Director's Message

Dear Colleagues,

I hope you enjoyed the long weekend. Thank you, Professor Schmidt.

The 2021 John Carver Seminar Series will be held on Wednesday 6 October at 10 am. This annual event showcases the latest research from some of the best and brightest students within our School. Presenters from all Departments will each deliver a 15 min talk, vying for one of the three prizes:

The John Carver Prize ($750)
The Dean’s Prize ($500)
The Director’s Prize ($500)

The audience will also vote for a People’s Choice award ($200). Prize winners may also be invited to present their talk at an equivalent competition run by the NSW branch of the Australian Institute of Physics in November. The talks are always wonderfully uplifting and I urge everyone to put 6th October in their diary. I warmly encourage students to email hdr.physics@anu.edu.au by 28 September 2021 and register your interest.

I am very grateful to the staff of NPAA and in particular to Professors Nanda Dasgupta and Andrew Stuchbery, who engaged so quickly and positively to promote our leading research and training expertise in the national media last week. Their balanced messages, including an excellent Conversation article by Dr AJ Mitchell, spoke volumes about our primary commitment to research training in the pursuit of impactful research. A selection of their articles can be found here and in combination with the Accelerator tower pictured above illustrate one of our great attributes, the marriage of academic excellence with technical innovation. My thanks to Professor David Hinde (NPAA) for this striking image.

We will be re-assessing the building closures in Physics South this morning and I will keep you appraised as we determine the best course for reopening. 

Teaching restarts today, my thanks and best wishes to all those engaged this semester.

Tim

For future and currently open scheme rounds, the Australian Research Council (ARC) will allow the referencing and inclusion of preprints in any part of a National Competitive Grant Program (NCGP) grant application. This includes within the Research Outputs list as well as the body of an application.

This change will not be applied to closed scheme rounds.

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AINSE Scholar Gold Medal Nominations

The AINSE Scholar Gold Medal is awarded for impact and excellence in research by postgraduate students and early career researchers on the basis of publications that acknowledge AINSE and ANSTO support. 

Nominees for awards are submitted to the AINSE Council by the AINSE Specialist Committees for consideration at the final AINSE Council Meeting of the calendar year. At the presentation of the medals, the newly-awarded Gold Medallists are invited to deliver an address on their research.

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Johnson & Johnson Scholars Award Program – WiSTEM2D

The J&J Women in STEM²D Scholars Award Program aims to fuel development of female leaders and feed the STEM²D talent pipeline by awarding and sponsoring women at critical points in their careers, in each of the STEM²D disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design.

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Inspire a Curious Mind: Female STEM Coaches Wanted

Curious Minds seek female STEM professionals interested in volunteering to mentoring students in Year 9 – 10 over a six month period. 

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Explore groundbreaking research and innovation undertaken at ANSTO’s landmark research infrastructure. Meet the women in leadership roles within these fields and connect with established leaders who can mentor you throughout your future studies.

Online 30 Nov - 2 Dec 2021

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These are truly difficult and exhausting times. But this is also an opportunity for us to come together, support each other, and maybe have a little fun in the process!

Starting on 28 August, we’re launching a six-week self-care challenge that will inspire you to move, grow, cook, connect and relax.

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CQC2T Women in Quantum Top Up Scholarships

CQC2T is looking for female PhD and Honours students to join our multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers developing quantum computing and communication technologies of the future.

If you are ready to further your career in this exciting field, apply now!

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Need to Schedule a Meeting with the Director?

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Open a new invite for Director.Physics@anu.edu.au, and use Scheduling Assistant to propose a mutually convenient time and send.  

For all others
Please send an email request to Director.Physics@anu.edu.au 

Tim will reply to any meeting requests ASAP

RSPhys Store

Stores will be physically staffed, though operating at reduced capacity with no face to face interactions. 

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EVENTS

Departmental seminars

Dr Matt Woolley - 23 September
Quantum Measurement and Control with Massive Mechanical Oscillators
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Mr Jacob Ross - 23 September
Metrology and many-body physics with ultracold metastable helium
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Mr Khosro Zangeneh Kamali - 27 September
Reversible Tuning of Optical Metasurfaces
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FLEET/TMOS Colloquium - 30 September

Augmenting silicon technologies: epitaxial graphene on silicon wafer, FLEET/TMOS seminar - Professor Francesca Iacopi

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HDR Progress Milestones

Students and supervisors can access information on HDR progress milestone requirements on the School Intranet.

HDR Opportunities