Paul Callaghan

Sir Paul Callaghan
Callaghan in 2001
Born
Paul Terence Callaghan

(1947-08-19)19 August 1947[1]
Whanganui, New Zealand
Died24 March 2012(2012-03-24) (aged 64)
Wellington, New Zealand
Education
Known forNMR and MRI research
AwardsNew Zealand Order of Merit
Rutherford Medal
Günther Laukien Prize
James Cook Research Fellowship (2008)
2011 New Zealander of the Year
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, molecular physics
InstitutionsMassey University
ThesisSome hyperfine interaction studies using nuclear orientation (1974)
Doctoral advisorNicholas James Stone

Sir Paul Terence Callaghan GNZM FRS FRSNZ[1] (/ˈkæləhæn/ KAL-ə-han; 19 August 1947 – 24 March 2012) was a New Zealand physicist who, as the founding director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology at Victoria University of Wellington, held the position of Alan MacDiarmid Professor of Physical Sciences and was President of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance.[2]

  1. ^ a b Kelly, Michael J. (2017). "Sir Paul Terence Callaghan FRS PCNZM. 19 August 1947 – 24 March 2012". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 63: 79–98. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2017.0006. ISSN 0080-4606.
  2. ^ International Society for Magnetic Resonance website Archived 25 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine