Director's Message

Dear Colleagues,

I hope you had a good week. The last few weeks have seen us focussed on the energy that our undergraduate colleagues bring to our School. My thanks to all those who attended the PEC planning day last Thursday at gorgeous Mt Stromlo. I am grateful for all the leadership on display in PEC, and especially thankful to our AD(E), Prof Ben Buchler for all his efforts.  

Yesterday, Market Day turned 11, an anniversary I know A/Prof Cormac Corr is rightly proud of. Please thank him for his endless enthusiasm for this signature event. I couldn’t be happier with the turn-out of staff and students, and the photo above shows the foyer was packed. Thanks to all the poster presenters, as always it is a great showcase of the future research opportunities in our School and a testament of your powers of engagement. Siobhan Ryman has been at the centre of these undergraduate-focused events and deserves special thanks for all she does to keep PEC a thriving and happy centre.

Last week the President of the Academy of Science, Distinguished Professor Chennupati Jagadish (EME) presented Distinguished Professor Susan Scott (CGA) with the 2023 Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal. The Lyle Medal is a career award recognising outstanding achievement for research in Mathematics or Physics. It is a pleasure to see this recognition and my congratulations go to Susan.

I hope you have a relaxing weekend.
Tim

John Carver Seminar Series 2024

The John Carver Seminar Series 2024 will be held on Thursday 26 September starting at 10am in the new Auditorium (building 160). Please see the program here.

Participants will need to present a 15-minute talk on their research to the audience of fellow students and RSPhys colleagues. The talks are not followed by questions.

The talks are judged by a panel of three judges (two academics and a student). See here for competition rules and the judging criteria.

Everyone is invited to attend and support your colleagues as this is a fantastic opportunity to learn about the incredible research undertaken by our students!

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Post PhD Opportunity: Quantitative Researcher with SIG (Sydney, AU)

SIG/Susquehanna is looking for accomplished researchers who are interested in growing their career in the field of quantitative finance. Our Quantitative Researchers apply mathematics, statistics, and programming to solve complex problems found in our trading environment.

Find out more about this opportunity and how to apply here.

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A concept of intrinsically chiral resonant dielectric metasurfaces was proposed very recently, and it combines strong narrowband resonant features with the polarization control of scattered light. A team from Nonlinear Physics Center designed a resonant chiral metallic metasurface supporting a bound state in the continuum resonance in the microwave wavelength range. They  investigated intrinsic chiroptical effects for transmission of normally propagating excitation beams by breaking the meta-atom in-plane mirror symmetries. The project was driven Mr. Yiyuan Wang, a visiting PhD student from China, and the results have been published in  Optics Letters.

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Research Fest 2024: Enhancing Research Impact

December 3 to December 5, Copland Theatre and other venues

Research Fest 2024 will offer valuable insights for researchers at all career stages, from early career to established academics and research leaders, who are interested in exploring strategies for improving their research impact and engaging with industry.

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Establishing a Community of Practice - Conceptual Frameworks for HDR Candidates

University House has received generous philanthropic support to host a project of research and educational development to support HDR candidates in the development of conceptual frameworks. This academic work is consistent with University House’s commitment, as part of its hailstorm recovery program, to supporting HDR candidates across campus.

The project is being undertaken in partnership with the PVC (Graduate Research) portfolio, including the Directors of HDR Supervision Development and Researcher Development.

We invite ANU colleagues with an interest in this topic to join us in a community of practice to engage with the project.

Please contact: Em Prof Craig McDonald (e: craig.mcdonald@anu.edu.au | m: 0403 653 884)

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Staff Movements

Prof Andrew Stuchbery will be away 6/9/24 - 2/10/24
^{Prof Greg Lane will be Acting HoD in this period}

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College Hot Desking In Physics

Finance, HR & RM Teams
Thursday Mornings
^{Lv2 Tearoom, Bldg 160}

EVENTS

Director's Colloquium - 24 September

Quantum stochastic resonance of individual Fe atoms - Professor Susan N Coppersmith

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Founder's Day 2024 - 18 October

Founder's Day 2024 - 75 Years of Physics

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