Reid, Alan Forrest (1931 - 2013)

Summary

Alan Reid was Director of the CSIRO Institute of Minerals, Energy and Construction 1988-1997. He was formerly Director of CSIRO's Institute of Energy and Earth Resources 1984-1987 and Chief of its Division of Mineral Engineering 1982-1984. Reid's major scientific achievements have been in the field on solid-state chemistry and its applications to assist the minerals industry. He was responsible for the development of QEM*SEM for automated characterisation of ores and minerals by scanning electron microscope imaging and X-ray analysis, and has contributed to a variety of fields, including commercial solar energy panels, the detailed understanding of the very-high-pressure minerals likely to exist in the deep mantle of the earth, and a number of industrial minerals processes.

Details

Born Gisborne, New Zealand, 26 March 1931. AM 1993. Educated Auckland Teachers Training College (secondary teacher training 1954), University of New Zealand (Canterbury) (MSc 1954) and Australian National University (PhD 1959, DSc 1970). Research Scientist, CSIRO 1959-72; Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cornell University 1964-66; Assistant Chief, Division of Mineral Chemistry, CSIRO 1972-82; Chief, Division of Mineral Engineering, CSIRO 1982-84; Director, CSIRO Institute of Energy and Earth Resources 1984-87; Director, CSIRO Institute of Minerals, Energy and Construction 1988-97; Technical Director, Australian Environmental Resources NL 1997- . CSIRO Rivett Medal 1970; Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1982; Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 1988; Royal Chemical Society Lecturer in Australia 1988; Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute. President, University of Sydney Chemical Society 1988-89.

Chronology

1954

Education - Secondary Teacher Training, Auckland Teachers Training College, New Zealand

1954

Education - Masters of Science (MSc), University of New Zealand

1959

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Australian National University

1959 - 1972

Career position - Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia

1964 - 1966

Career position - Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cornell University, United States of America (USA)

1970

Award - Rivett Medal, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia

1970

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), Australian National University

1972 - 1982

Career position - Assistant Chief, Division of Mineral Chemistry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia

1982 - 1984

Career position - Chief, Division of Mineral Engineering, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia

1982 - 2013

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1983 - 2013

Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1984 - 1987

Career position - Director, Institute of Energy and Earth Resources, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia

1988

Award - Royal Chemical Society Lecturer, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1988 - 1989

Career Position - President, University of Sydney Chemical Society

1988 - 1997

Career position - Director, Institute of Minerals, Energy and Construction, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia

1988 - 2013

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)

1997 -

Career Position - Technical Director, Australian Environmental Resources NL

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Published resources

Journal Articles

• Reid, K., 'Alan Forrest Reid 1931 - 2013', Historical Records of Australian Science, 27 (2) (2016), 192-210, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR15011. Details

Resources

• 'Reid, Allen Forrest (1931-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474287. Details