Person

Wilkins, Stephen Williams (1946 - 2013)

Born
15 February 1946
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
25 March 2013
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Crystallographer

Summary

Stephen Wilkins was an X-ray crystallographer who was known for his integral involvement in the development of hard X-ray phase-contrast imaging, which greatly expanded the utility and level of information achievable through x-ray imaging by interpreting the refractive information of x-rays. He was also instrumental in the initiation and establishing of the Australian National Beamline Facility (ANBF), situated at the Japanese synchrotron known as the Photon Factory. Wilkins published over 140 peer-refereed papers.

Details

In 1998 Wilkins (with colleagues) was awarded the CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement for developments in hard X-ray phase contrast imaging.

Chronology

1964 - 1967
Education - Bachelor of Science (Physics/Mathematics)
1970 - 1971
Career position - Graduate research assistant in the Department of Physics, Arizona State University
1971
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 'Correlations and Interactions in Binary Alloys', University of Melbourne
1972 - 1973
Career position - Operations Research Officer with the Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria
1973 - 1974
Career position - Visiting Research Scholar in the Physics Department at Imperial College (London)
1975 - 1978
Career position - Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics
1978 - 1983
Career position - Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics
1981 - 1986
Career position - Member, SCA Standing Committee on X-ray Diffraction
1983 - 1987
Career position - Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics
1984
Career position - Royal Society Guest Research Fellowship, Laboratory of molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford
1987 - 1990
Career position - Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Materials Science and Technology
1988 - 2013
Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Journal of x-ray science and technology
1990 - 1997
Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Materials Science and Technology
1990 - 2002
Career position - Member, International Union of Crystallography Commission on Synchrotron Radiation
1997
Award - Co-recipient, Walter Boas Medal of the Australian Institute of Physics
1997 - 1998
Career position - Senor Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Science and Technology
1997 - 2005
Career position - Member, National Committee for Crystallography, Australian Academy of Science
1998
Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with colleagues)
1998 - 2011?
Career position - Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Science and Technology
1999 - 2000
Career position - Member, Advisory Committee, Department of Physics, Monash University
1999 - 2002
Career position - Chairman, International Union of Crystallography Commission on Synchrotron Radiation
1999 - 2008
Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Journal of synchrotron radiation
2000 - 2005
Career position - Member of Council, Society of Crystallographers of Australia and New Zealand
2001 - 2008
Career position - Member, National Synchrotron Advisory Committee, Victorian Government
2002 - 2005
Career position - Consultant, International Union of Crystallography Commission on Synchrotron Radiation
2003 - 2013
Career event - Appointed Honorary (Adjunct) Professor, Department of Physics, Monash University (now School of Physics). Now termed Adjunct Professor
2005 - 2007
Career position - Vice- President, Society of Crystallographers of Australia and New Zealand
2007 - 2009
Career position - President, Society of Crystallographers of Australia and New Zealand
2009 - 2013?
Career position - Member, Beamline Advisory Panel for Imaging and Medical Beamline, Australian Synchrotron

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See also

Rebecca Rigby and Helen Cohn

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