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Paul Callaghan (Paul Terence Callaghan) was born on 19 August, 1947 in Whanganui, New Zealand, is a New Zealand physicist (1947–2012). Discover Paul Callaghan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?

Popular As Paul Terence Callaghan
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Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 19 August, 1947
Birthday 19 August
Birthplace Whanganui, New Zealand
Date of death 2012
Died Place Wellington, New Zealand
Nationality New Zealand

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1947

Sir Paul Terence Callaghan (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.

Callaghan was born on 19 August 1947, the son of Mavis and Ernest Callaghan.

He had an older brother Jim, older sister Jeanine, and younger sister Mary.

His maternal grandparents were Agnes and Francis Hogg.

A native of Whanganui, Callaghan attended Wanganui Technical College (now Wanganui City College).

He took his first degree in physics at Victoria University of Wellington and subsequently earned a DPhil degree at the University of Oxford, working in low temperature physics.

1974

On his return to New Zealand in 1974, he took up a lecturing position at Massey University, where he began researching the applications of magnetic resonance to the study of soft matter.

1984

He was made Professor of Physics in 1984, and was appointed Alan MacDiarmid Professor of Physical Sciences in 2001.

The following year, as its founding director, he helped establish the multi-university MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology.

1994

Callaghan was President of the Academy Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ), and published over 240 articles in scientific journals, as well as the books Principles of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Microscopy in 1994 and Translational Dynamics and Magnetic Resonance in 2011.

He was a founding director and shareholder of Magritek, a technology company based in Wellington that sells nuclear magnetic resonance and MRI instruments.

2001

In 2001 Callaghan became the 36th New Zealander to be made a Fellow of the Royal Society of London.

2004

He was awarded the Ampere Prize in 2004 and the RSNZ's Rutherford Medal in 2005.

2006

He was appointed a Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2006 New Year Honours, and in 2007 was recognised with a World Class New Zealander Award and the Sir Peter Blake Medal.

2007

He was a regular public speaker on science matters and, in 2007, one of his radio series, of discussions with Kim Hill on Radio New Zealand appeared in book form as As Far as We Know: Conversations about Science, Life and the Universe.

2008

He was awarded a two-year James Cook Research Fellowship by the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2008.

2009

A 2009 book, Wool to Weta: Transforming New Zealand's Culture and Economy, dealt with the potential for science and technology entrepreneurialism to diversify New Zealand's economy.

He was the presenter of a concurrent documentary, Beyond the Farm and the Themepark, which deals with the same issues.

In 2009, he accepted re-designation as a Knight Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit following the reinstatement of titular honours by the New Zealand government.

2010

In 2010 he was awarded the Günther Laukien Prize for Magnetic Resonance and shared the New Zealand Prime Minister's Science Prize.

2011

In 2011 he was named Kiwibank's New Zealander of the Year and later that year elected an Honorary Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

The Royal Society of New Zealand established the Callaghan Medal in 2011 for "an outstanding contribution to science communication and raising public awareness of the value of science to human progress".

Winners include:

2012

Callaghan died on 24 March 2012, aged 64, after a long battle with colon cancer.

He was survived by his first wife, Sue Roberts, two children, Catherine and Chris, and his second wife Miang Lim.

After his death, Callaghan was again recognised with a World Class New Zealand award, becoming the Supreme winner in May 2012.

2013

The New Zealand Crown entity, Callaghan Innovation, formed in February 2013, was named after him.

He was an atheist.

Callaghan was an author of over 230 journal articles.

His research group specialised in developing NMR methodologies for the study of molecular dynamics and molecular organisation in complex fluids, soft matter and porous materials.

Major areas of contribution include: