Australian Institute of Physics

The Australian Institute of Physics was established in 1963, when it replaced the Australian Branch of the British Institute of Physics based in London.^[1] The purpose of the institute is to further promote the development and application of the science of physics as well as providing support to physicists.^[2] The AIP publishes Australian Physics (ISSN 1036-3831) since 1963. Every two years, the Institute organises a national congress, the latest being held in December 2014 at the Australian National University in Canberra.^[3]

Organisation

The institute has branches in each of the six Australian states, and topical groups in the following areas:

• Atomic Physics and Molecular Physics
• Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Physics^[4]
• Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics
• Physics Education^[5]
• Quantum Information, Concepts and Quantum Coherence^[6]
• Solar Physics, Terrestrial Physics and Space Physics^[7]
• Theoretical Physics
• Women in Physics^[8]

Presidents

• 1962-65 Leonard Huxley^[9]
• 1966-67 F. Lehany
• 1968 Alan Walsh^[10]
• 1969-70 A. Harper
• 1971-72 Robert Street^[11]
• 1973-74 F. J. Jacka
• 1975-76 J. Campbell
• 1977-78 Terry Sabine
• 1979–80 Herbert Bolton^[12]
• 1981-82 Neville Fletcher
• 1983-84 G. V. H. Wilson
• 1985-86 T. Fred Smith
• 1987-88 John Collins
• 1989–90 Anthony Klein^[13]
• 1991–92 Anthony Thomas^[14]
• 1993-94 Robert Crompton^[15]
• 1995-96 Ron McDonald
• 1997-98 Jaan Oitmaa
• 1999-2000 John Pilbrow
• 2001-02 John O'Connor
• 2003-04 Rob Elliman
• 2005-06 David Jamieson
• 2007–08 Cathy Foley^[16]
• 2009-10 Brian James^[17]
• 2011-12 Marc Duldig
• 2013-14 Robert Robinson
• 2015-16 Warrick Couch

Awards

The Bragg Gold Medal for Excellence in Physics has been awarded since 1992 for the best PhD thesis by a student from an Australian University and to commemorate Sir Lawrence Bragg (in front on the medal) and his father Sir William Henry Bragg who both played a significant part in physics education in Australia. Winners so far are:^[18]

• 1992 Dr Stephen Bass, University of Adelaide
• 1993 Dr Henry Chapman, University of Melbourne
• 1994 Dr Wolodymyr Melnitchouk, University of Adelaide
• 1995 Dr Howard Wiseman, University of Queensland
• 1996 Dr Andre Luiten, University of Western Australia
• 1997 Dr Alexander Buryak, Australian National University (ANU)
• 1998 Dr Tanya Monro, University of Sydney
• 1999 Dr Ping Koy Lam, Australian National University
• 2000 Dr Mark Oxley, University of Melbourne
• 2001 Dr Nicole Bell, University of Melbourne
• 2002 Dr Annette Berriman, Australian National University
• 2003 Dr Michael Bromley, Charles Darwin University
• 2004 Dr Warwick Bowen, Australian National University
• 2005 Dr Philip Bartlett, Murdoch University
• 2006 Dr Alex Argyros, University of Sydney
• 2008 Dr Frank Ruess, University of New South Wales (UNSW)
• 2009 Dr Christian Romer Rosberg, Australian National University
• 2010 Dr Clancy William James, University of Adelaide
• 2011 Dr Adrian D'Alfonso, University of Melbourne
• 2012 Dr Eva Kuhnle, Swinburne University of Technology
• 2013 Dr Martin Fuechsle, University of New South Wales

Honorary Fellows of the Australian Institute of Physics (partial list)

• David Booth
• Gordon Chapman
• Robert Crompton
• John Robert de Laeter
• Robert Delbourgo
• Geoff Forrest
• Michael Gorroick
• Tony Klein
• GC Lowenthal AM
• Arthur Page
• Brian Schmidt
• John Symonds
• Gertrud Thompson

Fellows of the Australian Institute of Physics (partial list)

• Ronald Ernest Aitchison
• Hans A. Bachor
• Clive Baldock
• Murray Batchelor
• Robert Delbourgo
• Sean Cadogan
• F. J. Duarte
• Arthur Robert Hogg
• Rodney Jory
• Barry Luther-Davies
• Tanya Monro
• Brian J. Orr
• James A. Piper
• Arthur W. Pryor
• John Clive Ward
• Charles N. Watson-Munro
• John White

See also

• Official website

References