James A. Piper

James A. Piper
Born1 January 1947[1]
New Zealand
Died20 July 2023(2023-07-20) (aged 76)[2]
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Otago
Known forGas lasers
Dye lasers
Tunable lasers
Diode-pumped solid-state lasers
AwardsPawsey Medal (1982)
Walter Boas Medal (1984)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Lasers
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
Macquarie University
Doctoral studentsF. J. Duarte
Larry R. Marshall

James A. (Jim) Piper AM (1 January 1947 – 20 July 2023) was a New Zealand/Australian physicist, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Professor of Physics at Macquarie University.[3]

Piper studied physics at the University of Otago, New Zealand, and received a B.Sc. (Hons) in 1968.[3] He completed a Ph.D. in atomic physics, also at Otago, in 1971.[4] His post-doctoral research was on metal-vapour lasers, with Colin Webb at Oxford.

  1. ^ "Piper, James Austin (Jim)". Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Jim Piper we salute you". Macquarie University, Sydney Australia. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b "James Piper". Macquarie University, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Jim Piper". Macquarie University, Sydney Australia. Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.