Person

Opat, Geoffrey Ivan (1935 - 2002)

AO FAA

Born
16 November 1935
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
7 March 2002
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Physicist

Summary

Geoffrey Opat was Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Melbourne 1973-2002 and published widely in the fields of nuclear physics and particle physics. He gained international recognition for his skill in developing experimental techniques to discover answers to important questions in physics, notably in his investigation of the patch effect at low temperatures.

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Chronology

1957
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
1959
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
1959 - 1961
Career position - General Motors Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
1961
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne
1961 - 1964
Career position - Fulbright Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
1964 - 1973
Career position - Senior Lecturer in Physics, University of Melbourne
1967 - 1977
Career position - Visiting Professor, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1970 - 1971
Career position - Research Associate, Rutherford High Energy Laboratory, United Kingdom
1973 - 2002
Career position - Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Melbourne
1985 - 1988
Career position - Member, Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Board
1990
Career position - Visiting Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
1990
Award - Walter Boas Medal (joint), Australian Institute of Physics
1994
Career position - Member, Physics Panel, Australian Research Council
1994 - 2002
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
2000
Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - for service to scientific research, particularly in the fields of theoretical and experimental physics, to tertiary education in Australia and overseas, as an advocate for the need to stimulate the interest of young people in the sciences, and to the community, particularly the Victorian College of the Arts and the Museum of Victoria

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Private hands (Opat, G.I.)

  • Geoffrey Ivan Opat - Records, 1957 - 1988; Private hands (Opat, G.I.). Details

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Journal Articles

Newspaper Articles

  • Klein, Tony, 'Obituary: Geoffrey Ivan Opat AO, FAA', The Age (2002). Details

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See also

  • Who's who in Australia 1995 (Melbourne: Information Australia Group, 1995), 1622 pp. Details

McCarthy, G.J. & Rosanne Walker

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