Kiwi Physicists Abroad

Kiwi Physicists Abroad

"Intellectual Capital - NZ's most valuable export"

The primary purpose of this web page is to provide contacts for New Zealand physicists and especially physics students
who may be considering going abroad to further their physics research including graduate school.
All the physicists listed below have agreed to provide information if asked.

North America / Europe / Asia - Australia / South America / Graduate Students / Scholarships / Repatriated / Other Information

North America

Physicist	Current Institution / Email	Research Interests / Recent Papers	Past Institutions	Ph.D (year) / B.Sc.
Charles Alcock	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics webpage calcock@cfa.harvard.edu	Experimental Astrophysics; Macho Project arXiv	U. Pennsylvania, Livermore Nat Lab, MIT, Princeton IAS	CalTech 1978 Auckland
Neil Ashcroft	Cornell U. webpage nwa@msc.cornell.edu	Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics arXiv	U of Chicago	Cambridge 1964 Victoria
Nathaniel Bowden	Sandia Nat. Labs. webpage nbowden@sandia.gov	Experimental Low Energy Physics: Anti-hydrogen, Reactor Anti-Neutrinos arXiv, Spires	.	Harvard 2004 Auckland
Mark Bowick	Syracuse U webpage bowick@physics.syr.edu	Theoretical Particle Physics: Random Surfaces, Simplicial Gravity, Statistical Mechanics of Membranes and Topological Defects arXiv	MIT, Yale	CalTech 1983 Canterbury
Anthony Chan	Rice U webpage anthony-chan@rice.edu	Theoretical Space Plasma Physics arXiv	Dartmouth College	Princeton 1991 Auckland
Lloyd M. Davis	U of Tennessee Space Institute webpage ldavis@utsi.edu	single molecule detection and spectroscopy, laser applications to chemical analysis, classical, quantum, and non-linear optics, chemical physics, biotechnology, biophysics, Monte Carlo simulations. arXiv, pubs	Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Auckland 1985 Auckland
Richard Easther	Yale webpage richard.easther@yale.edu	Cosmology arXiv	Columbia, Brown U, Cornell, Waseda University	Canterbury 1994 Canterbury
Gene Flanagan	Purdue U webpage gflanaga@purdue.edu	Experimental Particle Physics, CDF arXiv, Spires	Michigan State	Michigan State '05 Victoria
Robin Kennedy	Florida A&M University webpage kennedy@cennas.nhmfl.gov	Experimental Condensed Matter Physics: Growth and Characterization of Thin Films arXiv	National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State U, Florida Atlantic U, U of Hong Kong, U of Strathclyde, Simon Fraser U, U of Indiana (Bloomington), U of London (Queen Mary & City Colleges)	Canterbury 1977 Canterbury
Bruce King	????	Particle Physics Experiment arXiv, Spires	Brookhaven National Laboratory, CERN, DESY	Columbia 1994 Victoria
Mark Kruse	Duke University webpage mkruse@phy.duke.edu	Experimental Particle Physics arXiv, Spires	Rochester U	Purdue 1996 Auckland
David Lowe	Brown University webpage lowe@het.brown.edu	Theoretical High Energy Physics: Quantum Gravity, Strings, Black Hole Physics arXiv	CalTech, U of California, Santa Barbara	Princeton 1993 Cambridge
Jeremy Lys	Lawrence Berkeley Nat Lab webpage lys@lbl.gov	Experimental Particle Physics - CDF arXiv, Spires	Fermilab	Oxford 1964 Canterbury
Grant Lythe	Leeds U. webpage grant@maths.leeds.ac.uk	Stochastic Differential Equations, Noisy Dynamics arXiv	Los Alamos Nat Lab, U. Libre de Bruxelles	Cambridge 1994 Auckland
Alick MacPherson	Rutgers webpage alick.macpherson@cern.ch	HEP experiment, CMS pixel detector Spires	CERN, PSI	Alberta U. 1996 Auckland
John Millener	Brookhaven Nat Lab webpage millener@bnl.gov	Theoretical Nuclear Physics: Structure of Light Nuclei and Hypernuclei arXiv	Oxford University	Oxford 1972 Auckland
George Miller	U of Tulsa webpage gpmiller@utulsa.edu	Instrumenatation, laser applications to chemical analysis, cavity ringdown spectroscopy, low temperature plasmas. arXiv, Spires	U. of Alabama, Huntsville; Mississippi State U.	Waikato 88 Waikato
Craig Ogilvie	Iowa Styate webpage ogilvie@iastate.edu	Heavy Ion Experimental Physics: Searching for the Quark-Gluon Plasma arXiv, Spires	MIT, Michigan State U, GSI Germany	U of Birmingham (UK), 1987 Canterbury
Stephen Parke	Fermi Nat. Accelerator Lab. webpage parke@fnal.gov	Theoretical Particle Physics: Neutrinos, Higgs Boson, Top Quark and QCD. arXiv	SLAC, Stanford U.	Harvard 1980 Auckland
Amanda Peet	U. Toronto webpage peet@physics.toronto.ca	Theoretical High Energy Physics: String Theory, Black Holes and Quantum Gravity arXiv	KITP-U of California, Santa Barbara	Princeton 1994 Canterbury
David Radford	Oak Ridge Nat. Lab. webpage radfordd@mail.phy.ornl.gov	Nuclear structure experiment, radioactive ion beams arXiv	Yale University, CNRS Strasbourg, ANL, AECL Chalk River	Auckland 1978 Auckland
Martin Savage	U. of Washington webpage savage@phys.washington.edu	Nuclear and Particle Theory, Lattice arXiv	Carnegie Mellon, U. of California, San Diego, Rutgers U	CalTech 1990 Auckland
Steve Smith	Boston U webpage smsm@bu.edu	Space Physics; gravity waves in night-time mesospheric airglow using all-sky optical imaging and tomography. pubs	.	Canterbury 1997, Canterbury
David Stoker	University of California, Irvine webpage stoker@sunny.ps.uci.edu	Experimental Particle Physics, BaBar, D0, ATLAS arXiv, Spires	Johns Hopkins U., Stanford Linear Accelerator Center	U of California, Berkeley 1985, Auckland
Robin Stuart	Merrill Lynch, NY	Theoretical Particle Physics Phenomenology; Precision Electroweak Physics arXiv	U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, CERN, Max-Planck-Institute Munich, CINVESTAV Mexico	Oxford 1985, Otago
Neil Sullivan	U of Florida, Gainsville webpage sullivan@phys.ufl.edu	Experimental Condensed Matter Physics: Quantum Solids and Fluids, Low Temperature Physics, Magnetic Resonance of Solids arXiv	.	Harvard 1972, Otago
Nikolai Tolich	Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab. webpage nrtolich@lbl.gov	Experimental Neutrino Physics; KamLAND, SNO Spires	.	Stanford 2005, Auckland

