John Millener | |
|---|---|
| Born | David John Millener 2 May 1944 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Physicist |
| Awards | Fellow of the American Physical Society (1993) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | St Catherine's College, Oxford |
| Thesis | Shell Model Studies in Light Nuclei (1972) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| Cricket information | |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Role | Opening bowler |
Source:Cricinfo,18 June 2016 | |
David John Millener (born 2 May 1944) is a New Zealand physicist and former cricketer. He played 26 matches of first-class cricket for Auckland and Oxford University between 1964 and 1970. [1] Since 1976 he has lived in the United States,pursuing a career as a nuclear physicist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Millener was born in Auckland. His father was a lecturer in botany at the University of Auckland. He attended Auckland Grammar School [2] before going on to the University of Auckland. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at St Catherine's College,Oxford, [3] where he gained a doctorate (D.Phil.) in physics in 1972 with a thesis entitled "Shell Model Studies in Light Nuclei". [4] He stayed on at Oxford as a post-doctoral fellow for three years. [5]
He moved to the United States to work at the Brookhaven National Laboratory at Upton,New York,in 1976. [6] He worked there as a physicist until 2013,when he retired from full-time work,retaining the title of guest physicist. He specialised in research in nuclear structure and hyper-nuclear physics. [5] In 1993 the American Physical Society awarded him a Division of Nuclear Physics Fellowship,"For significant contributions to understanding the structure of light nuclei;particularly non-normal parity states and to hyper-nuclear spectroscopy and the application of SU(3) symmetries." [7] He has contributed more than 80 articles to scientific journals. [5]
A right-arm fast-medium bowler,Millener played regularly for the Auckland Plunket Shield team between 1964–65 and 1967–68. He played for Oxford University between 1969 and 1973. [8] He represented the United States in the 1982 ICC Trophy in England. His most successful first-class match was Oxford University's victory over D. H. Robins' XI in 1969,when he took 3 for 41 and 4 for 97. [9]
