Timothy Haskell
{{short description|New Zealand scientist}}
{{for|the American theater director|Timothy Haskell (director)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Timothy Haskell
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|NZAM|size=100%}}
| image = Tim Haskell wins Thomson Medal at 2019 Research Honours Aotearoa (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Haskell in 2019
| fields = Physics
| doctoral_advisor = Brian Wybourne
|thesis1_title =The group theory of the harmonic oscillator with applications in physics
|thesis1_url=https://hdl.handle.net/10092/13410
|thesis1_year=1972
| alma_mater = BSc University of Canterbury
PhD University of Canterbury
}}
Timothy George Haskell {{post-nominals|country=NZL|NZAM}} is a New Zealand scientist.
Career and impact
Haskell completed a PhD at the University of Canterbury in 1972 under the supervision of Brian Wybourne.{{Cite thesis |last=Haskell |first=T. G. |title=The group theory of the harmonic oscillator with applications in physics |date=1972 |access-date=24 Jan 2025 |degree=PhD |publisher=UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10092/13410 |doi=10.26021/8330}} Haskell started his career at the Physics and Engineering Laboratory of DSIR (New Zealand) and remained with them through its evolution to Industrial Research Limited (IRL). He shifted to Callaghan Innovation in 2012.
File:Cape Haskell, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, 2015.jpg
He worked with Bill Robinson on the development and installation of earthquake base isolation foundations for Te Papa. However, he is best known for his development of "Camp Haskell" - a containerised facility for working on the Sea ice of McMurdo Sound.Stevens C, Langhorne P, Robinson P 2018. K131 Antarctic sea ice science: A case study of infrastructure, strategies, and skills, New Zealand Science Review, 74, 66-72. He had equipment mounted on the Erebus Glacier Tongue when it calved in 1990.Robinson, W. and Haskell, T.G., 1990. Calving of Erebus Glacier tongue. Nature, 346(6285), p.615. He had just finished a field trip to the glacier in 2010 when it next calved.Stevens, C.L., Sirguey, P., Leonard, G.H. and Haskell, T.G., 2013. Brief Communication" The 2013 Erebus Glacier Tongue calving event". The Cryosphere, 7(5), pp.1333-1337.
He worked with Paul Callaghan for a time, developing portable Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology. Initial application to the determination of sea ice heterogeneityCallaghan, P.T., Eccles, C.D., Haskell, T.G., Langhorne, P.J. and Seymour, J.D., 1998. Earth's field NMR in Antarctica: a pulsed gradient spin echo NMR study of restricted diffusion in sea ice. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 133(1), pp.148-154. evolved to become a range of bench-top NMR devices developed by the spin-off company Magritek.
File:HaskellStraitPanorama.png
In 2009 the ocean passage between Ross Island and White Island (Ross Archipelago) was named Haskell Strait, Antarctica.{{cite web|url=https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=136988|title=Gazetteer - AADC|website=data.aad.gov.au|accessdate=2 March 2019}}
Awards
- 2019 - Thomson Medal from the Royal Society Te Apārangi{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/medals-and-awards/research-honours/2019-research-honours/2019-thomson-medal-outstanding-science-and-technology-leadership-in-a-diverse-array-of-domains/|title=2019 Thomson Medal: Outstanding science and technology leadership in a diverse array of domains}}
- 2008 – New Zealand Antarctic Medal (NZAM) in the 2008 New Year Honours{{cite web|url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/our-programmes/new-zealand-royal-honours/honours-lists-and-recipients/honours-lists/new-zealand-antarctic-medal|title=The New Zealand Antarctic Medal – Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)|website=dpmc.govt.nz|accessdate=2 March 2019}}
- 2007 – Royal Society Te Apārangi Hector Medal
- 2006 – New Zealand Association of Scientists Marsden Medal{{cite web|url=https://scientists.org.nz/Marsden-Medal|title=New Zealand Association of Scientists - Marsden Medal|website=scientists.org.nz|accessdate=2 March 2019}}
- 1996 – Royal Society Science and Technology Medal
References
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