Here's some of the stuff...
... I'm involved with. I'm particularly interested in communicating the weirdness of quantum mechanics and how much fun science actually is, so if you or your organisation would like a talk, then please feel free to contact me! (For example, see Einstein at the pub).
Science Communication
- Quantum Leap: Technology to Save the World, taking Quantum technology out of the textbooks and explaining the science behind today's real-world applications and tomorrow's solutions, at The Precinct, Brisbane
Wednesday 14 June, 2023 - Join the Second Quantum Revolution, bringing together Queensland's leaders in quantum technology and industry to shape the future of our sector, at The Precinct, Brisbane
Wednesday 14 June, 2023 - Opening Keynote at the Symposium on Quantum Undergraduate Inquiry & Discovery, the first-ever global quantum research conference for undergraduates—by undergraduates. Online.
Friday 2 June, 2023 - Physics: matter, energy and the blueprint of our universe, one of the educational programs, to support and foster STEM-literacy, and inspire a love of science, at the World Science Festival, Brisbane
Friday 24 March, 2023 - A Brief History of
Entanglement (and Photons), a UQ School of Maths and Physics alumni event, at the State Library, Brisbane
Thursday 24 November, 2022 - Quantum is everywhere, an address at the School Assembly for the opening of Science
Week at the Queensland Academy of Science, Mathematics and Technology, Brisbane
Friday 12 August, 2022 - Quantum Technology in Australia and beyond, a webinar for the Licensing Executives Society of Australia and New Zealand, Online
Wednesday 27 July, 2022 - The Language of The Universe , one of the educational programs, to support and foster STEM-literacy, and inspire a love of science, at the World Science Festival, Brisbane
Wednesday 12 May, 2021 - Science Says!, an adults-only night of comedy and science at the World Science Festival, Brisbane
Friday 22 March, 2019 - Parliamentary Friends of Science breakfast
on quantum technology, Parliament House, Canberra
Wednesday 28 June, 2018 - Trust Me, I'm an Expert, Podcast from The Conversation
Friday 1 June, 2018 - Collision: A Unique Insight Into The World Of Hadron, Cremorne Theatre, World Science Festival, Brisbane
Saturday 25 March, 2017 - The New Normal: The Quantum Age Of Computing, Cremorne Theatre, World Science Festival, Brisbane
Thursday 23 March, 2017 - Science texts that changed the world, The Studio at Metro Arts, Backbone’s 2high Festival of Art, Science, and Ideas, Brisbane
Sunday 17 January, 2016 -
Cracking the Quantum Code, Shine Dome, Academy of Science, Canberra
Tuesday 10 November, 2015 - The light fantastic, The Edge, State Library of Queensland, BrisScience, Brisbane
Monday 12 October, 2015 - 365 1/4 Days of Science: The Science of 2014, The Edge, State Library of Queensland, BrisScience, Brisbane
Monday 13 October, 2014 -
AMSI Winter School public lecture: Cracking the Quantum Code, The Edge, State Library of Queensland, BrisScience, Brisbane
Monday 14 July, 2014 - Debate on Science, The Edge, State Library of Queensland, BrisScience, Brisbane
Monday 25 November, 2013
Advisory Roles
Professional Societies
- Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
- Fellow of Optica (formerly the OSA)
• Vice-Chair of the Quantum Optics Group, 2006–07
- Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)
- Member of the Australian Optical Society (AOS)
- Member of the Australian Institute of Physics (AIP)
Queensland Branch
• UQ representative, 2005–2006
• Webmaster, 2000–2001
• Secretary, 2000
ACT Branch
• Postgraduate representative, 1991–1994 - Member of the Institute of Physics (IOP)
- Founding member of the Australasian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation
Journal Editorial Boards
- Journal of Modern Optics, Taylor & Francis, London, UK (ISSN 0950-0340), 2010–present
- Journal of Quantum Technology, Springer, Berlin (ISSN 2196-0763). 2013–present
- Light | Science & Applications, Nature Publishing Group, UK (ISSN 2047-7538)
Founded 2012, impact factor of 14.6: #2 in Optics & Photonics journals; #1 China-based journals. 2012–15 - Optica, an Optical Society of America journal (ISSN 2334-2536)
Online-only, gold open-access, for rapid dissemination of high-impact results in Optics & Photonics. 2014–16 - Quantum, a non-profit and open access peer-reviewed journal (ISSN 2521-327X)
It is an effort by researchers and for researchers to make science more open and publishing more transparent and efficient. 2016–18