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Australian Laureate Fellow for Uni of Adelaide

Australian Laureate Fellow: Professor Anthony Thomas
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Monday, 22 June 2009

The 成人大片 will become a major centre for global research into nuclear and particle physics after winning a highly prestigious , one of only 15 awarded nationwide today by the (ARC).

The Fellowship has been awarded to internationally renowned physicist FAA, Chief Scientist and Associate Director for Theoretical and Computational Physics at , the US Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Virginia, USA.

Professor Thomas will return to the 成人大片 later this year to take up the Fellowship and lead a new Research Centre for Complex Systems and the Structure of Matter. Before taking his position at Jefferson Lab in 2004 he was Director of the University's ARC and Elder Professor of Physics.

成人大片 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) said: "We are tremendously excited to have this most eminent scientist rejoin us to pursue challenges at the frontiers of nuclear and particle physics and their interface with astrophysics; his appointment represents a significant boost to Australia's research strength in the fundamental sciences.

"Professor Thomas will explore the structure of neutron stars and probe the nature of atomic nuclei. His world-leading research has already inspired major experimental programs at many of the world's nuclear and particle physics accelerators."

At Jefferson Lab, Professor Thomas has overall responsibility for the facility's scientific programs, ranging from experimental nuclear physics to photon science and theoretical and computational physics.

Professor Thomas also serves as Chair of the Working Group (WG.9) on of the (IUPAP).

His many awards include the Harrie Massey Medal (), the Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal () and the Walter Boas Medal (). He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian Institute of Physics, the UK Institute of Physics and the .

Professor Thomas said: "I am delighted to have this opportunity to return to Australia to begin a new chapter of scientific discovery in physics at the 成人大片. There is already an outstanding group of researchers there, and the Laureate Fellowship offers the chance to expand the areas of research in new directions, from the structure of pulsars to dark matter, the quark and gluon structure of atomic nuclei and the origin of the mass and spin of the proton."

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