National Committee for Physics

The National Committee for Physics (NCP) fosters physics in Australia, links the Academy to Australian physicists and relevant scientific societies, and links Australian and overseas physicists, primarily through the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics and the International Commission for Optics.

The NCP launched the Physics decadal plan 2012–2021: building on excellence in physics on 6 December 2012, the Australian physics community’s strategic vision for the 10 years from 2012 to 2021. The decadal plan was jointly created by the Academy, the Australian Institute of Physics, the Australian Research Council and the physics community. From 2012, the focus of the NCP has been to drive the promotion and implementation of the decadal plan in consultation with the Academy.

Governance

• Terms of reference (PDF, 127 KB)

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

• International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)
• Australian Institute of Physics

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.
• Deputy chair: Dr Margaret Wegener
  • The University of Queensland, Director of First-Year Teaching in Physics
  • Research expertise: Laser diagnostics, physics education
• Ex-officio: 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: Professor Jodie Bradby
• Australian National University, Physics Education Centre Head of Department, Materials Physics Head of Department
• Research expertise: Physical response of materials to pressure, nano-mechanics
• Committee member: Professor Andre Luiten
• The University of Adelaide, Chair of Experimental Physics and Director, Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing
• Research expertise: Precision measurement
• Committee member: Professor Ian McArthur
• The University of Western Australia, School of Physics, Mathematics and Computing
• Research expertise: Quantum field theory, superstring theory, theoretical physics
• Committee member: Dr Shermiyah Rienecker
• Queensland Health, Medical Physicist
• Research expertise: Biomedical physics, diagnostic imaging, medical radiation sciences, public and rural health
• Committee member: Associate Professor Phillip Urquijo
• University of Melbourne, Experimental Particle Physics
• Research expertise: Astronomy, astrophysics, particle physics
• Committee member: Emeritus Professor Hans Bachor FAA
• Australian National University, Quantum Science & Technology Department
• Research expertise: Applications of optics, lasers and quantum physics
• 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