| E-mail | dowdj (non Essex users should add @essex.ac.uk) |
| Telephone | 2958 (non Essex users should add 01206-87 to the beginning of this number) |
| Room | 6.301 |
| Biography | John Dowden was the first student at the University (1964).
Prof Dowden says that this picture dates from Spring 1964, probably April or May. He adds "I am not a native of Bedford. I lived there in my teens but I'm a native of Shropshire."

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| Research interests | Heat and mass transfer processes occurring in laser materials processing, in medicine and in geophysics. |
| Publications | Link to publications for John M Dowden |