| Leon Phillips | |
| Birth Name: | Leon Francis Phillips |
| Birth Date: | 14 July 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Thames, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Fields: | Physical chemistry |
| Workplaces: | University of Canterbury |
| Alma Mater: | Canterbury University College University of Cambridge |
| Awards: | Hector Medal (1979) |
Leon Francis Phillips (14 July 1935 – 24 September 2023) was a New Zealand physical chemist who specialised in the gas-liquid interface and atmospheric chemistry.
Born in Thames on 14 July 1935, Phillips was educated at Westport Technical College and Christchurch Boys' High School.[1] He studied at Canterbury University College, from where he graduated with an MSc with first-class honours in 1958.[2] After a PhD at the University of Cambridge and post-doctoral research at McGill University, he returned to lecture at Canterbury, rising to the rank of professor in 1966.[3]
In 1968, Phillips was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand,[4] and in 1979 he won the society's Hector Medal.[5]
In 1959, Phillips married Pamela Anne Johnstone, and the couple went on to have two children.[1] He died in Christchurch on 24 September 2023, at the age of 88.[6] [7]