- Roland Dobbs
(Edwin) Roland Dobbs (born
2 December 1924 ) isEmeritus Professor ofPhysics in theUniversity of London ."Education:"
Ilford County High School ;Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet ;University College London .Career
After
radar research for theAdmiralty , 1943-6, he was a research student atUniversity College London , 1946-9 and lecturer in Physics, Queen Mary and Westfield College, 1949-58.He was
Fulbright Scholar ,Applied Mathematics , 1958-9 and, Associate Professor of Physics, 1959-60,Brown University , U.S..On returning home, he became AEI Fellow at the
Cavendish Laboratory ,University of Cambridge , 1960-4, Professor and Head of Department of Physics,University of Lancaster , 1964-73.He then went to Bedford College, University of London as Head of Department of Physics, 1973-85 and
Hildred Carlile Professor, 1973-90. Following the merger of Bedford and Royal Holloway College, he was Head of Department of Physics, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, 1985-90. On his retirement, he became Emeritus Professor.He was also Vice-Principal, 1981-2 and Dean of the Faculty of Science, 1980-2; Chairman of the Board of Studies in Physics, University of London, 1982-5; Vice-Dean, 1986-8 and Dean, 1988-90, Faculty of Science, University of London.
He was a member of the Physics Committee of the
Science Research Council , 1970-73 and of itsNuclear Physics Board, 1974-77, and a member of the Physics Committee of theScience and Engineering Research Council , 1983-86. He was Convenor, Standing Conference of Professors of Physics ofGreat Britain , 1985-88.He is noted for his research on the physics of
helium 3 , including its behaviour as asuperfluid , and published what was regarded as the definitive monograph on this subject in 2001.
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