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Anderson, John Robert (1928 - )

FAA

Chemist

Born: 5 March 1928

John Robert Anderson was Honorary Fellow of Chemistry at Monash University in the late 1990s and a former Chief of the Division of Material Sciences at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) from 1970 to 1978. His special areas of interest were in catalysis, surface science, materials science and fuel chemistry.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1952 - 1955 Royal Dutch/Shell Fellow
1955 Ramsay Memorial Fellow for Great Britain
1964 - 1969 Professor of Chemistry at Flinders University in South Australia
1967 - 1969 Chairman of the School of Physics at Flinders University
1970 - 1986 Chief of the Division of Tribophysics/Material Sciences at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1972 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1979 - 1980 Acting Director of the CSIRO Institute of Physical Science
1987 - 1993 Professor of Chemistry at the University of Monash in Victoria
c. 1994 - Honorary Fellow of Chemistry at the University of Monash

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Prepared by: Annette Alafaci
Created: 12 September 2005

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