Annual Report 2009.pdf - School of Physics - University of Melbourne

prizes & awardsBryan Scholarship inBiological Sciencestudent prize inphysical sciences- royal society ofvictoriaWyselaskischolarship innatural scienceSTAFFDetermined by academic merit and awarded to a student enrolledin the Bachelor of Science (Honours) in a branch of Natural Sciencein a Biological Science department.The winner is picked based on an extended abstract and a talkintended for a non-specialist audience.Awarded on academic merit to a student who is enrolled in aMasters, Postgraduate Diploma or Honours in a branch of NaturalScienceLinden GearingLila Warszawaski$1,500 Lyndon Koensprize Selection Criteria Value Recipientdean’s award inreseach excellenceDean’s awardfor excellence inteaching - outreachactivitiesflinders medal -australian academyof sciencepawsey medal -australian academyof sciencemalcolm chaikinprizenab schools firstgrantThis award is presented in recognition of excellence in researchactitivies being undertaken within the Faculty of ScienceThis award is presented in recognition of ongoing, outstandingperformance in educational activities within the Faculty of Scienceand the wider communityThe Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture recognises scientificresearch of the highest standing in the physical sciences, andhonours the contributions of Australia’s early scientific researchers.Nominations for this award are invited from AAS Fellows only.This medal is awarded by the AAS for outstanding research inphysics by scientists under 40 yearsThe Malcolm Chaikin Prize is awarded for Research Excellence inPhysics at University of New South WalesAwarded for developing an outreach program, Growing TallPoppies, with the aim of encouraging more students to studyphysics.Dr Andrew MelatosDr Roger RassoolProf Bruce McKellarA/Prof Stuart WyitheDr Susan AngusCXS2009 GRUBER PRIZE Cosmology prize of the peter and patricia gruber foundationThe recipients of the 2009 Cosmology Prize of The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation are, (pictured right, from left to right) Jeremy Mould,Professorial Fellow at the University ofMelbourne School of Physics, Wendy Freedman, Director of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington in Pasadena,California; Robert Kennicutt, Director of the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge in England.These three renowned astronomers are being honoured for their leadership in the definitivemeasurement of the value of the Hubble constant, one of the most important numbers in astronomy.The Hubble constant indicates the rate at which the universe has been expanding since the “BigBang,” thus connecting the universe’s age with its size.The Cosmology Prize was the first to be awarded when the Gruber International Prize Program wasinaugurated in 2000; and its tenth anniversary, which the Foundation celebrated this year, coincideswith the International Year of Astronomy.Freedman, Kennicutt, and Mould received the Prize on August 4, 2009, at the opening ceremony ofthe International Astronomical Union’s General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.The prize consists of a gold medal and $500,000.52www.physics.unimelb.edu.au