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Paul Callaghan
New Zealand physicist (1947–2012) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the physicist. For the goalkeeper, see Paul Callaghan (Gaelic footballer).
Sir Paul Terence Callaghan GNZM FRS FRSNZ[1] (/ˈkæləhæn/ KAL-ə-han; 19 August 1947 – 24 March 2012) was a New Zealand physicist who, as the founding director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology at Victoria University of Wellington, held the position of Alan MacDiarmid Professor of Physical Sciences and was President of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance.[2]
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Born | Paul Terence Callaghan (1947-08-19)19 August 1947[1] Whanganui, New Zealand |
Died | 24 March 2012(2012-03-24) (aged 64) Wellington, New Zealand |
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Known for | NMR and MRI research |
Awards | New Zealand Order of Merit Rutherford Medal Günther Laukien Prize James Cook Research Fellowship (2008) 2011 New Zealander of the Year |
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Fields | Physics, molecular physics |
Institutions | Massey University |
Thesis | Some hyperfine interaction studies using nuclear orientation (1974) |
Doctoral advisor | Nicholas James Stone |
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