Jeffery Lewis Tallon
| Jeffery Lewis Tallon | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948 |
| Residence | New Zealand |
| Institutions | Victoria University of Wellington Callaghan Innovation |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
| Thesis | Premelting and the Machanisms of Melting in the Alkali Halides (1976) |
| Doctoral advisor | Stuart Smedley Bill Robinson |
| Notable awards | Hector Medal (1998) CNZM (2009) |
Jeffery Lewis "Jeff" Tallon CNZM (born 1948) is a New Zealand physicist specialising in high-temperature superconductors.[1]
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Early life and education
Born in 1948, Tallon was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School in Auckland from 1962 to 1966.[2] After a BSc(Hons) at the University of Auckland, he undertook doctoral studies at Victoria University of Wellington under Stuart Smedley and Bill Robinson, completing his PhD in chemistry in 1976.[3]
Academic career
He was awarded a Doctor of Science in 1996. His thesis was titled Selected publications of Jefferey Lewis Tallon: a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Science [in Chemistry].[4]
Honours
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1993,[5] and in 1998 he won the society's Hector Medal jointly with Paul Callaghan.[6]
In 2002, Tallon was awarded the Rutherford Medal,[7] the highest award in New Zealand science. In the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to science.[8]
Selected works
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References
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