Lyons, Lawrence Ernest (1922 - 2010)

Summary

Lawrence Ernest Lyons was appointed Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland after his retirement in 1987. He had been Professor of Physical Chemistry at the university since 1963 and Head of the Department of Chemistry from 1970 to 1973. The driving force behind his years of research was to a produce cheap alternative to the silicon solar cell.

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Chronology

1943

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney

1944 - 1945

Career position - Served with the Royal Australian Air Force

1945 - 1963

Career position - Lecturer (later Senior Lecturer), University of Sydney

1948

Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney

1948

Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Sydney

1952

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of London

1957

Career position - Research Fellow, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

1957

Award - Fulbright Scholarship

1962 - 1987

Career position - Member, Standing Committee on Spectroscopy, Australian Academy of Science

1963 - 1987

Career position - Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Queensland

1964

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of London

1966

Career position - President, Chemistry section of ANZAAS (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science)

1966

Award - Archibald Liversidge Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales

1967

Career position - Visiting Professor, University of British Columbia, USA

1967 - 1977

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Chemical physics letters

1968

Award - H.G. Smith Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1968

Award - Walter Burfitt Prize, Royal Society of New South Wales

1970

Award - Leverhulme Senior Fellow, University of Tokyo

1970 - 1973

Career position - Head of Chemistry, University of Queensland

1971 - 2010

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1979 - 1982

Career position - Member, Standing Committee of Professorial Board, University of Queensland

1980

Career position - Founder, Brisbane Surface Analysis Facility

1987

Life event - Retired

1987 - 2010

Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Queensland

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Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q66738086. Details
• 'Lyons, L E (1922-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-625903. Details

Resource Sections

• White, John, 'Interview with Professor Lawrence Lyons', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2008, http://science.org.au/scientists/interviews/l/ll.html. Details