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Europe

Physicist	Current Institution / Email	Research Interests / Papers	Past Institutions	Ph.D (year) / B.Sc.
John Dudley	Universit� de Franche-Comt�, Besan�on France john.dudley@univ-fcomte.fr	Fiber optics, optoelectronics, telecommunications arXiv	U of St Andrews	Auckland 1992 Auckland
Michael Kelly	Cambridge U. webpage mjk1@cam.ac.uk	Solid State Physics arXiv	Surrey, GEC Hirst Research Laboratory	Cambridge 1981 Victoria
Mark Lee	Oxford U. webpage m.lee1@physics.ox.ac.uk	Atomic and Laser Physics arXiv		Oxford 2004 Victoria
Ray Mackintosh	Open University, Milton Keynes webpage r.mackintosh@open.ac.uk	Nuclear Reaction Theory arXiv	ANU, Oxford University, Daresbury Laborartory	UC Berkeley 1970 Auckland
Ian Thompson	University of Surrey, Guildford webpage I.Thompson@surrey.ac.uk	Nuclear Reaction Theory, Nuclear Halo Structure arXiv	U of Manchester, Daresbury Lab, U of Bristol	Auckland 1979 Auckland
Michael Tyndel	Rutherford Appelton Lab. webpage m.tyndel@rl.ac.uk	Experimental Particle Physics, LEP, LHC arXiv, Spires	CERN	Cambridge 1978 Auckland

