National Committee for Physics
The physics committee covers all disciplines within physics, including applied physics, theoretical physics, experimental physics, and interdisciplinary fields. The committee plays a central role in promoting the global relevance of physics, both within Australia and internationally.
The physics committee covers all disciplines within physics, including applied physics, theoretical physics, experimental physics, and interdisciplinary fields. The committee plays a central role in promoting the global relevance of physics, both within Australia and internationally.
The National Committee for Physics aims to:
- provide strategic evidence-based advice on physics to the Academy and other bodies as required
- support scientific literacy and excellence in physics by engaging with researchers, professionals and relevant national organisations
- liaise with relevant international bodies, ensuring Australian involvement in international activities
- promote interdisciplinary collaboration and take a multi-disciplinary approach in providing advice to the Academy
Reports and activities
- Submission – 2021 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap Exposure Draft, December 2021
- Submission—University Research Commercialisation Scheme, April 2021
- Submission–2030 Strategic Plan for Science , June 2017
- Physics decadal plan 2012-2021: building on excellence in physics, published December 2012
Related groups and organisations
Members
- Chair: Professor Jennifer MacLeod
- Queensland University of Technology, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Science and Professor at the School of Chemistry and Physics.
- Research expertise: Nanoscience, microscopy, spectroscopy, surface chemistry, and 2D materials research.
- Observer: Professor Nicole Bell
- Australian Institute of Physics President, University of Melbourne, School of Physics
- Research expertise: Astroparticle physics, cosmology
- Ex-officio: Dr Stuart Midgley
- Australian Institute of Physics Vice President
- Research expertise: High performance Computing, quantum physics.
- Committee member: Dr Shermiyah Rienecker
- Queensland Health, Medical Physicist
- Research expertise: Biomedical physics, diagnostic imaging, medical radiation sciences, public and rural health
- Observer: Professor Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop FAA
- The University of Queensland, ARC CoE for Engineered Quantum Systems
- Research expertise: Atomic, molecular, biological and optical physics, quantum science