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.jpg) Investiture of Jeff Tallon as CNZM, 2009 | |
| Born | Jeffery Lewis Tallon (1948-12-18)18 December 1948 (age 76) Hamilton, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
| Known for | Superconductivity research |
| Awards | Hector Medal (1998) Rutherford Medal (2002) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Victoria University of Wellington Callaghan Innovation |
| Thesis | Premelting and the mechanisms of melting in the alkali halides (1976) |
| Doctoral advisor | Stuart Smedley Bill Robinson |
Jeffery Lewis TallonCNZM (born 1948) is a New Zealand physicist specialising in high-temperature superconductors.[1]
Tallon was born inHamilton on 17 December 1948, the son of Phyllis Blanche Tallon (née Currie) and George Frederick Tallon.[2][3] He grew up inMount Albert, and was educated at Gladstone Primary School, and laterMount Albert Grammar School inAuckland from 1962 to 1966.[3][4][5] After aBSc(Hons) at theUniversity of Auckland, he undertook doctoral studies atVictoria University of Wellington under Stuart Smedley andBill Robinson, completing his PhD in chemistry in 1976.[6][7]
In 1971, Tallon married Mary Elaine Turner, and the couple went on to have three children.[2][3]
He was awarded aDoctor of Science by Victoria University of Wellington in 1996, on the basis of a selection of published papers.[8]
In 1990, Tallon was awarded the Mechaelis Medal for physics research.[3] He was elected aFellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1993,[9] and in 1998 he won the society'sHector Medal jointly withPaul Callaghan.[10] In 2002, Tallon was awarded theRutherford Medal,[11] the highest award in New Zealand science. In 2011 Tallon was awarded theDan Walls Medal by theNew Zealand Institute of Physics.[12]
In 1990, Tallon received theNew Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[3] In the2009 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed aCompanion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to science.[13]
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