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Turner, John Stewart (Stewart) (1930 - 2022)

FAA FRS

Born
11 January 1930
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died
3 July 2022
Occupation
Geophysicist
Alternative Names
  • Turner, Stewart (Also known as)

Summary

Stewart Turner was Foundation Professor of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University 1975-1995 and was an Emeritus Professor there from 1996. His research interests include dynamical processes in the atmosphere, the ocean and the earth.

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1952
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Sydney
1953
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney
1953 - 1954
Career position - Research Officer, Cloud Physics Group, CSIRO Division of Radiophysics
1957
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge
1958 - 1959
Career position - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanics of Fluids, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
1958 - 2022
Award - Fellow, Royal Meteorological Society
1960 - 1962
Career position - Senior research Scientist, Cloud Physics Group, CSIRO Division of Radiophysics
1962 - 1966
Career position - Rossby Fellow (later Associate Scientist), Theoretical Oceanography Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
1966 - 1975
Career position - Assistant Director of Research (later Reader), Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
1969 - 2022
Award - Fellow, Institute of Physics
1974
Career position - Fellow, Darwin College, University of Cambridge
1975 - 1995
Career position - Foundation Professor of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
1979 - 1983
Career position - Member, Australian Marine Sciences and Technologies Advisory Committee
1979 - 2022
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1980 - 2022
Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Physics
1982 - 2022
Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
1985
Career position - Overseas Fellow, Churchill College, University of Cambridge
1990
Award - Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science
1993
Career position - Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.
1996 -
Career position - Emeritus Professor, Australian National University
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society and earth sciences
2010 -
Award - Inaugural Fellow, Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society

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