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Milburn, Gerard James (1958 - )

FAA

Physicist

Born: 2 May 1958 Queensland, Australia

Gerard James Milburn is Professor of Physics and Federation Fellow at the University of Queensland and Deputy Director of the Centre for Quantum Computer Technology. Throughout his long career Milburn has developed an international reputation which has resulted in many invited lectures and conference presentations. His research interests are broad and include quantum optics, atom optics, laser physics and chaos in classical and quantum systems. Milburn has authored close to 200 referred articles and several books. He has also been heavily involved with many professional bodies and a few of his many contributions are listed in the chronology section.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1980 Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at Griffith University in Brisbane
1983 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Waikato, New Zealand
1983 - 1984 Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the Department of Physics at Imperial College in London
1984 - 1985 Royal Society Research Fellow in the Department of Physics at Imperial College (eigth months)
1985 - 1988 Lecturer in Theoretical Physics at the University of Queensland
1988 - 1994 Reader in Theoretical Physics at the University of Queensland
1995 - 1996 Professor in Theoretical Physics and Associate Head of the Department of Physics at the University of Queensland
1997 - c. 2000 Head of the Department of Physics and Director of the Centre for Laser Scince at the University of Queensland
1999 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
2000 - Deputy Director of the Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, University of Queensland
2001 Moyal Medal received from Macquarie University, New South Wales
2002 - 2003 Chairman of the National Committee for Spectroscopy, Australian Academy of Science
2003 - Professor of Physics and Federation Fellow at the University of Queensland
2003 Chair of the National Committee for Physics, Australian Academy of Science
2003 Boas Medal received from the Australian Institute of Physics

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001
Modified: 8 August 2005

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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