Davies, Paul Charles William (1946 - )

Summary

Paul Charles W. Davies is Adjunct Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Australian Centre for Astrobiology, Macquarie University; Visiting Professor of Physics at Imperial College London; and Adjunct Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland. Previously he worked at the universities of London, Newcastle upon Tyne and Adelaide. Throughout his career, Davies has researched the origin of the universe and life including the properties of black holes and the nature of time and quantum field theory. Apart from being a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and astrobiologist, he is also a widely published author, national broadcaster and sort after lecturer: Davies has lectured widely internationally and has (co-) written over 400 research articles and at least twenty-seven books. He has also been a long time columnist for many newspapers and magazines including Nature and The Economist. Davies has written and presented numerous television and radio shows, including two series of science documentaries for the BBC. He is a Fellow of the UK Institute of Physics (FIP), Australian Institute of Physics (FAIP), World Economic Forum, Royal Literary Society, Indian Astronomical Society (Honorary) and of the Singapore Institute of Physics (Honorary) and a recipient of many awards, only a few of which are listed here.

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Chronology

1967

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University College, London

1970

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University College

1970 - 1972

Career position - Research Fellow at the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK

1972 - 1980

Career position - Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at King's College, University of London, UK

1980 - 1990

Career position - Head of the Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

1980 - 1990

Career position - Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

1989

Award - Glaxo Science Writers Fellowship for BBC Science documentary series

1990 - 1993

Career position - Deputy Head of the School of Physics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

1990 - 1993

Career position - Professor of Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide

1991

Award - University of New South Wales Press Eureka Prize received

1992

Award - Asteroid 1992 OG renamed (6870) Pauldavies

1992

Award - ABC Eureka Prize received

1993 - 1997

Career position - Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Adelaide

1995

Award - Templeton Prize, John Templeton Foundation

1998 -

Career position - Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of Queensland

1998 -

Career position - Visiting Professor of Physics at the Imperial College, London

2000

Career position - The genesis Factor aired on BBC Radio 4

2001 -

Career position - Adjunct Professor of Natural Philosophy, Australian Centre for Astrobiology, Macquarie University, New South Wales

2001

Award - Kelvin Medal, UK Institute of Physics

2002

Award - Michael Faraday Prize, Royal Society

2003

Award - American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award

2004

Award - Trotter Prize, Texas A & M University, USA

2006

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, Macquarie University

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Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q535733. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/108156019. Details
• 'Davies, P C W (1946-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1226943. Details