Peter Hannaford

Who is Peter Hannaford?

Peter Hannaford is a University Professor and Director of the Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, winner of the Walter Boas Medal in 1985.

Hannaford studied at the University of Melbourne; Bachelor of Science 1961, Master of Science 1963, Doctor of Philosophy 1968.

In 1964 Hannaford became Physics Tutor at Ormond College at the University of Melbourne. Then in 1967, became Research Scientist at the CSIRO, Division of Chemical Physics. 1971 to 1983 Senior Research Scientist then Principal Research Scientist at the CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics. 1972 to 1973 he was Guest Scientist at the University of Reading, UK. 1981 to 1982, Science Research Council Senior Research Fellow at the University of Reading. 1983, Senior Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics. 1984, William Evans Visiting Fellow at the University of Otago in New Zealand. 1985 he was a Member of the Australian Academy of Science National Committee for Spectroscopy. In 1989 he was Royal Society Guest Research Fellow and Visiting Fellow at Christ Church College, University of Oxford, UK.