Derek Abbott
Derek Abbott | |
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| Born | 1960 (age 64–65) South Kensington, London, England |
| Citizenship | British, Australian |
| Alma mater | Loughborough University University of Adelaide |
| Occupation(s) | Physicist, electronic engineer |
| Known for | Parrondo's paradox Stochastics T-rays |
| Spouse | Rachel Egan (m.2010) |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Laureate Fellow (2024) M. A. Sargent Medal (2019) Barry Inglis Medal (2018) David Dewhurst Medal (2015) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | University of Adelaide Austek Microsystems GEC Hirst Research Centre |
| Thesis | GaAs MESFET Photodetectors for imaging arrays (1995) |
| Doctoral advisors | Kamran Eshraghian Bruce R. Davis |
| Other academic advisors | Michael A. Brown |
| Doctoral students | Mark D. McDonnell |
| Website | Derek Abbott's Home Page |
Derek Abbott (born 1960) is a British-Australian physicist and electronic engineer, and professor at the University of Adelaide. He is known for claiming to have identified the "Somerton Man", whose body had been found decades earlier on an Adelaide beach but never identified, using DNA evidence. However this has not been officially verified by police.