Person

Milburn, Gerard James (1958 - )

FAA FRS

Born
2 May 1958
Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Physicist

Summary

Gerard James Milburn is Professor of Physics and Federation Fellow at the University of Queensland and Deputy Director of the Centre for Quantum Computer Technology. Throughout his long career Milburn has developed an international reputation which has resulted in many invited lectures and conference presentations. His research interests are broad and include quantum optics, atom optics, laser physics and chaos in classical and quantum systems. Milburn has authored close to 200 referred articles and several books. He has also been heavily involved with many professional bodies and a few of his many contributions are listed in the chronology section.

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Chronology

1980
Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), Griffith University in Brisbane
1983
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Waikato, New Zealand
1983 - 1984
Career position - Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the Department of Physics at Imperial College in London
October 1984 - May 1985
Career position - Royal Society Research Fellow in the Department of Physics at Imperial College (eight months)
1985 - 1988
Career position - Lecturer in Theoretical Physics, University of Queensland
1988 - 1994
Career position - Reader in Theoretical Physics, University of Queensland
1995 -
Career position - Professor in Theoretical Physics, University of Queensland
1997 - 2000
Career position - Head of the Department of Physics and Director of the Centre for Laser Science, University of Queensland
1999 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
2000 - 2010
Career position - Deputy Director of the Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, University of Queensland
2001
Award - Moyal Medal, Department of Mathematics, Macquarie University, New South Wales
2002 - 2003
Career position - Chairman, National Committee for Spectroscopy, Australian Academy of Science
2003
Career position - Chair of the National Committee for Physics, Australian Academy of Science
2003
Award - Walter Boas Medal, Australian Institute of Physics
2003 - 2013
Award - ARC Federation Fellow, University of Queensland
2005 -
Award - Fellow, American Physical Society
2007 - 2011
Career position - Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
2011 - 2017
Career position - Director and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems
2017 -
Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)

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