Professor Max Brennan
Chair, Australian Research Council
Professor
Max Brennan
Chair,
Australian Research Council
GPO Box 9880, Canberra ACT 2601
Tel: (06) 240 9837 Fax: (06) 240 9869
Biographical note: Max was educated at the
University of Sydney,
graduating with BSc (Honours) in Physics in 1954 and with a PhD in Physics in 1958.
Following postdoctoral work at
Princeton University,
he returned to
Sydney as a lecturer, then senior lecturer.
In 1964 Max was appointed one of the six foundation professors at
Flinders University.
He returned to
Sydney University in 1981. Currently on leave from there,
his present appointment is as Chair of the
Australian Research Council.
Part-time appointments include periods as
Chairman of the
Australian Atomic Energy Commission, the
Australian Research Grants Committee, and the
International Fusion Research Council.
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``Mathematical Sciences Symposium at the University of NSW, 23 February 1996''.
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