Short CV: Donald Blair MELROSE
Professional Address:
School of Physics, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Telephone: (61–2) 9351 4234
e-mail: donald.melrose@sydney.edu.au
www:http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/∼melrose
Date and Place of Birth:
13th September 1940: Hobart, Tasmania
Academic Qualifications:1962 : B.Sc. (Hons.) University of Tasmania
1965 : D.Phil. University of Oxford Theoretical Physics
Present Position:
Emeritus Professor, The University of Sydney, since October 2015
Past Positions:
1965-1966 : Research Fellow in Physics, University of Sussex.
1966-1968 : Research Associate in Physics, Yeshiva University, New York.
1968-1969 : Research Fellow in the Astronomy Program, University of Maryland.
1969-1978 : Lecturer/Reader, Australian National University.
1979-2015 : Professor of Physics (Theoretical), The University of Sydney.
Other Professional Activities:
1979-1984 : Chair Advisory Committee Australian Journal of Physics
1980-1984 : Chair National Committee for Astronomy
1991-1999 : Director, ARC Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics
1992-1992 : Associate Editor Journal of Geophysical Research, Space Physics
1992-2006 : Associate Editor Journal of Plasma Physics
1994-1997 : Chair, Steering Committee, Australia Telescope National Facility
1996-2002 : Secretary Commission C19 (Astrophysics), IUPAP
1999-2000 : Chair, Panel A6 (Physics & Mathematic), Australian Research Council
2001-2002 : Head, School of Physics, The University of Sydney
2003-2006 : President, Commission 10, IAU
2006-2009 : President, Division II, IAU

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Awards and Honours:
1962 : Rhodes Scholar for Tasmania
1974 : Pawsey Memorial Medal (Australian Academy of Science)1986 : Fellow, Australian Academy of Science
1986 : Walter Boas Medal (Australian Institute of Physics)
1987 : Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal (Australian Academy of Science)
1998 : Harrie Massey Medal and Prize (Institute of Physics)
2002 : Centenary Medal for ‘science in theoretical astrophysics’2004 : Ellery Medal (Astronomical Society of Australia)
2013 : Moyal Medal (Macquarie University)
2016 : S. Chandrasekhar Prize (AAPPS Division of Plasma Physics)
Fields of Interest:
1. Plasma astrophysics, including coherent radio emissions mechanisms, pulsars and solar flares.
2. Quantum electrodynamics, including the effects of superstrong magnetic fields.
Publications
As of early 2017, publications include 7 books (listed below), 9 chapters in books, 264 journal
articles, 127 published conference papers, and various other minor publications.
1. Melrose, D.B. 1980, Plasma Astrophysics Volume I Emission, Absorption and Transfer ofWaves in Plasmas, Gordon & Breach, New York pp. 1–269, ISBN 0-667-02340-5
2. Melrose, D.B. 1980, Plasma Astrophysics Volume II Astrophysical Applications, Gordon &Breach, New York pp. 1–423, ISBN 0-667-02130-5
3. Melrose, D.B. 1986, Instabilities in Space and Laboratory Plasmas, Cambridge University
Press pp. 1–280, ISBN 0-521-30541-1 [paperback ISBN 0-521-37962-8 (1989)]
4. Melrose, D.B., & McPhedran, R.C. 1991, Electromagnetic Processes in Dispersive Media
Cambridge University Press pp. 1–407, ISBN 0-521-41025-8
5. Kirk, J.G., Melrose, D.B., & Priest, E.R. 1994, Plasma Astrophysics, Saas-Fee Advanced
Course 24, Benz, A.O., & Courvoisier, T.J.-L., (eds) Springer-Verlag, Berlin pp. 1–324, ISBN
3-540-58327-0 & 0-387-58327-0
6. Melrose, D.B. 2008, Quantum Plasmadynamics: Unmagnetized plasmas, Lecture Notes inPhysics, Volume 735, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC pp. 1–464, ISBN 978-0-38773902-1, e-ISBN 978-0-387-73903-8
7. Melrose, D.B. 2013, Quantum Plasmadynamics: Magnetized plasmas, Lecture Notes inPhysics, Volume 854, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC pp. 1–490, ISBN 978-1-46144044-4, e-ISBN 978-1-4614-4045-1
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