Leon Phillips (chemist)

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

Leon Phillips
Born
Leon Francis Phillips

1935 (age 85–86)
Alma materCanterbury University College
University of Cambridge
AwardsHector Medal (1979)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysical chemistry
InstitutionsMcGill University
University of Canterbury

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. ISBN 0713124776.

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. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. 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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