Geoffrey Norman Malcolm (23 April 1931 – 11 August 2019) was a New Zealand physical chemist.

[1] He then studied at Canterbury University College, graduating Master of Science with first-class honours in 1954.

[2] He was awarded an 1851 Exhibition Memorial Scholarship,[2] and completed doctoral studies at the University of Manchester in 1956.

[1] After a short period as an assistant lecturer at the University of Manchester in 1956–57, Malcolm returned to New Zealand.

[1] He was appointed as a lecturer in chemistry at the University of Otago in 1958, rising to the rank of reader.