Leon Francis Phillips

Leon Francis Phillips
Born 1935
Residence New Zealand
Alma mater Canterbury University College
University of Cambridge
Awards Hector Medal (1979)
Scientific career
Fields Physical chemistry
Institutions McGill University
University of Canterbury

Leon Francis Phillips (born 1935) is a New Zealand physical chemist specialising in the gas-liquid interface and atmospheric chemistry.

Born in 1935, Phillips attended Canterbury University College, from where he graduated with an MSc with first class honours in 1958.[1] After a PhD at the University of Cambridge and post-doctoral research at McGill University, he returned to lecture at Canterbury, rising to the rank of professor in 1966.[2]

In 1968 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand,[3] and in 1979 he won the society's Hector Medal.[4]

Selected works

  • Phillips, Leon Francis (1967). Electronics for experimenters in chemistry, physics and biology. New York: Wiley.
  • Phillips, Leon Francis (1965). Basic quantum chemistry. New York: Wiley.
  • McEwan, Murray J.; Phillips, Leon Francis (1975). Chemistry of the atmosphere. London: Wiley.

References

  1. ↑ "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: P". Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Photochemistry – the clouds of Venus". Alert Newsletter. Royal Society of New Zealand (173). 26 April 2001. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "The Academy: P–R". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Hector Medal". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 4 October 2014.


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