Director's Message

Dear Colleagues,

It’s a very full issue this week with a lot of good stuff happening here and overseas. Please take some time to scan down the announcements below, and I’ll draw your attention to a just few.  

• There is a special excursion for the Women in Physics group to visit colleagues at RSAA on June 6th. This will be an excellent opportunity and I warmly encourage you to attend.
• The call to apply for the TOP 5 Science media residency is now open. This exciting program is co-sponsored by the ABC and ANU. Professor Jodie Bradby has the honour of being invited as program Ambassador and judge.
• Shown at the end of the issue is a selection of images from a CoS Delegation to India, which visited a dozen of India’s top universities over the past two weeks. This agile delegation, seen in the first image below (left to right) is comprised of Distinguished Professor Chennupati Jagadish (EME, left), Professor Sasha Mikheyev, CoS Associate Dean (International) and Jay Poria, CoS Manager International Development & Partnerships. 

Have a great week,
Tim

Fulbright Scholarship Opportunities

Fulbright Scholarship opportunities for bilateral collaborative research projects in the U.S. are currently open.

We invite all of our university colleagues to connect with the Fulbright Team for an online information session on Thursday, 19 May 2022 at 10.00 am via Teams.  

Applications for the scholarships close 6 July

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Student Urgent Relief Bursary (SURF)

The University is offering a Student Urgent Relief Bursary (SURF) with the intention to relieve students' financial burden and assist with extra costs caused by COVID or remote learning. There were very specific criteria for applying and a very small number of applications in 2021. The criteria for this bursary have been revised to include all students who are facing financial difficulties in 2022—not just related to COVID/remote learning. It is encouraged to review the conditions of this grant to see if you may be eligible for this financial support.

Additionally the School offers the Ben Williams Student Support Grant to assist RSPhys students who are experiencing personal difficulties which may be affecting their ability to study.

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The PhD student Pavel Tonkaev and Prof. Yuri Kivshar from Nonlinear Physics Center (Department of Fundamental and Theoretical Physics), with collaborators from the ITMO University in St. Peterburg,  described a connection of metaphotonics with material science and chemistry. For tunabilty, metaphotonics employs a variety of materials such as polymers, perovskites, TMDCs, and phase-change materials to achieve diverse functionalities for efficient control of light. The invited review paper is published in Chemical Reviews (Impact Factor=60.62).

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ABC Science Top5 Science Thinkers/Communicators is Open NOW

The TOP 5 Science is open to PhD-qualified early career researchers currently working at an Australian university or research organisation. The program is co-sponsored by the ABC and ANU.

The Top 5 winners take part in an intensive 2-week program with professional journalists and science communicators. The 2022 Science residency will be a combination of virtual and face-to-face on site at the ABC Ultimo (Sydney) studios. The Top5 work towards a segment for a program like Ockham's Razor, The Science Show or The Health report (all science radio programs on ABC). Past winners' work can be found on the webpage below (very impressive/professional!). 

Jodie Bradby has been nominated as the 2022 ANU ambassador and judge. 

Apply now for this career-boosting opportunity and get your science out there!

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Women* in Physics to Meet Women* in Astro - Mon 6th June

The Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) is thrilled to invite women* in physics to meet women* in astro. 

Date: Monday, the 6th of June 2022 
Time: 10:00am – 2:30pm 
Venue: Mount Stromlo Observatory 
(Transportation provided to and from the Acton campus) 

Please RSVP by 23/05/2022 via email to julie.tournet@anu.edu.au (RSPhys) or noelia.martinezrey@anu.edu.au (RSAA). 

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Dominik Koll (NPAA) who received 500 EUR for best scientist in the science communication program “I’m a scientist”, has now been invited to teach for a week in Malaga, Spain at the Colegio Aleman de Malaga (a private German School).

Dominik invested his prize money along with some funding from the school to go to Malaga for the last week. He was teaching high-school students from 7th grade until 12th grade (the final before university level).

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Janet Elspeth Crawford Postgraduate Leadership Prize for 2021

Nominations are sought for the Janet Elspeth Crawford Postgraduate Leadership Prize for 2021.

This prize is offered by the College of Science to students who have demonstrated excellent academic achievement and outstanding leadership. The prize is valued at $2000 each. 

Both HDR and coursework Master students can be nominated.

Nominations are due to our office (hdr.physics@anu.edu.au) by 18 May 2022 (apologies for the quick turnaround).

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Returning to Campus

Updated Process and Mask Protocols

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2022 Wall Planners

EVENTS

Departmental seminars

Ms Felicity Lee - 18 May
Investigation of micro-hollow cathode plasma discharges
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Associate Professor Stephan Rachel - 19 May
Realization of a discrete time crystal on IBM’s quantum computer
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School Seminar Program - 19 May

Connecting up the quantum internet: building quantum interconnects using rare earth crystals - Dr Rose Ahlefeldt

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Women* in Physics Morning Tea - 26 May

Please join the WiP group on Thursday, May 26th at 10am in the Oliphant tea room for an informal catch-up. There will be muffins!

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HDR Workshop - 27 May

Writing with clarity and purpose -10am-12pm

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From Previous Weeks...

COVID-19 Extension Scholarship

Mandatory Training Courses for School Induction and Building Access - All Persons