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Gordon Wallace (professor)

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Gordon Wallace, AO, FAA, FTSE, FRACI (born 9 June 1958 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a leading scientist in the field of electromaterials. His students and collaborators have pioneered the use of nanotechnology in conjunction with organic conductors to create new materials for energy conversion and storage as well as medical bionics. He has developed new approaches to fabrication that allow material properties discovered in the nano world to be translated into micro structures and macro scopic devices. Wallace's research interests include the discovery of new materials and the use of these in energy and biomedical devices. Wallace is currenltly Director of the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute and the Australian National Fabrication Facility (Materials Node) both headquartered at the University of Wollongong and was previously Executive Research Director at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science. Wallace was born in the city of Belfast in Ireland where he attended primary school. His boyhood ambition was to become a professional soccer player. However, in 1972 his family emigrated to Australia and settled in Geelong where he completed his high school education. He became interested in science while at Oberon High School. He went to Deakin University in Geelong and played soccer for the local Geelong football club. Wallace played soccer for the All Australian University team winning a University Blue for Sport at Deakin. Wallace graduated with a BSc Honours (chemistry and physics) in 1979 and then received a PhD in 1983. He returned to his home country, Ireland, where he lectured for two years at University College in Cork. In 1985 he decided to return to Australia to take up an appointment at the University of Wollongong. In 1990, at the age of 32, he was appointed a professor. He was awarded an Australian Research Council QEII Fellowship in 1991, an ARC Senior Research Fellowship in 1995, an ARC Professorial Fellowship in 2002 and a Federation Fellowship in 2006.
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