Brian Orr
This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification, as its only attribution is to self-published sources; articles should not be based solely on such sources. (June 2019) |
Brian J. Orr is an Australian scientist known for various experimental and theoretical contributions to molecular and optical physics, including laser spectroscopy and optical parametric oscillators.
Biography
Born in 1942, Orr grew up in Sydney and graduated with BSc (Hons I) and MSc from the University of Sydney. He received his PhD from the University of Bristol (UK) in 1968 and, after a postdoctoral period in Ottawa (Canada), returned to Sydney in 1969 to take up an academic position at the University of New South Wales. In 1988, he became Professor of Chemistry in the Faculty of Science at Macquarie University.[1] Since 2003, Orr has been an Emeritus Professor, based in Macquarie University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy. His roles at Macquarie University have included service as Head of School/Department (1989–92/1999–2002), as Deputy Chair of the Academic Senate (1989–92), and as a member of the University Council (1999–2002). He is Founding Director (2007–2010) of MQ Photonics – a University Research Centre incorporating the former Special Research Centre for Lasers and Applications, of which he was Deputy Director (1988–2002) and then Director (2003–07). Orr has been an editor for the international journals Optics Express, JOSAB and Chemical Physics Letters.[citation needed]
Many of the accomplishments of Brian Orr and his research students and colleagues have been summarized in the Optical Society's citation for his 2004 W. F. Meggers Award: "for advancing molecular spectroscopy by experiment and theory on infrared- and Raman-ultraviolet double resonance, coherent Raman spectroscopy, cavity ringdown spectroscopy, photoelectron spectroscopy, nonlinear optics, and tunable coherent light sources."[2]
Recognition
This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (August 2021) |
- 1995: Fellow of the Optical Society
- 1987: Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics
- 1978: Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1994: Inaugural Physical Chemistry Division Medal from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 2004: William F. Meggers Award in Spectroscopy from the Optical Society
- 2005: W. H. (Beattie) Steel Medal from the Australian Optical Society[3]
References
- ^ "Faculty of Science and Engineering". Mq.edu.au. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "William F. Meggers Award | Optica". Optica.org. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "ANZOS - Australia and New Zealand Optical Society - Home". Optics.org.au. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
External links
- Brian Orr's research group page at Macquarie University MOPL
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Use dmy dates from April 2022
- Articles lacking reliable references from June 2019
- All articles lacking reliable references
- All articles with unsourced statements
- Articles with unsourced statements from August 2021
- BLP articles lacking sources from August 2021
- All BLP articles lacking sources
- Articles with ISNI identifiers
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with BIBSYS identifiers
- Articles with LCCN identifiers
- Articles with ORCID identifiers
- Articles with Scopus identifiers
- Living people
- Year of birth missing (living people)
- Spectroscopists
- Australian physicists
- Fellows of the Australian Institute of Physics
- Fellows of Optica (society)
- University of Sydney alumni
- Alumni of the University of Bristol
- Academic staff of Macquarie University
- Academic staff of the University of New South Wales