David G. Blair is an Australian physicist and professor of physics at the University of Western Australia

University of Western Australia

The University of Western Australia was established by an Act of the Western Australian Parliament in February 1911, and began teaching students for the first time in 1913. It is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia and the only university in the state to be a member of the...

 and director of the Australian International Gravitational Research Centre. Blair works on methods for the detection of gravitational wave

Gravitational wave

In physics, gravitational waves are theoretical ripples in the curvature of spacetime which propagates as a wave, traveling outward from the source. Predicted to exist by Albert Einstein in 1916 on the basis of his theory of general relativity, gravitational waves theoretically transport energy as...

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In 2005 - the World Year of Physics

World Year of Physics 2005

The year 2005 has been named the World Year of Physics in recognition of the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's "Miracle Year," in which he published four landmark papers, and the subsequent advances in the field of physics.-History:...

, he was awarded the Anzaas

Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science

The Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science is an organisation that was founded in 1888 by Archibald Liversidge as the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science to promote science. It was modelled on the British Association for the Advancement of Science...

 Medal. He is also involved in physics education though the Gravity Discovery Centre in Western Australia.

Publications

Professor Blair is the co-author of Ripples on a Cosmic Sea: The Search for Gravitational Waves, and the editor of the book The Detection of Gravitational Waves.
The major highlights in his career was of course receiving this award and he also coordinates new projects for the educational discovery centre and he’s developed a niobium wave gravity detector and in 1984 developed the first sapphire clock – a super precise timepiece designed for space. In 2005, the World Year of Physics, he was awarded the ANZAAS Medal. He is also involved in physics education though the Gravity Discovery Centre in Western Australia.