Published in the Research School of Physics Event Horizon
Vol45 Issue20 18–22 May 2020

Research

Aim

We can use this time to be productive - work on manuscript drafts, thesis chapters, read things in-depth or learn something new.  Please stay in touch with your colleagues and your supervisor, and most importantly be positive and plan for the future.

Contacts

• communitywelbeing@anu.edu.au
• Your supervisor or mentor
• Your Departmental Administrator
• Your Head of Department
• Associate Director (Research): Elena Ostrovskaya  elena.ostrovskaya@anu.edu.au
• Director: Tim Senden director.physics@anu.edu.au
• School Manager: James Irwin sm.physics@anu.edu.au

Updates

New Industry Grants and Contracts. New Grants, Contracts and Consultancies from Industry, Government and International funders. Congratulations to all teams who have been successful in attracting research investment. New projects over $10,000 are listed below. Information is drawn from completed records in the information management system (ARIES) and public announcements.

• Professor John Close (RSPhys), Department of Defence research, $500,000
• Professor Christine Charles (RSPhys), ARC Linkage Project “Understanding molecular negative ion production for use in pathology”, $350,000 
• Professor Robert Elliman (RSPhys), ARC Linkage Project “Advanced contact resistance engineering”, $307,440   

Prizes and Awards
Congratulations to Professor Chennupati Jagadesh for receiving significant external recognition of his career and contribution to research. Professor Chennupati Jagadesh AC (RSPhys), was elected as an International Member of the United States National Academy of Engineering (NAE), in recognition of distinguished contributions to engineering.

International Day of Light: On the 16th of May, ASC Photonics has Celebrated the International Day of Light by highlighting 24 of the most important contributions to that journal for the last 12 months in the areas ofnanophotonics,integrated photonics, quantum photonics, energy, 2D materials, biosensing, imaging, and devices. Two of the papers in this list come from our School:

• Nonlinear Metasurfaces Governed by Bound States in the Continuum
  Kirill Koshelev, Yutao Tang, Kingfai Li, Duk-Yong Choi, Guixin Li, and Yuri Kivshar
• Compact Cavity-Enhanced Single-Photon Generation with Hexagonal Boron Nitride
  Tobias Vogl, Ruvi Lecamwasam, Ben C. Buchler, Yuerui Lu, and Ping Koy Lam

Research Professional is a database of funding opportunities in all disciplines from a wide range of sponsors in Australia and overseas, which is available to the ANU researchers. All funding opportunities in the database are eligibility verified for Australian research. It allows you to create searches, save them, set up alerts for new funding opportunities based on key words and deadlines and add them to your calendar.

https://services.anu.edu.au/information-technology/software-systems/research-professional

ANU Staff Urgent Relief Fund  Some of our colleagues have spouses or family members who are out of work, leading to significant financial stress. Some have family responsibilities and circumstances that are impacted by the current situation. And, like many of our students, some are far from their home countries and family support. ANU has created the Staff Urgent Relief Fund. By supporting this effort you can provide access to urgent funding for a variety of living expenses like housing, food, and health and medical needs. https://www.anu.edu.au/giving/how-to-give/staff-giving

Research Working Party 

Working Party Terms of Reference 

Members
Elena Ostrovskaya  (Chair)
Greg Lane
Hans Bachor
Jodie Bradby
Ken Baldwin
Marcus Doherty
Matt Thompson 
Michael Shats
Michaela Fröhlich  
Mohammad Saadatfar 
Nanda Dasgupta
Yuri Kivshar    

Digest of past updates

Research Updates @ 11 May