Physics & Nanotechnology

Dr Almantas Pivrikas is now the new Academic Chair of Physics and Nanotechnology at Murdoch University. Congratulations.

This winter, on the Saturday of the Full Moon week the Perth Observatory Volunteer Group will be holding an inspirational lecture open to the public. The talk will go for around an hour and it will be given by different special guest speakers each month who will delve into astronomical subjects that will inspire you … More Perth Observatory Winter Lecture Series

Congratulations to Kirsten Emory for being awarded a scholarship to attend the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Winter School at Lucas Heights (17-21 July 2017). As part of the scholarship, travel, accommodation and catering are included. Kirsten is a current physics undergraduate student at Murdoch. Should be an interested time. Look forward … More Kirsten is off to AINSE in July

Who: Dr Jitendra P. Mata — ANSTO When: Fri 7 Apr 2017 – 3:30pm (Murdoch University, Senate Room (Murdoch College)) Why: Another in the From Snot to Tissue series  

On Friday 24th of March, there will be a series of short (5 min) presentations given by the Murdoch physics academics on their research and how you could get involved. Although this event is primarily for students considering honours in physics, everyone is welcome to come and find out more. Why wait for honours to … More Physics honours projects

Date: 24th March 2017 Time: 15:30 PM – 16:30 PM Location: Robertson Lecture Theatre, 245.2.035, 245 – Science and Computing, Murdoch University. WA astronomy historian, Craig Bowers, will discuss the significant historical event at the Perth Observatory over the past 50 years, the science that they did and the possibilities that still remain. It is … More Perth Observatory: The science we did and the remaining possibilities

Murdoch Physics & Nanotechnology undergraduate students are bound for KIIT University in Bhubaneswar India in late February 2017, funded by the Commonwealth New Colombo Plan. A scientific exploration from Murdoch University to KIIT University will consist of students Kirsten Emory, Eli Dennis-Singh, Warwick Smith, Tristan Ward, and Jack Weatherhead. I am sure all  students are … More The beginning of a grand adventure

Dr Gerd Schröder-Turk just had a paper published by the Nature Group journal Light: Science & Applications. The full reference for the paper is: Benjamin P Cumming, Gerd E Schröder-Turk, Sukanta Debbarma and Min Gu, “Bragg-mirror-like circular dichroism in bio-inspired quadruple-gyroid 4srs nanostructures”, Light: Science & Applications (2017) 6, e16192; doi:10.1038/lsa.2016.192. You can read more about it on here. Congratulations … More Brezels, Bragg & Butterflies: Topological Photonics behind novel broad-band chiro-optical material

The super fun and very informal seminar series From snot to tissue is about to kick-off again. Last year we had talks: from physics to biology, from self-folding origami to bee sperm, from Cambridge to Harvard and from Germany to Perth. On Thursday the 16th of February, come hear Philipp Schönhöfer talk about Entropic self-assembly … More From Snot to Tissue returns

It’s official, the Physics & Nanotechnology BSc at Murdoch has just had its accreditation with the Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) renewed. Every 5 years, Australian universities which offer a physics program, can invite a panel of external physicists (administered by the AIP) to review their physics course offering. It is a great way to … More AIP accreditation renewed