Person
Hamilton, Philip Alexander (Pip) (1942 - )
AM
- Born
- 26 March 1942
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia - Occupation
- Astrophysicist and University Administrator
Summary
Pip Hamilton is an astrophysicist who specialised in low-frequency radioastronomy to study interstellar gas, particularly in relation to pulsars. He had significant involvement in designing radio telescopes at the University of Tasmania and control systems for telescopes including that at Parkes. He has been Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Tasmania and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Deakin University.
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Chronology
- 1961
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Tasmania
- 1965 - 1972
- Career position - Lecturer in physics, University of Tasmania
- 1972 - 1976
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in physics, University of Tasmania
- 1976 - 1989
- Career position - Reader in physics, University of Tasmania
- 1982 - 1991
- Career position - Head, Department of Physics, University of Tasmania
- 1989 - 1992
- Career position - Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Tasmania
- 1989 - 1995
- Career position - Member, Steering Committee, Australia Telescope National Facility
- 1990 - 1997
- Career position - Member, Pro Vice-Chancellors (Research) Committee, Australian Vice-Chancellor's Committee
- 1992
- Award - National Aeronautical Space Administration (NASA) Group Achievement Award for Southern Hemisphere Very Long Baseline Interferometry
- 1992 - 1994
- Career position - Chair, Steering Committee, Australia Telescope National Facility
- 1992 - 1997
- Career position - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Tasmania
- 1995
- Career position - Chair, Pro Vice-Chancellors (Research) Committee, Australian Vice-Chancellor's Committee
- 1997 - 2001
- Career position - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research), Deakin University
- 2002 - 2006
- Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Deakin University
- 2006 -
- Career position - Emeritus Professor, Deakin University
- 2006
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to tertiary education, to research in the fields of radioastronomy and astronomy, to a range of scientific organisations, and to the community
- 2006
- Life event - Retired
- 2007
- Award - DSc honoris causa, Deakin University
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- George, Martin, Orchiston, Wayne and Wielebinski, Richard, 'The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 7: Philip Hamilton, Raymond Haynes and the University of Tasmania's Penna Field Station near Hobart', Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 20 (1) (2017), 95-111. Details
See also
- Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia [Queen's Birthday 2006: A-I], Governor General's Office, Canberra, 2006, https://web.archive.org.au/awa/20130329080918mp_/http:/www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/qb/qb2006/Media%20Notes%20AM%28A-I%29.pdf. Details
- Jackson, Stuart, 'The blinding 1960s of Australian laser research', Australian Physics, 52 (4) (2015), 117-20. Details
- Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details
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Created: 8 October 2019, Last modified: 16 September 2022