University of Western Australia University of Tasmania Exeter College, Oxford (PhD)
Awards
Chandrasekhar Prize (2016)
Moyal Medal (2013)
Ellery Medal (2004)
Centenary Medal (2002)
Professor of the University, University of Sydney (2000)
Harrie Massey Medal and Prize (1998)
Dozor Fellow, Ben Gurion University of the Negev (1997)
Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal (1987)
Walter Boas Medal (1986)
Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (1986)
Pawsey Medal (1974)
Rhodes Scholar for Tasmania, Oxford University (1959)
Scientific career
Fields
Theoretical physics Astrophysics Plasma physics
Institutions
University of Sussex University of Maryland Australian National University University of Sydney Yeshiva University
Donald Blair Melrose FAA (born 13 September 1940) is an Australian theoretical physicist, Rhodes Scholar and laureate of the Chandrasekhar prize in Plasma Physics.
He is Professor of the University, and Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Sydney, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, and Dozor Fellow at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev. He was the Director of the Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics (1991-1999) and Head of the School of Physics (2001-2002) at the University of Sydney.
Melrose has made pioneering contributions in pulsar and solar astrophysics, as well as in the quantum theory of plasmas. He developed the covariant formulation of quantum plasmas, known as quantum plasmadynamics, by synthesising quantum electrodynamics with the kinetic theory of plasmas.[1][2] He is widely regarded as a world leading expert on coherent emission processes in plasma astrophysics. Melrose is considered by many as one of the greatest living plasma physicists due to the breadth and depth of his work.
Melrose has received several prizes and awards including the 2016 Chandrasekhar prize "For his sustained original contributions to the theory of coherent emission processes in astrophysical and space plasmas, and for his seminal contributions to the theory of quantum plasmas",[3] the Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal of the Australian Academy of Science, the Harrie Massey Medal and Prize[4] jointly awarded by the Institute of Physics and the Australian Institute of Physics, and the Ellery Medal[5] of the Astronomical Society of Australia.
^Melrose, Donald B. (2008). Quantum Plasmadynamics. Lecture Notes in Physics. Vol. 735. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-73903-8. ISBN 978-0-387-73902-1. ISSN 0075-8450.
^Melrose, Donald (2013). Quantum Plasmadynamics. Lecture Notes in Physics. Vol. 854. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-4045-1. ISBN 978-1-4614-4044-4. ISSN 0075-8450.
^"S. Chandrasekhar Prize of Plasma Physics". Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies.
^"The Australian Institute of Physics - HARRIE MASSEY MEDAL". www.aip.org.au. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
^"Ellery Lectureship | Astronomical Society of Australia". Retrieved 25 October 2023.
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