Person

Hill, Roderick (Rod) Jeffery

FTSE

Occupation: Mineralogist

Summary

Rod Hill is an Australian mineralogist who discovered and named the phosphate mineral hillite in 2003. Rod Hill is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Mineralogical Society of America. He has held significant positions at prominent scientific institutions such as the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and Monash University. In addition Rod Hill has served on a number of boards including the Australian Synchrotron Holding Company and the Melbourne East Regional Development Authority.

Details

Chronology

1999: Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
2001: Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society in applied mineralogy

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CSIRO Minerals Division, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (c. 1995 - )
Chief from 1997 - 2003

Related Corporate Bodies

Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )
Elected Fellow 1999
Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) (1953 - )
Fellow

Published resources

Reports

CSIRO Annual Report 2002 - 2003 (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2003), https://csiropedia.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/AnnualReport-2002-3-AboutCSIRO-pdf-Standard.pdf. Details

Resources

Profile - Person Dr Rod Hill: Group Executive, Information, Manufacturing & Minerals, Australian Science, 2005, http://classicbackissues.australasianscience.com.au/bi2006/274doc15.pdf. Details
60 second with . . . Rod Hill, Monash University, 15 July 2010, http://adm.monash.edu/records-archives/archives/memo-archive/2004-2007/stories/20080402/60-seconds.html. Details
'Hill, Roderick', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772606. Details

Resource Sections

'Elected Fellows', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), http://csiropedia.csiro.au/elected-fellows/. Details
'Process Science and Engineering Divisions', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), https://csiropedia.csiro.au/process-science-and-engineering-2009/. Details
'Qualifications', in RJHill Innovation, RJHill Innovation, c.2013, http://www.rodhill.com.au/qualifications.html. Details

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