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Director's Message
Dear Colleagues,
Congratulations to Professor Lan Fu on her election as Academician (Fellow) of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials. This recognition celebrates scientists and engineers who have made significant contributions, particularly disruptive innovations, to Material Science and Technology in the Asia-Pacific region. It's wonderful to see Lan receiving this well-deserved recognition.
This Tuesday, August 26th, the school is hosting an Inclusive and Respectful Communities Workshop (free to attend - pls register below). While I unfortunately can't attend this session, due to a teaching commitment, I'm keen to gauge interest and if there's demand, we'll certainly look at running it again.
A Physics Executive meeting is scheduled for Thursday morning this week. If you have items you'd like brought to the table, please send them through to your Head of Department ahead of time. And thank you to those who have expressed an interest in joining the Physics Equity, Diversity and Inclusion committee. If anyone else would like to join please let me know before Thursday.
A reminder that staff need to update their projects and register for Physics Project Market Day by September 1st. Please don't let this deadline slip by- this event is an important part of our school calendar, and we need numbers for planning - plus it’s nice for the organisers to see that people are keen.
Finally, I'm pleased to announce that free coffee and tea (and milk) will be returning to the tearoom on level 2 of B160 this week. We are starting with just instant coffee and depending on feedback from the executive (and budget!), we may transition back to the espresso machine down the track. Let’s see how we go. This is all about bringing people together, so we ask that you enjoy your tea or coffee in the communal space rather than taking milk and supplies back to restock local areas.
Looking forward to seeing everyone around the tearoom soon.
Jodie
Please contact me using director.physics@anu.edu.au and for meeting invites please use the Jodie.Bradby calendar. |
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Inclusive and Respectful Communities Workshop | Tues 26 Aug
As part of the University’s commitment to providing a supportive and safe environment, the Research School of Physics is hosting the Inclusive and Respectful Communities Team for a workshop on ‘Understanding Harmful Behaviours & Responding to Distress’.
This workshop is open to all members of the School, with participation strongly encouraged.
Date: Tues 26th Aug 2025
Time: 10am-12pm
Location: Conference Room (4.03), Bldg. 160
For more information, and to register, please see here.
For any questions or concerns please contact Raghda Abdel Khaleq & the Admin Team
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New University Travel Training Sessions
- When booking travel for any type of University business, it is mandatory to use ATPI -
In response to the roll-out of the new travel approval and booking systems, a series of training sessions have been scheduled to support staff in navigating the new tools and updated travel policy and handbook.
Whether you’re a self-booker, travel arranger (organise travel for self + others), or delegate/approver, the training sessions are tailored to meet your specific needs.
Please 'read more' to register for a session. » read more
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John Carver Seminar Series 2025
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You are warmly invited to participate in the John Carver Seminar Series 2025, an annual event aimed at showcasing the amazing research done by our HDR students and celebrating the wealth of talent in our School.
The John Carver Seminar Series 2025 will be held on Thursday 25 September starting at 10 am in the new Auditorium (building 160).
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). For competition rules and the judging criteria please see here.
Prizes:
Seminar presenters will be considered for one of the following prizes
- The John Carver Prize ($750)
- The Dean’s Prize ($500)
- The Director’s Prize ($500)
- There will also be a vote for the People’s Choice award ($200).
The winner of the John Carver Prize will be also invited to present their talk at an equivalent competition run by the NSW branch of the Australian Institute of Physics - Postgraduate Awards event on 3 December 2025 in Sydney.
Please register your interest by 10 September 2025 via this link.
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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MSI Seminar | Aug 25
The Mathematical Data Science Centre seminar series
'The Brownian excursion measure and its applications to conformal geometry'
Laurence Field, Australian National University
Date: Mon 25 Aug 2025
Time: 1pm -2pm
Location: Seminar Room 1.33, Hanna Neumann Bldg 145 » read more
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The Defence Industry Internship Program (DIIP)
The Defence Industry Internship Program (DIIP) provides Engineering and Technology university (undergraduate) students with direct connections to the Defence Industry by facilitating a 12-week (450 hour) paid internship in small to medium defence industry businesses across Australia.
