Background
Downey, Rodney Graham was born on September 20, 1957 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Son of Reginald Andrew and Patricia (London) Downey.
Downey, Rodney Graham was born on September 20, 1957 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Son of Reginald Andrew and Patricia (London) Downey.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Queensland University, Australia, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University, Melbourne, 1982.
Lecturer Chisholm Institute of Technology, Melbourne, 1982—1983, University Singapore, 1983—1985. Assistant professor mathematics University Illinois, Urbana, 1985—1986. Lecturer Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, 1986—1987.
Senior lecturer, 1988—1990. Reader, since 1990
Visiting scholar Cornell University, 1992. Member Mathematics Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, California, 1989, Mathematics Sciences Institute New York, 1992.
Member Mathematics Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, California, 1989, Mathematics Sciences Institute New York, 1992.; Member Mathematics Sciences Research Institute, Australian Mathematics Society, American Mathematics Society, Southeast Asian Mathematics Society, Singapore Math.Soc., London Mathematics Society, Association for Symbolic Logic, New Zealand Mathematics Society (research award 1992), Combinatorial Association Australasia, Wellington Mathematics Society.
Married Kristin Ann Macdonald, May 23, 1981. Children: Carlton Macdonald, Alex Macdonald.