Dewar, Robert Leith (1944 - )

Summary

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.

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Chronology

1964

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1967

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Science

1970

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Princeton University, USA

1970 - 1971

Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Theoretical Physics at the University of Maryland, USA

1971 - 1973

Career position - Research Associate of the Plasma Physics Laboratory at Princeton University

1974 - 1976

Career position - Research Fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra

1976 - 1977

Career position - Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University

1977 - 1979

Career position - Research Staff Member at the Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University

1979 - 1982

Career position - Research Physicist then Principal Research Physicist at the Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University

1980

Award - Fellow of the American Physical Society (FAPS)

1982 - 1992

Career position - Senior Fellow at the Australian National University

1988 -

Award - Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics (FAIP)

1991 -

Career position - Member of the South-East Asia Theoretical Physics Association

1992 -

Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1992 - 1996

Career position - Professor of Physics at the Australian National University

1993 -

Career position - Member of the Australian Mathematical Society

1995 - 1997

Career position - Head of the Plasma Research Laboratory at the Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering at the Australian National University

1996 -

Career position - Professor of Physics at the Institute of Advanced Studies at the Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University

1996 - 1997

Career position - Interim Director of the National Plasma Fusion Research Facility

1998 -

Career position - Coordinator of Centre for Theoretical Physics at the Australian National University

1998 - 2001

Career position - Head, Department of Theoretical Physics at the Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering

c. 2003 -

Career position - Convenor of the Australian Research Council Complex Open Systems Research Network

2003

Award - Centenary Medal received from the Australian Government

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• 'Dewar, R L (19440301-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-611289. Details