Jeff Tallon (physicist)

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Jeff Tallon
Bill Robinson

Jeffery Lewis Tallon

CNZM (born 1948) is a New Zealand physicist specialising in high-temperature superconductors.[1]

Early life and education

Tallon was born in

Bill Robinson, completing his PhD in chemistry in 1976.[6][7]

In 1971, Tallon married Mary Elaine Turner, and the couple went on to have three children.[2][3]

Academic career

He was awarded a Doctor of Science by Victoria University of Wellington in 1996, on the basis of a selection of published papers.[8]

Honours and awards

Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the governor-general, Sir Anand Satyanand, at Premier House
on 2 September 2009

In 1990, Tallon was awarded the Michaelis Medal for physics research.

Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1993,[9] and in 1998 he won the society's Hector Medal jointly with Paul Callaghan.[10] In 2002, Tallon was awarded the Rutherford Medal,[11] the highest award in New Zealand science. In 2011 Tallon was awarded the Dan Walls Medal by the New Zealand Institute of Physics.[12]

In 1990, Tallon received the

Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to science.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Jeff Tallon". Royal Society of New Zealand. 2012. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
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    ISBN 0-908578-34-2
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    ISSN 1172-9813
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  4. ^ "Congratulations" (PDF). Mount Albert Grammar School Quarterly. 5 (1): 18. 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  5. Wikidata Q117189974
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  6. ^ Halton, Brian (2014). "Chemistry at Victoria the Wellington University" (PDF). Victoria University of Wellington. p. 148. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  7. doi:10.26686/wgtn.16958908
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  8. ^ Tallon, Jeffery Lewis (1996). 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] (Thesis). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  9. ^ "The Academy: S–U". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  10. ^ "Hector Medal". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  11. ^ "Rutherford Medal". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  12. ^ "NZIP Award Recipients – New Zealand Institute of Physics". Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2009". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

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