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Davies, Paul Charles William (1946 - )

FIP, FAIP

Theoretical physicist and Cosmologist

Born: 22 April 1946 London, United Kingdom

Paul Charles W. Davies is Adjunct Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Australian Centre for Astrobiology, Macquarie University; Visiting Professor of Physics at Imperial College London; and Adjunct Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland. Previously he worked at the universities of London, Newcastle upon Tyne and Adelaide. Throughout his career, Davies has researched the origin of the universe and life including the properties of black holes and the nature of time and quantum field theory. Apart from being a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and astrobiologist, he is also a widely published author, national broadcaster and sort after lecturer: Davies has lectured widely internationally and has (co-) written over 400 research articles and at least twenty-seven books. He has also been a long time columnist for many newspapers and magazines including Nature and The Economist. Davies has written and presented numerous television and radio shows, including two series of science documentaries for the BBC. He is a Fellow of the UK Institute of Physics (FIP), Australian Institute of Physics (FAIP), World Economic Forum, Royal Literary Society, Indian Astronomical Society (Honorary) and of the Singapore Institute of Physics (Honorary) and a recipient of many awards, only a few of which are listed here.

Career Highlights

URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://aca.mq.edu.au/PaulDavies/pdavies.html

Chronology
1967 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at University College, London
1970 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at University College
1970 - 1972 Research Fellow at the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK
1972 - 1980 Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at King's College, University of London, UK
1980 - 1990 Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne
1980 - 1990 Head of the Department of Theoretical Physics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
1989 Glaxo Science Writers Fellowship for BBC Science documentary series
1990 - 1993 Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Adelaide
1990 - 1993 Deputy Head of the School of Physics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne
1991 University of New South Wales Press Eureka Prize received
1992 ABC Eureka Prize received
1992 Asteroid 1992 OG renamed (6870) Pauldavies
1993 - 1997 Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Adelaide
1995 Templeton Prize received from the John Templeton Foundation
1998 - Visiting Professor of Physics at the Imperial College, London
1998 - Adjunct Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland
2000 The genesis Factor aired on BBC Radio 4
2001 - Adjunct Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Australian Centre for Astrobiology, Macquarie University, New South Wales
2001 Kelvin Medal received from the UK Institute of Physics
2002 Michael Faraday Prize received from the Royal Society
2003 American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award
2004 Trotter Prize received from the Texas A & M University, USA
2006 Doctor of Science honoris causa (Hon DSc) received from Macquarie University

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Prepared by: Annette Alafaci
Created: 18 May 2006
Modified: 29 January 2007

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