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ARC Laureate Fellows

Congratulations to Professor Joanne Etheridge who has been awarded the ARC 2022 Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship.

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New telescope to detect Gravitational Wave events

A new telescope, made up of two identical arrays on opposite sides of the planet, will track down sources of Gravitational Waves.

Physics and Astronomy 22 July 2022

Next generation astronomers win national recognition

Congratulations to Dr Adelle Goodwin on being awarded the Astronomical Society of Australia’s Charlene Heisler Prize for the most outstanding PhD thesis. Dr Goodwin completed her PhD thesis at Monash University and is now a postdoctoral researcher at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy, Curtin University.

Physics and Astronomy 20 June 2022

The power of seeing magnetic fields – all the way down to the atomic level

Being able to ‘see’ magnetic fields all the way down to the atomic scale helps us better understand magnetic properties of materials.

Physics and Astronomy 10 February 2022

Australian Research Council’s College of Experts

Seven Monash researchers have been appointed to the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) College of Experts for the first time.

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