Geoffrey Ernest Stedman | |
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Born | |
Nationality | New Zealand |
Alma mater | University of Canterbury Queen Mary College, University of London |
Known for | Ring lasers |
Spouse | Rachel Stedman |
Children | Tim Stedman |
Awards | Hector Medal (1994) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Canterbury |
Thesis | Ion-lattice interactions in rare earth salts (1968) |
Doctoral advisor | D.J. Newman |
Doctoral students | Richard Neutze |
Geoffrey Ernest Stedman (born 1 April 1943) is a New Zealand physicist, with research interests including the foundations of relativity, symmetry in quantum mechanics, and ring lasers. [1]
Born in 1943, Stedman attended the University of Canterbury, graduating with a BSc(Hons) in physics in 1965. [1] He subsequently went to Queen Mary College, University of London, where he completed his PhD under Douglas Newman in 1968. After post-doctoral research, also at Queen Mary, Stedman returned to lecture at Canterbury in 1971. [2] He retired in 2003 and was granted the title of emeritus professor. [3]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1989, [4] and in 1994 he won the society's Hector Medal. [5] He won the Canterbury Research Medal in 2001. [2]
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