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Asia-Australia

Physicist	Current Institution / Email	Research Interests / Papers	Past Institutions	Ph.D (year) / B.Sc.
Ashton Bradley	U of Queensland abradley@physics.uq.edu.au	BEC, Phase Space Methods, Computational physics, Many Body Quantum dynamics arXiv	???	?? ??
Paul Cochrane	U of Queensland cochrane@physics.uq.edu.au	Atom lasers, BEC, Quantum information, Computational physics, Quantum dynamics, Photonics arXiv	Brisbane	Queensland 2002 Waikato
Andrew Doherty	U of Queensland doherty@physics.uq.edu.au	Atom lasers, BEC, Quantum information, Computational physics, Quantum dynamics, Photonics arXiv	Cal Tech, Yale	Auckland 1999 Canterbury
Matthew Davis	U of Queensland mdavis@physics.uq.edu.au	Atom lasers, Bose-Einstein condensation, Computational Physics, Quantum Dynamics. arXiv	Oxford	Oxford 2001 Otago
Peter Drummond	U of Queensland drummond@physics.uq.edu.au	Atom lasers, BEC, Quantum information, Computational physics, Quantum dynamics, Photonics arXiv	U of Rochester, Auckland U, IBM Laboratories, NTT Basic Research Labs	Waikato 1979 Auckland
Duncan Forbes	Swinburne University dforbes@swin.edu.au	Astrophysics and Astronomy arXiv	Faulkes Telescope, Birmingham, Lick Observatory, STScI	Cambridge 1992 Canterbury
Don Koks	DSTO, Salisbury dkoks@physics.adelaide.edu.au	quantum gravity, mathematical physics arXiv	.	Adelaide 1996 Auckland
Hugh Luckock	U of Sydney luckock_h@maths.usyd.edu.au	quantum gravity, mathematical physics arXiv	.	Newcastle upon Tyne 1989 Auckland
Murray Olsen	U. of Queensland mko@physics.uq.edu.au	Quantum optics, Bose-Einstein Condensates, Phase Space Simulations arXiv	Universidade Fed. Fluminense & Rio de Janeiro, Universidade de Sao Paulo	Auckland 1997 Auckland
Andy Wilkins	Queensland U awilkins@maths.uq.edu.au	quantum gravity, mathematical physics arXiv	.	Adelaide 1998 Canterbury

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South America

Physicist

Current Institution / Email

Research Interests / Papers

Past Institutions

Ph.D (year) / B.Sc.

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Graduate Students

Physicist	Current Institution / Email	Research Interests / Papers	Thesis Topic	B.Sc.
Peter Adshead	Yale University peter.adshead@yale.edu	Cosmology arXiv		Canterbury
Greg Ball	Harvard University greg_ball@post.harvard.edu	Radio Astronomy arXiv		Auckland
David Heffernan	Osaka University david@champ.hep.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp	Experimental Particle Physics, Belle Exp arXiv		Osaka
Russell Neilson	Stanford rneilson@stanford.edu	Experimental Neutrino Physics arXiv	EXO	Auckland
Lydia Philpott	Imperial College London l.philpott06@imperial.ac.uk	Quantum Gravity, Causal Sets arXiv		Auckland
Angus Prain	University of Waterloo aprian@math.uwaterloo.ca	Cosmology, Quantum Field Theory arXiv		Canterbury
Kendra Vant	MIT kvant@mit.edu	Atomic Physics arXiv		Auckland

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Scholarships for Graduate Students from NZ:

Institution	Scholarship
Fulbright NZ	Details for NZ appliciants
Harvard	Frank Knox Scholarship, Details for NZ appliciants
Stanford	Stanford Graduate Fellowships, (no additional application reguired.)
CalTech	William H. Pickering Fellowships, (no additional application reguired.)

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Repatriated

Physicist	Current Institution / Email	Research Interests / Papers	Past Institutions	Ph.D (year) / B.Sc.
Jon-Paul R. Wells	Canterbury jon-paul.wells@canterbury.ac.nz	Four-wave mixing spectroscopy using Free Electron Laser's arXiv	Sheffield, FOM Institute For Plasmaphysics 'Rijnhuizen', Nieuwegein, The Netherlands Optical Materials Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow	Canterbury 1997 Canterbury
David Wiltshire	Canterbury david.wiltshire@canterbury.ac.nz	General Relativity, Quantum Gravity and Cosmology arXiv	Adelaide, ICTP, Trieste, Italy; U of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK.	Cambridge U 1987 Canterbury
Matt Visser	Victoria matt.visser@mcs.vuw.ac.nz	Gravity Theory - especially the gravity-quantum interface arXiv	Washington U, Los Alamos Nat Lab, Southern California U	UC Berkeley 1984 Victoria

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Physics Position in NZ: Rumor Page, From Spires

Kiwis in Spires

Board: Heath O'Connell (hoc@fnal.gov), Stephen Parke (parke@fnal.gov), Amanda Peet (peet@physics.toronto.ca), Martin Savage (savage@phys.washington.edu)

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