These internships provide students with the opportunity to work with industry leaders on complex projects, using advanced technologies and support the development of valuable employability skills.
Applications close 31 August 2025 » read more
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Physics Project Market Day 2025
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Dear Colleagues,
To enable our undergraduate students to have the opportunity to engage more with research conducted within the school, Physics Project Market Day will take place on Thursday 18th September from 12pm to 2pm in the foyer of the new building (160) – poster boards can be setup from 11am. The event is an opportunity to interact directly with undergraduate students by sharing/discussing your research and potential projects with them by presenting a poster.
What you need to do:
- By Monday 1st September, update your projects online so that they can be included in a booklet that is distributed to undergraduate students.
To update (or add) projects, follow the following steps:
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- To edit your available student projects visit here
- Click the “Bump 2025” button for any projects you want to roll over
- Edit, delete or add any other projects
If you are a co-supervisor on any projects owned by someone else, please prompt them to update the project for inclusion in this year’s Project Day booklet.
- By Friday 12th September, if you would like to participate in this event, can you please sign up in the participant list
- On Thursday 18th September, bring a poster to the foyer from 11am onwards (get there early to have your choice of poster board) and interact with students from 12pm to 2pm.
A booklet for 2025 will be printed with all recently updated projects (Reminders to do this were sent out in June/July).
Contact Cormac Corr if you have any questions. |
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ANU Futures Workshop: Recent Progress of Harmonic Analysis in General Relativity & Quantum Information
A workshop introducing researchers with some background in harmonic analysis and dispersive partial differential equations to some open problems in general relativity and quantum information.
Date: Mon 17 Nov - Sat 22 Nov 2025
Time: 9am (Mon) -1pm (Sat)
Location: Seminar Rooms 1.33 & 1.37, Hanna Neumann Bldg #145 » read more
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College Hot Desking In Physics
Finance, HR & RM Teams
Thursday Mornings
Lv2 Tearoom, Bldg 160 |
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Departmental seminars
Mr Fedor Kovalev - 27 August
Dynamic Metasurfaces: From Tunability to Parametric Modulation
» read more
Professor Tim Denham - 27 August
Archaeological explorations in optical microscopy, QEMSCAN and microCT
» read more
Professor Hiroshi Katsumata - 27 August
Engineering Thin Films for Future Optoelectronics with Eco-Friendly Semiconductors: Light Emission, Detection, and Energy Harvesting
» read more
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Know your administrators...
Nikki Azzopardi, Belinda Barbour & Petra Rickman » read more
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Know your HDR Convenors...
A/Prof Vanessa Robins
Dr Michaela Froehlich
HDR Convenors
Prof Vince Craig
Associate Director HDR |
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Know your Student Reps...
Aditya Babu, Victoria Bashu, Jessica Wierbik, Hendrik Heimes & Elizaveta Melik-Gaykazyan
hdrsreps.physics@anu.edu.au |
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The ANZCOP 2025 | Call For Papers is Now Open!
The conference will be held at the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, from 8th to 11th December 2025.
The Abstract submission deadline for ANZCOP'2025 has been extended to Monday 1 September (NZT). » read more
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LGBTIQA+ Ally Training
Upcoming Ally Training
- 4 September
- 15 October
- 13 November
- 20 November » read more
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MSI | Topological Methods For Time-varying Data: Theory And Applications (Top Time) Workshop
Topological Data Analysis (TDA) is a research area at the intersection of Algebra, Topology, Geometry, Statistics and Machine Learning.
Date: Mon 27-Fri 31 Oct 2025
Time: Mon 9am-Fri 5pm
Venue: Seminar Rooms 1.33 & 1.37, Hanna Neumann Building 145
Register » read more
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