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Director's Message
Dear Colleagues,
A reminder that nominations for the 2026 Director's Awards close at 5pm this Friday 16th October. The awards will be presented at Founder's Day on Friday 23rd October and recognise outstanding research and service by individuals and teams. All members of the RSPhys community are eligible, including our Honorary Faculty, and teams can be made up of any combination of professional, teaching and research staff. There are five categories: a PhD Student Publication Award, an Early to Mid-Career Researcher Publication Award, an Individual Staff Award, a Team Award within Physics, and an award for teams outside Physics who have contributed to the School. Nominations need a citation of no more than 200 words (plus a copy of the paper for the two publication awards) and should be sent to ea.physics@anu.edu.au. Please do take a few minutes this week to put forward a colleague or team whose work deserves to be celebrated. Further details and previous recipients can be found here.
This week's research highlight comes from the Department of Fundamental and Theoretical Physics and is the main publication from Ellen McRae's PhD (which she recently submitted – congratulations Ellen!) Published in The European Physical Journal A with Prof Cedric Simenel, the paper "Skyrme-quark-meson-coupling energy density functional predictions for nuclear ground-state properties" develops a new energy density functional for describing nuclei, built on the Quark-Meson Coupling model, which connects nuclear behaviour to the underlying quark structure of nucleons. Ellen tested her functional through systematic mean-field calculations of ground-state properties across the nuclear chart. With only four free parameters, it performs comparably to standard nuclear functionals, which typically need around ten adjustable parameters. Congratulations to Ellen and Cedric. If you would like your own work featured as a future research highlight, submissions can be made here, or feel free to email me directly.
Finally, we have our October Physics Executive meeting on Tuesday morning (13th October). If there is anything you would like discussed, please feel free to reach out to your Head of Department, your representative or the School Manager. And a reminder that minutes from previous meetings can be found on the school intranet.
Jodie |
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iLAuNCH ANU Space Health Team Seeking Volunteers
Would you like to support space health research?
Researchers from the iLAuNCH ANU Space Health team are seeking volunteers aged 18-55 to participate in a study supporting the development of next-generation wearable health monitoring technologies for space medicine.
Participants will complete a short cycling exercise while wearing non-invasive sensors that measure bio-signals such as heart rate, temperature, blood flow and movement. The session takes less than one hour and will be conducted in the Leonard Huxley building. Participants will receive a $20 Coffee LAB voucher as thanks for their time.
To learn more or register your interest, contact SpaceHealth.physics@anu.edu.au or complete the study sign-up form: Space Health Bio-signal Study Sign Up Form. Eligibility criteria apply. |
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Dark Matter in the Pub | Oct 23
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Curious about one of the biggest mysteries in the Universe? Join us for an entertaining evening exploring dark matter through short, interactive and engaging talks from scientists. |
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Research Opportunities Funding Portal
Explore current and upcoming grants, funding opportunities, and a curated collection of forms, templates, and resources to support your research journey.
Addtional information on the Horizon Europe program, including how to become an expert evaluator as recommended by Nishant Shandilya from Euraxess, has been included on this page. » read more
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2027 ANU Women and Non-Binary People in STEM Society!
The ANU Women and Non-Binary People in STEM Society aims to provide female, femme-aligned and non-binary STEM students at the ANU the opportunity to network with each other and other STEM professionals, improve their leadership skills, and meet others in their community in a safe and supportive environment. We aim to allow students to voice their experiences in STEM, connect with each other, and gain guidance on STEM pathways.
This flagship event is a three-day conference that aims to facilitate a positive, supportive, and educative community for Women and Non-Binary People in STEM, whilst also providing networking opportunities, skill development and insight from both academic and industry representatives.
Position descriptions and further information can be found by following this link - https://forms.gle/JFoWEVagB1FWUUhaA
Applications close on the 20th of October. Applicants will be shortlisted, and short interviews will be conducted after the application close date.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact wis.leadership@anu.edu.au. |
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College Hot Desking In Physics
HR, RM & Finance Teams
Thursday Mornings
Lv2 Tearoom, Bldg 160 |
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University Travel
- When booking travel for any type of University business, it is mandatory to use ATPI - » read more
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Departmental seminars
Mr Sibo Huanglong - 15 October
Metasurface-Integrated III-V semiconductor infrared photodetectors for polarimetric and spectral sensing
» read more
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Founder's Day 2026 - 23 October
Physics Auditorium & Foyer, Bldg. 160 » read more
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Know your administrators...
Nikki Azzopardi, Belinda Barbour, Petra Rickman & Holly Zervos » read more
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Know your HDR Convenors...
Dr Michaela Froehlich
Dr Lilli Sun
Dr Andrew Kingston
Dr Ksenia Maximova
HDR Convenors
A/Prof Vanessa Robins
Associate Director HDR |
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Know your Student Reps...
Lingxiao Li, Lakshmi Raja, Sheil Sequeira, Luke Johnstone, Taskil Dastoor & Noah Baldwin
hdrsreps.physics@anu.edu.au |
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HR Support For CoSM SharePoint
The People and Culture division have re-aligned work within functional teams to improve consistency and quality of advice across the University. » read more
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