Person
Blair, David Gerald (1946 - )
FAA
- Born
- 26 November 1946
Lymington, Hampshire, United Kingdom - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
David Blair is an experimental physicist whose pioneering work in precision measurement science includes microwave cavity electro mechanics, the invention of the first ultra-precise sapphire clock, and the study of three mode interactions that underpinned the detection of gravitational waves. He led the establishment of the Australian International Gravitational Research Centre in Western Australia which helped enable the detection of gravitational waves. Blair was appointed Winthrop Professor of Physics at the University of Western Australia in 1998.
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Chronology
- 1950
- Life event - Migrated to Australia with his family
- 1976 - 1979
- Award - Queen Elizabeth Research Fellowship
- 1979 - 1980
- Career position - Research Associate, University of Western Australia
- 1985 - 1986
- Career position - President, Guildford Association
- 1990 -
- Career position - Director, Australian International Gravitational Research Centre, University of Western Australia
- 1992
- Award - NASA Group Achievement Award
- 1992 - 2001
- Career position - Member, International Committee for General Relativity and Gravitation
- 1995
- Award - Walter Boas Medal, Australian Institute of Physics
- 1998 -
- Career position - Member, International Committee for the Grossmann Meetings
- 1998 -
- Career position - Member, Gravity Wave International Committee
- 1998 -
- Career position - Winthrop Professor of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Western Australia
- 1999 -
- Career position - Member, Gravity Discovery Centre Foundation
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal - for service to the community through the development of the Southern Cross Cosmos Centre
- 2003
- Award - Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- 2005
- Award - ANZAAS Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
- 2005
- Award - Eureka Prize for the Public Understanding of Science, for the establishment of the Gravity Discovery Centre
- 2007
- Award - Western Australian Premier's Science Award for Scientist of the Year
- 2013
- Award - Fellow, American Physical Society
- 2018
- Award - Inducted into Western Australian Science Hall of Fame, Western Australian Premier's Science Awards
- 2018
- Award - Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia
- 2018
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
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Published resources
Resources
- 'David Blair - Citation at year of election, 2018', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/david-blair. Details
See also
- Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 8 January 2019