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Director's Message
Dear Colleagues,
What a wonderful start to the week with the official launch of RadInnovate on Tuesday. The new Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Radiation Innovation, which officially began operations this year, was formally launched by Professor Ute Roessner, CEO of the ARC. Our Interim Vice-Chancellor Professor Rebekah Brown gave the welcome address. We were also privileged to have Tony Cook PSM, Secretary of the Australian Government Department of Education, speak at the event. RadInnovate represents a significant collaborative effort, led by ANU in partnership with researchers from the University of South Australia and the University of Adelaide, along with twelve government and industry partners (including Quantum Brilliance started by RSPhys' researchers). It was a genuinely joyful occasion, and wonderful to see years of hard work come to fruition. Congratulations to Nanda and the entire team for bringing this important initiative to life!
The school also had the pleasure of hosting a very special group of visitors this week. Traditional Owners and Rangers from Kakadu National Park spent two days in our laboratories, working with Ludovic Rapp and Andrei Rode on an joint project with Penny King from RSES that uses lasers to clean and preserve traditional rock art. Thank you to Ludovic for capturing some lovely photos of the visit – it's always special when our research touches such important areas of Australia.
This week's featured publication comes from our quantum physics researchers with 'Fast mixed-species quantum logic gates for trapped-ion quantum networks' by Zain Mehdi, Varun D Vaidya, Isabelle Savill-Brown, Phoebe Grosser, Alexander K Ratcliffe, Haonan Liu, Simon A Haine, Joseph J Hope, and C Ricardo Viteri. This theoretical work, developed in collaboration with our industry partners at IonQ, has been accepted as a Letter in Physical Review A and is currently in press (arxiv:2412.07185). It's particularly exciting as this represents the first publication for PhD student Isabelle Savill-Brown and former Honours student Phoebe Grosser – congratulations to both on this significant milestone in their research careers!
I'm currently away from the School at Oak Ridge National Laboratory conducting high-pressure neutron scattering experiments with some collaborators here. My sincere thanks to Vince Craig for stepping in as Acting Director while I'm away. I'll be back in the office on November 11th.
Jodie |
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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.
Please 'read more' to view recordings from these sessions. » read more
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Celebrate the International Year of Quantum!
Join us on Saturday 29 November at the Research School of Physics for ANU’s flagship Quantum Science Open Day — a day packed with discovery, innovation, and fun for all ages.
Experience inspiring quantum-themed talks by world-leading researchers, tours of cutting-edge research labs, interactive displays and hands-on experiments, play quantum games and taste quantum food — including liquid nitrogen ice cream and holographic chocolate 🍫❄️
Register today for your chance to win memorable prizes from our partners — winners will be selected by a quantum random generator! |
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IR Spectroscopy Workshop | Nov 21
An Introduction to Spectral Analysis and Tools
This one-day workshop will provide an introduction to rapid, spectroscopic methods for identifying and characterising materials. It will focus on visible, near-infrared and mid-infrared light measurements of minerals and glasses found in rocks. Participants will learn about laboratory spectrometers, micro-spectroscopy (fast and high-resolution instruments), portable spectrometers, nano-scale spectroscopy, and HyLogger instruments for analysing drill core. Hands-on exercises will allow participants to test their skills at analysis, quantify light molecules in materials (e.g., OH and H2O) and learn about spectral analysis tools for modal mineralogy.
This workshop will be run jointly by Penny King (ANU) and Jessica Stromberg (CSIRO), Jon Huntington (Emeritus CSIRO) and is supported by AuScope.
When: Fri 21st Nov
Register: https://www.auscope.org.au/auscope2025 (under 'Pre-conference Workshops') |
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Start-up Journey: From Research To Business | Nov 13
ANU Agrifood Innovation Institute (AFII) is delighted to be hosting a panel event with established entrepreneurs who will share insights into their startup journeys and discuss highlights and challenges of shifting from a research mindset to a business-focused approach. The event will be facilitated by Danielle Neale, who as the Head of Commercialisation and IP at ANU, leads the strategy and operations to accelerate research translation, support academics in their journey to impact and brings a wealth of knowledge to anyone interested in taking the next step in their start up or entrepreneurial journey.
There will be a dedicated Q&A session, that offers attendees the chance to engage in open, inclusive, and informative discussions, with light refreshments and networking opportunities.
Date: Thurs 13th Nov
Time: 11am-12.30pm
Venue: ANU Agrifood Innovation Institute Hub, Gould bldg 116 Daley Road
Register here by Monday 10th November. |
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AIML-CEB 2025 | Dec 2
The Workshop on AI/ML in Computational and Experimental Biology (AIML-CEB 2025), to be held in conjunction with the Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AJCAI 2025).
The integration of artificial intelligence into computational and experimental biology is transforming how we predict, design, and optimize biological systems. This workshop will bring together leading researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and applied research to share the latest advances and applications at the intersection of machine learning and biology.
AIML-CEB is co-organized by CSIRO and the Australian National University. As a non-archival venue, the workshop welcomes the presentation of early ideas, works-in-progress, and drafts that can spark discussion and collaboration.
The workshop will be hosted at the Australian National University from 9am-12:30pm on the 2nd of December 2025. More details, including program and participation information, are available at: https://aiml-ceb.github.io/ |
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Level Up Your LinkedIn: A Practical Workshop
Bring your laptop and join Franklin Women for a hands-on, 2-hour workshop where you’ll refresh your LinkedIn profile and learn top tips to use the platform more strategically in your career.
When: Thursday 20 November, 2-4:30pm
Where: Clive Price Suite, University of Canberra
Tickets: Purchase your tickets here (get in quick as they are limited!)
- Member $40
- Non-member $79
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College Hot Desking In Physics
Finance, HR & RM Teams
Thursday Mornings
Lv2 Tearoom, Bldg 160 |
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Staff Movements
Prof Jodie Bradby will be travelling from 31/10/25 - 10/11/25 inclusive
Prof Vince Craig has kindly agreed to serve as Acting Director during this period
Prof Greg Lane will be away 3/11/25 - 7/11/25
AJ Mitchell will be acting HoD in this period |
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The Physics Stores Opening Hours
The Stores has shifted it's 'opening hours' to 8:30am to 3:30pm
Please see the Stores team for further details. |
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Departmental seminars
Dr Igor Ivanov - 25 November
Tunneling ionization time delay under relativistic kinematics
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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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The History and Mystery Series
The ASA ECR Chapter's online talk series "The History and Mystery Series" aims to explore aspects of astronomy (e.g., social, political, geographical, and historical perspectives) that are usually not covered in conventional scientific talks. The talks are open to all, please register here. » read more
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LGBTIQA+ Ally Training
Upcoming Ally Training
- 13 November
- 20 November » read more
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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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