Carlisle was a research student of Hodgkin at Oxford working on the crystal structure of cholesteryl iodide. He subsequently made his career at Birkbeck College London, succeeding J.D. Bernal in the Chair of Crystallography at Birkbeck in 1968.

Research; Institute of Physics X ray Analysis Group (XRAG); recommendation.

Includes 'Synopsis of remarks by Prof. J.D. Bernal' at autumn meeting of XRAG, 1952.