Background
Hill, Roderick Jeffrey was born on March 29, 1949 in Adelaide, Australia. Son of Bob Raymond and Mona Joyce Hill.
Hill, Roderick Jeffrey was born on March 29, 1949 in Adelaide, Australia. Son of Bob Raymond and Mona Joyce Hill.
Bachelor of Science, U. Adelaide, 1970; Bachelor of Science with honors 1st class, U. Adelaide, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Adelaide, 1976; Doctor of Science, U. Adelaide, 1991.
Lecturer department earth science, Monash U., Clayton, Australia, 1974; National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, 1976-1978; Queen Elizabeth II fellow division mineral chemistry, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, Port Melbourne, Australia, 1978-1980; postdoctoral fellow division mineral chemistry, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, Port Melbourne, Australia, 1980-1981; senior research scientist division mineral products, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, Port Melbourne, Australia, 1981-1985; principal research scientist division mineral products, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, Port Melbourne, Australia, 1986-1988; senior principal research scientist division mineral products, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, Port Melbourne, Australia, 1989-1992; chief research science division mineral products, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, Port Melbourne, Australia, since 1993; assistant chief, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, Port Melbourne, Australia, since 1993. Visiting professor Mineralogisches Institute der U. Würzburg, Federal Republic ofGermany, 1988-1989.
Fellow Royal Australian Chemical Institute (Solid State division medal 1987), Mineralogical Society American. Member Society Crystallographers in Australia (secretary 1980-1986), Mineralogical Society Gr. Britain, Australian Neutron Beam Users Group (president 1989-1991), American Crystallographic Association, International Union Crystallography (sec, commission on powder diffraction 1990-1993, chairman since 1993).
Married Monica Louise Minz, October 28, 1989.