After taking his BSc at the university of Adelaide, he completed a PhD at Flinders
University and established a small but well-known printing concern specialising in
New Age publications.
Eventually settling at the Australian National University, he established a dynamic
young group of physicists
Rod's international reknown also attracts many foreign visitors to the lab,
providing a dynamic and vibrant atmosphere in which fundamental, ground-breaking research can take place.
Although his first love is physics, Rod also has a profound fascination for the natural sciences and likes nothing better than spend time outdoors with his animal friends .