Person

Grimshaw, Roger Hamilton James (1938 - )

FAA

Born
13 December 1938
Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation
Mathematician

Summary

Roger Grimshaw is Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Loughborough University, UK and Director of the University's Centre for Nonlinear Mathematics and Applications. He also holds honorary positions at the University of New South Wales and at University College in London. Grimshaw's research involves studying the theory of linear and nonlinear waves in the atmosphere and oceans and he has published over 200 journal articles and five books in this and other fields. Grimshaw is a regular invited lecturer at international conferences and has served on the editorial board on numerous international journals, including Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, and Wave Motion. He has also served as Chairman of the Division of Applied Mathematics of the Australian Mathematics Society and on National and Academy advisory committees for Mathematics and Meteorology. [Taken in part from http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/anziam06/roger.php]

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Chronology

1960
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Auckland
1961
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Auckland
1964
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge, UK
1965 - 1969
Career position - Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics, University of Melbourne
1968 - 1992
Career position - Member, National Committee on Theoretical Mechanics
1970 - 1985
Career position - Reader in Mathematics, University of Melbourne
1982 - 1996
Career position - Associate Editor, Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society, series B: applied mathematics
1985
Career position - President, ANZIAM
1985 - 1986
Career position - Chairman, Division of Applied Mathematics, Australian Mathematical Society
1986 - 1992
Career position - Professor of Applied Mathematic, University of New South Wales
1990 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1991 - 1997
Career position - Member, National Committee on Climate and Atmospheric Sciences, Australian Academy of Science
1992 - 2001
Career position - Professor of Applied Mathematics, Monash University in Victoria
1994 -
Career position - Honorary Visiting Professor in the School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales
1994 - 1997
Career position - Head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Monash University
1998 - 1999
Career position - Director of the Centre for Dynamical Meteorology and Oceanography, Monash University
2000 -
Career position - Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Lougborough University, UK
2001 -
Career position - Director of the Centre for Nonlinear Mathematics and Applications, Loughborough University
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society and science in applied mathematics
2002 -
Career position - Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics, University College London
2004
Award - ANZIAM Medal, ANZIAM (Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics)
2012 -
Award - Fellow, Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society

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