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Thompson, Colin John (1941 - ) |
| Mathematician |
| Born: 5 April 1941 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Colin John Thompson has been Professor of Mathematics, University of Melbourne since 1972. His research interests include statistical mechanics, phase transitions, dynamical systems, and chaos. |
Career Highlights |
| Born Sydney, 5 April 1941. Educated University of New South Wales (BSc 1962, PhD 1964). Teaching Fellow, Applied Mathematics Department, University of New South Wales 1962-64; Research Associate, Physics Department, The University of California San Diego 1964-65; Research Associate, Mathematics Department, The Rockefeller University 1965-66; Queen Elizabeth II Fellow, Applied Mathematics Department, University of New South Wales 1966-68; Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1968-69; Associate Professor of Mathematics and Physics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 1969-72; Professor of Mathematics, University of Melbourne 1972- . Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1995. |
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