Igor Bray's Home Page

Igor Bray's Homepage

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Welcome to my homepage. As of June 2007, I am an Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics, in Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University of Technology. For the previous six years I was an ARC Professorial Fellow at Murdoch University, and the previous fifteen years I was at the Flinders University of South Australia. Prior to that I graduated in 1986 from the University of Adelaide, Department of Mathematical Physics, with PhD entitled "Gravitational lens effect of galaxies and black holes".

Our theory group is part of The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Antimatter-Matter Studies, of which I am the deputy director, additionally consists of Andris Stelbovics (Pro Vice Chancellor, Science and Engineering), ARC Senior Research Associates Dmitry Fursa, Alisher Kadyrov and Andrey Lugovskoy, and the 2006 Bragg Medal winner ARC Research Associate Philip Bartlett. Anatoli Kheifets is permanently based at the ANU.

Our research interests are in the area of electrons, positrons, or photons scattering from atoms and ions, as well as laser- and atom-surface interactions. Applications include lasers, astrophysics, plasma processing, plasma displays, fusion research, and the lighting industry.

For High School students: Are you good at Mathematics and Physics? If so, you might consider taking on a double major in Mathematics and Physics, sponsored by our Centre of Excellence. We will take only the most talented students who will be given a personally tailored programme to ensure that they have the skills to succeed on the world stage. A Curtin scholarship, that pays HECS and an extra $5,000 p.a., will be provided, as well as involvement in research projects publishable in the best physics journals. Interested students who have excelled in mathematics and physics may request an interview (parents welcome) to apply for entry to the programme. See the contact details. The inaugural winner is Mick Garrone.

Deputy director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Antimatter-Matter Studies, 2005-.
Chair of the WA branch of the Australian Institute of Physics, 2005-6.
Editorial Board member of the Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics , 2003-2008.
Physics, Chemistry and Geoscience College of Experts member of the Australian Research Council, 2003-2005, 2009-2011.
Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP) since 2004.
Fellow of the American Physical Society (FAPS) since 1999 with citation: For the codevelopment of the Convergent Close-Coupling theory which has unified the theoretical treatment of electron-atom collisions at all energies, for both excitation and ionization processes.
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics (FAIP) since 1996.

Winner of the 1995 David Syme medal. Awarded by the University of Melbourne for The best original research work in Biology, Chemistry, Geology or Physics, produced in Australia, during the preceding two years, preference being given to work of value in the industrial and commercial interests of the country.

Joint winner, with Andris Stelbovics, of the 1996 Walter Boas medal. Awarded by the Australian Institute of Physics for Original research making the most important contribution to physics performed in Australia in the 5 years prior to the Award

Joint winner, with Yuri Kivshar, of the 1998 Pawsey medal. Awarded by the Australian Academy of Science for Outstanding research in physics by scientists not over the age of 40 years for work carried out mainly in Australia

Winners of the 2008 and 2009 Curtin Table Tennis Challenges.

h-index: 35 (35 papers cited 35 or more times)

List of publications: pdf format, or from ResearcherID, the source of the graphic below.

Pictures of the Institute of Theoretical Physics Launch on the 1st of May, 2009

Some Links

Theoretical physics takes centre stage at Curtin

CCC behaviour in the continuum
CCC data-base, thanks to Yuri Ralchenko!
Code Centre Network at the Atomic and Molecular Data Unit of the IAEA.
AMPQC meeting of the 15th AIP Congress, Sydney, July 8 to 11, 2002.
AMPQC meeting of the 14th AIP Congress, Adelaide, Dec 12 to 15, 2000.
Australian jobs in physics.
The WA Centre for Atomic, Molecular and Surface Physics.
CAMSP bulletin board brayi/usual.
WA branch of the Australian Institute of Physics.
ANU Atomic and Molecular Laboratories
AIP Topical Group in Atomic and Molecular Physics
Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society.
FORTRAN 90 vs C++
Atomic Collision Processes
Electron Man 8 pm, 18th of March, 1999, Quantum, ABC: 123Mb Quicktime movie
Speech by Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for Education & Second Minister for Finance, at the opening ceremony of the conference in honour of C.N. Yang's 85th birthday on Wednesday, 31 October 2007, at 8.45 am, at the Swissotel Merchant Court
PLATO a must-see site for anyone interested in Outcome-Based Educational issues.
Outstanding Year-11 Physics Students

If you have comments or suggestions, email me at I.Bray@curtin.edu.au