About Ian Chessell
Ian Chessell was an Australian physicist.
Ian Chessell is an Australian physicist.
Early life and education Ian Chessell studied at the University of Melbourne, completing his Ph.D. in physics studying radio transmission of the lower ionosphere in 1970.
He was Chief Defence Scientist of Australia from 2000 to 2003. He was appointed as Chief Scientist of South Australia in March 2008, and served in that capacity until 2010.
In 2015, he was also a member of the Defence South Australia Advisory Board, the Board of QinetiQ. He was the founding chair of the Goyder Institute for Water Research in 2010, holding the position for five years.
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