Person

Thompson, Colin John (1941 - )

Born
5 April 1941
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Mathematician

Summary

Colin Thompson was Professor of Mathematics at the University of Melbourne from 1972 to 1999. His research interests include statistical mechanics, phase transitions, dynamical systems, and chaos. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and a past President of ANZIAM.

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1962
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of New South Wales
1962 - 1964
Career position - Teaching Fellow, Applied Mathematics Department, University of New South Wales
1964
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of New South Wales
1964 - 1965
Career position - Research Associate, Physics Department, University of California San Diego, U.S.A.
1965 - 1966
Career position - Research Associate, Mathematics Department, The Rockefeller University, New York City, U.S.A.
1965 - 1968
Award - Queen Elizabeth II Fellow, Applied Mathematics Department, University of New South Wales
1968 - 1969
Career position - Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
1969 - 1972
Career position - Associate Professor of Mathematics and Physics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A.
1972 - 1999
Career position - Professor of Mathematics, University of Melbourne
1980 - 1981
Career position - President, ANZIAM (Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics)
1995 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1999 -
Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne

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  • Who's who in Australia 2012 (Melbourne: Crown Content Pty Ltd, 2012), 2430 pp. Details

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