Peter Hannaford

Education

Hannaford studied at the University of Melbourne, where he earned his Bachelor of Science (Bachelor of Science) in 1961, his Master of Science (Master of Science ) in 1963, and his Doctor of Philosophy (Doctor of Philosophy) in 1968.

Career

In 1964 Hannaford was named Physics Tutor at Ormond College at the University of Melbourne. In 1967, he was named Research Scientist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), Division of Chemical Physics. From 1971-1983, he was Senior Research Scientist and later Principal Research Scientist (1974) at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Division of Chemical Physics.

From 1972-1973 he was a guest scientist at the University of Reading (JJ Thomson Physical Laboratory) in the United Kingdom. From 1981-1982, he was a Science Research Council Senior Research Fellow at the University of Reading.

In 1983, he was a Senior Principal Research Scientist at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Division of Chemical Physics. In 1984, he was a William Evans Visiting Fellow at the University of Otago in New Zealand.

In 1989 he was Royal Society Guest Research Fellow and Visiting Fellow at Christ Church College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom. From 1989-2001 he was Chief Research Scientist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Division of Materials Science and Technology in Clayton, Victoria. From 1990-2000 he was Professorial Associate at the University of Melbourne.

In 1991, he was an Australian Academy of Science-Royal Society Exchange Fellow in Oxford, England.

In 1992, he was a guest scientist at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching (Germany). From 1993-2003, he was the Chair of the National Committee for Spectroscopy of the Australian Academy of Science. In 1997, he was a Professorial Fellow at Swinburne University of Technology in Hawthorn, Victoria.

In 1999, he was Director of the Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy (CAOUS), at Swinburne University.

From 1999-2003 he was a guest scientist at the European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS) at the Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy). In 2000, he was a guest professor at the University of Innsbruck (Austria).

In 2003 he was named a University Distinguished Professor at Swinburne University of Technology. Hannaford is Institutional Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Quantum-Atom Optics at Swinburne University of Technology.

While at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in the 1970s to the 1990s he pioneered new techniques in high resolution and time-resolved laser spectroscopy which have been important for characterisation of the spectroscopic properties of a wide range of atoms.

He has published over 150 papers in scientific journals and books His current projects include: BEC on a chip, magnetic lattices, quantum coherence, molecular BEC, high harmonic generation, ultrafast spectroscopy. East. Doctorate. J. East. Doctorate. Doctorate. J.

Achievements

• 1991 — Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (Federal Aviation Administration) 1985 — Walter Boas Medal of the Australian Institute of Physics.

Membership

In 1985, he was a Member of the Australian Academy of Science National Committee for Spectroscopy. In 2002, he was a Member of Commission C15 (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics) for the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.