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Charles Alcock
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Current Research: Theoretical and Experimental Astrophysics; Machos
Current Institution: Harvard Center for Astrophysics (CfA)
Interim Institutions: Lawerence Livermore National Laboratory Inst. of Geophysics and Planetary Physics ; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton Institute for Advanced Study
PhD 1978: California Institute of Techology
Undergraduate Institution: University of Auckland

Neil Ashcroft
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Current Research: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Current Institution: Cornell University, Material Science Center
Interim Institutions: U of Chicago
PhD 1964: Cambridge University
Undergraduate Institution: Victoria College, University of New Zealand

Mark Bowick
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Current Research: Theoretical Particle Physics: Random Surfaces, Simplicial Gravity, Statistical Mechanics of Membranes and Topological Defects
Current Institution: Syracuse University, Physics Department
For 1999 on sabbatical at Harvard Universiy
Interim Institutions: Massachusett Institute of Techology, Yale University
PhD 1983: California Institute of Techology
Undergraduate Institution: University of Canterbury

Anthony Chan
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Current Research: Theoretical Space Plasma Physics
Current Institution: Rice University, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Interim Institutions: Dartmouth College,
PhD 1991: Princeton University
Undergraduate Institution: University of Auckland

Lloyd M. Davis
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Current Research: single molecule detection and spectroscopy, laser applications to chemical analysis, classical, quantum, and non-linear optics, chemical physics, biotechnology, biophysics, Monte Carlo simulations.
Current Institution: Unviversity of Tennessee Space Institute, Center for Laser Applications,
Interim Institutions: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
PhD 1985: University of Auckland
Undergraduate Institution: University of Auckland

Richard Easther
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Current Research: Cosmology
Current Institution: Yale
Interim Institutions: Current Institution: Columbia University, ISCAP , Brown University, Cornell University, Waseda University
PhD 1994: University of Canterbury
Undergraduate Institution: University of Canterbury

Gene Flanagan
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Current Research: Experimental Particle Physics
Ph.D Student at Michigan State University
Undergraduate Institution: Victoria University

Robin Kennedy
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Current Research: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics: Growth and Characterization of Thin Films
Current Institution: Florida A&M University, Physics Dept
Interim Institutions: National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State U, Florida Atlantic U, U of Hong Kong, U of Strathclyde, Simon Fraser U, U of Indiana (Bloomington), U of London (Queen Mary & City Colleges)
PhD 1977: University of Canterbury
Undergraduate Institution: University of Canterbury

Bruce King
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Current Research: Particle Physics Experiment: Advanced Accelerator and Detector
Current Institution: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Physics Dept
Interim Institutions:CERN, DESY
PhD 1994: Columbia University
Undergraduate Institution: Victoria University

Mark Kruse
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Current Research: Experimental Particle Physics, CDF Experiment
Current Institution: Duke University, Physics Dept
Interim Institutions: Rochester U, Physics and Astronomy Dept
PhD 1996: Purdue University
Undergraduate Institution: University of Auckland

David Lowe
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Current Research: Theoretical High Energy Physics: Quantum Gravity, Strings, Black Hole Physics
Current Institution: Brown University
Interim Institutions: California Institute of Techology, U of California, Santa Barbara
PhD 1993: Princeton University
Undergraduate Institution: Cambridge University (Corpus Christi College)

Jeremy Lys
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Current Research: Experimental Particle Physics - CDF
Current Institution: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Interim Institutions: Fermilab
D.Phil 1964: University of Oxford
Undergraduate Institution: University of Canterbury

Grant Lythe
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Current Research: Stochastic Differential Equations, Noisy Dynamics
Current Institution: University of Leeds, Department of Applied Mathematics
Interim Institutions: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Centre for Nonlinear Studies ; U. Libre de Bruxelles
PhD 1994: Cambridge University
Undergraduate Institution: University of Auckland

John Millener
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Current Research: Theoretical Nuclear Physics: Structure of Light Nuclei and Hypernuclei:
Current Institution: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Nuclear Theory
Interim Institutions: Oxford University
D.Phil 1972: University of Oxford
Undergraduate Institution: University of Auckland

Craig Ogilvie
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Current Research: Heavy Ion Experimental Physics: Searching for the Quark-Gluon Plasma
Current Institution: Iowa State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Interim Institutions: Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; Michigan State University, GSI Germany
PhD 1987: University of Birmingham, UK
Undergraduate Institution: University of Canterbury

Murray Olsen
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Current Research: Quantum optics and BEC
Current Institution: Instituto de Fisica, Universidade Federal Fluminense and Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro
Interim Institutions: Universidade de Sao Paulo, Auckland University
PhD 1997 and Undergraduate Institution: University of Auckland

Stephen Parke
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Current Research: Theoretical Particle Physics Phenomenology; Top Quark, Higgs, Neutrinos
Current Institution: Theoretical Physics Dept, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Interim Institutions: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
PhD 1980: Harvard University
Undergraduate Institution: University of Auckland

Amanda Peet
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Current Research: theoretical high-energy physics, string theory, quantum gravity, black hole physics
Current Institution: University of Toronto , Department of Physics
Interim Institutions: [K]ITP , UC Santa Barbara ; Princeton University
PhD 1994: Stanford University
Undergraduate Institution: University of Canterbury

David Radford
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Current Research: Nuclear structure experiment, radioactive ion beams
Current Institution: Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Physics Division
Interim Institutions: Yale University, CNRS Strasbourg, ANL, AECL Chalk River Laboratories
PhD 1978 and Undergraduate Institution: University of Auckland

Martin Savage
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Current Research: Nuclear and Particle Theory
Current Institution: University of Washington at Seattle, Dept of Physics
Interim Institutions: Carnegie Mellon, University of California at San Diego, Rutgers University
PhD 1990: California Institute of Technology
Undergraduate Institution: University of Auckland

Steve Smith
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Current Research: Space Physics; gravity waves in night-time mesospheric airglow using all-sky optical imaging and tomography.
Current Institution: Center for Space Physics, Boston University
PhD 1997 and Undergraduate Institution: University of Canterbury

David Stoker
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Current Research: Experimental Particle Physics, BaBar, D0, ATLAS Experiments
Current Institution: University of California, Irvine
Interim Institutions: Johns Hopkins U., Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
PhD 1985: University of California, Berkeley
Undergraduate Institution: University of Auckland

Neil Sullivan
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Current Research: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics: Quantum Solids and Fluids, Low Temperature Physics, Magnetic Resonance of Solids
Current Institution: University of Florida, Gainsville
PhD 1972: Harvard University
Undergraduate Institution: University of Otago

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