1976 - 1977Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University
1977 - 1979Research Staff Member at the Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University
1979 - 1982Research Physicist then Principal Research Physicist at the Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University
1980Fellow of the American Physical Society (FAPS)
1982 - 1992Senior Fellow at the Australian National University
1988 - Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics (FAIP)
1991 - Member of the South-East Asia Theoretical Physics Association
1992 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1992 - 1996Professor of Physics at the Australian National University
1993 - Member of the Australian Mathematical Society
1995 - 1997Head of the Plasma Research Laboratory at the Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering at the Australian National University
1996 - Professor of Physics at the Institute of Advanced Studies at the Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University
1996 - 1997Interim Director of the National Plasma Fusion Research Facility
1998 - Coordinator of Centre for Theoretical Physics at the Australian National University
1998 - 2001Head, Department of Theoretical Physics at the Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering
2003Centenary Medal received from the Australian Government

 

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Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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